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Aussie Horror Movie: Primal, Brings Fear into the Outback

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The 2010 Australian fictional horror Primal brings fear of the outback to whole new level and will definitely eat a new respect for nature into horror lovers. Set in the pristine outback of Australia, Primal is about six university students on an anthropological expedition to explore 200 year old rock paintings. However, their trip turns into a nightmare when they fall ill to a mysterious disease that brings out their most primitive and primal instincts. The film stars Zoe Tuckwell-Smith (Anja), Krew Boylan (Mel), Linsay Ferris (Chad), Rebekah Foord (Kris), Damien Freeleagus (Warren) and Will Traval (Dace), directed by Josh Reed and is written by Nigel Christensen and Reed. Primal is a hybrid between werewolves and zombies, but has a more organic grounding that makes it believably scary. In the film, slutty Mel goes skinny dipping in the lake near the friends’ camp and becomes the target for bloodsucking leeches. Soon she becomes feverish and sick - and begins to regress into...

Soul’s Code is an eerie resemblance of the X-Files

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Soul’s Code is a 2008 horror/ thriller from Thailand that is suspenseful, entertaining and holds an eerie resemblance to the X-Files. The film alternates between thriller and horror, and is quite graphic which brings it up a notch from most Western horror films. I mean, if you like looking at dead bodies then this film is probably your cup of tea. The story revolves around the death of schoolgirl whose body is found bound and dumped in a box near a Buddhist monastery. Detective Khanon from DSI is assigned to the case after failing to arrest a known criminal. When he starts investigating the murder, he finds a sudden connection to his last case. Khan is assisted by Dr. Nicha and there is a hint of romance between the pair resembling Moulder and Scully in the X-Files. This is obvious especially when the criminal and main suspect is called Mr X. The case is an X-File and while trying to figure it out, Detective Khanon gets clues from the dead. The clues a...