art house horror try to use unconventional aesthetic to cover the fact that this be just another serial killer chiller which ultimately rely on pornographic combination of teen sexuality and violent gore . the suburbs come across about as well a they do in every piece of australian writing ( book or film ) since 1960 surprise surprise and the suburb have a dark underbelly and the plot be as contrive a any you have see . the neighbour would never know about this guy and one of the filmmaker say about joel edgerton character . but he be completely plausible a to what he be . serial killer do not all have patch over their eye and scar down their cheek . they look like the guy next door . another trader in pornographic violence who see a serial killer in every street . but the real insignificance of this film be in the fact that it a genre film that nobody saw . back by substantial fund ( include some from film finance that government ) and this get a run at the underground film festival in melbourne and have to rely on acmi kindness for a very short release season . q1 represent what be the ffc do funding genre flick and even if they be arty and aesthetically unconventional . q2 represent why be these nasty movie ( acolyte while beautiful while punishment while no through road ) be make in the first place . richard wolstencroft and co encourage their creator to believe theyre give the mass what they really want and a oppose to what the culture elite in government funding think they want . the truth be that these brutal and forgettable nasties earn far more critical acclaim and win far more obscure award than theyre due .