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Elizabeth Harvey (Louise Harris) is raising her three boys in Adelaide's poor northern suburbs. After her latest boyfriend displays pedophilic tendencies she takes up with a new man, hoping for security but instead winds up welcoming an even more vicious predator into her home.
John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) is the moral compass among a circle of friends who hold self-appointed neighborhood watch meetings at the kitchen table. Fueled by cigarettes and beer they cast judgments on those living around them. Bunting enlists his crew in acts of sadistic vigilantism on those he considers deviants takes Elizabeth's son Jamie (Lucas Pittaway) under his wing. In a mix of misdirected hero worship and terror, Jamie becomes an accomplice to a spree of torture and murder.
THE SNOWTOWN MURDERS is an uncompromising film, focused on the relationship between vulnerable teenager and a father figure who is revealed to be the worst kind of bully.
Original Release
05/16/2011
US Release
03/02/2012
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Lucas Pittaway | Jamie Vlassakis |
Bob Adriaens | Gavin |
Louise Harris | Elizabeth Harvey |
Frank Cwiertniak | Jeffrey |
Matthew Howard | Nicholas |
Marcus Howard | Alex |
Anthony Groves | Troy |
Richard Green | Barry |
Aaron Viergever | Robert |
Denis Davey | Guitar Player |
Directors
Writers
Justin Kurzel, Shaun Grant, Debi Marshall, Andrew McGarry
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lucas Pittaway | Jamie Vlassakis |
Bob Adriaens | Gavin |
Louise Harris | Elizabeth Harvey |
Frank Cwiertniak | Jeffrey |
Matthew Howard | Nicholas |
Marcus Howard | Alex |
Anthony Groves | Troy |
Richard Green | Barry |
Aaron Viergever | Robert |
Denis Davey | Guitar Player |
Allan Chapple | Prayer Reader |
Beau Gosling | David |
Brendan Rock | Marcus |
Bryan Sellars | Minister |
Daniel Henshall | John Bunting |
David Walker | Mark Haydon |
Aasta Brown | Verna |
Nigel Howard | Man at Dinner |
Joanne Argent | Woman at Dinner |
Astrid Adriaens | Woman at Dinner |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Robin Gutch | Executive Producer |
Mark Herbert | Executive Producer |
Anna McLeish | Producer |
Sarah Shaw | Producer |