ladymidath I watched There's Something In The Pillaga on Prime Video which actually does have some great horror movies. Being curious I watched in and was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it. This film is a found footage one and even though that genre is kind of being done to death, this was a better attempt than most these days. The story involves Jay (Brendan Byrne) and his mate and cameraman Dylan (Paul Denham) as they travel around with Jay's dog. They both pick up a couple of intoxicated girls and then things take a turn for the worse. Filled with tension and quite a few good scares this film does not hesitate but jumps right in. All the actors in this do an excellent job and the they filmmakers are careful to keep the jump scare to a minimum. All up, this is a welcome addition to Aussie films but if I had one complaint, it would be that it went just a tad too long. Instead of finishing it on a really terrifying note, the filmmaker kept it going and to me, it started losing suspense. But that is just a small complaint considering the film's overall fine acting and camera work. I would definitely watch it again.

daniel-93330 Horrible movie, complete waste of time. Wish I could give it negative stars. How does crap like this even get made?

Josh aswsad Another handy cam film like Blair Witch and The Tunnel. Movie drags on for 80 minutes and nothing really happens. Just driving around for most of the movie. Terribly written with boring dialogue which is saved by the decent acting of the leads. It is Nicely shot showing the Outback of Australia i give it that, but the over using the camera in the car when it wasn't really needed made me dislike this film more. I don't think this movie had any real story line just a lot of bogon talking and terrible directing and edited like a student film. 60 minutes of nothing with 20 minutes of something. Im amazed this movie was made for $84,000 or even funded at all.

toxiemite So many filmmakers have me eating my words lately. I've been vocal about my distaste for the found-footage genre and yet over the last couple of years there have been some wonderful little films that have impressed the heck out of me... THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE PILLIGA is one of them. We follow two guys (Dylan & Jay) as they drive through a remote area in the northern regions of New South Wales. Dylan is a cameraman filming his mate Jay, who is a colorful, bumpkin trucker and they meet two drunk girls who agree to a late night new years eve adventure in the bush. Their escapade finds them venturing into the Pilliga National Park where things take a sinister turn and a local legend comes out to play. Director Dane Millerd has crafted his film with blood, sweat, tears and a hell of a lot of precision. While it presents itself as "found footage" the film actually evolves throughout its course and you become so enamored with the characters, particularly Jay, that you forget about the format. Each of the players deliver convincing and sincere performances and none more mesmeric than Brendan Byrne who plays Jay. This guy terrified me. At first I thought him to be more of a caricature of the Aussie "bloke" but as the film played out I kept having flashbacks to folks I've met in rural Australia over the years... and it's fair to say that this is no caricature. He might not be a villain in this story but his outback Aussie-redneck-tendencies make him one scary mother who could've easily been the love child of Mick Taylor and Chopper Read. The film's style, pacing and payoffs are all strong and Millerd effectively strings the first half of the story along at a meandering pace, allowing us to get comfortable with these characters so that when they are thrown into their hellish night of horror we are right there beside them. He also provides a believable reason for these people to venture out into the bush and avoids all of the contrived and clichéd tropes of the genre. THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE PILLIGA is a strong, formidable and welcome genre-film that toys with exploitation and unearths a folklore that has been screaming to be told. Wherever you watch this fantastic new film, do it right... IE a dark space with maximum volume and total engagement!!