The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

The acting in this movie is really good.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

The reasons for why I opted to sit down and watch "Charlie's Farm" was solely because of two things; of which the first was that it is a horror movie, and the second being that Kane Hodder is in the movie. It turns out that my horror heart skipped a beat when I saw that Bill Moseley also was in this movie - a fact which had eluded me."Charlie's Farm" started out quite nicely with some brutality and slayings, so the scene and mood of the movie was established right away. So it was off to an impressive start.The atmosphere of the movie and the build up of the storyline is very reminiscent of the horror movies from the 1990s, so there is a sense of familiarity and nostalgia to be experienced here. Personally, I think that worked out well in favor of the movie.The cast was for the most part quite interesting in this movie. I was initially thrilled to have Kane Hodder and Bill Moseley together in a horror movie, but was somewhat disheartened when I came to realize that they didn't actually have any on-screen time together. Also, I feel somewhat bamboozled because Kane Hodder didn't really have that big of a role in this movie. Now, I don't claim to be much of a fan of Tara Reid, and for some reason she looks exactly the same in every movie she is in, exactly the same - so she could potentially just be the same character in all of her movies.The special effects, props and make-up department had done some pretty good work in bringing the movie to life on the screen, and the gore and mayhem looked rather realistic, which really added to the enjoyment of the movie. Well, at least most of the time anyway, there were moments when it was obviously a prosthetic being used, and was painstakingly visibly so.I have to admit to having a good laugh when Kane Hodder was standing in the dark and asking "is that you Jason?"If you enjoy the old school slasher horror genre then you will most definitely get a kick out of "Charlie's Farm". However, the movie does follow that traditional blueprint of how the horror movies were made back then, so on that note don't expect any great surprises in terms of innovation or creativity.

The plot basically rips off elements from The Devils Rejects, hatchet, Texas chainsaw. From beginning to end, clichés are blatantly present. The Australian Outback is highlighted through some good photography. I want to visit that place. In fact, the one thing good in this lousy excuse for a movie is photography, which is masterful. Some well known actors like nathan jones (troy, mad max fury road), bill moseley (2007-halloween, devils rejects), kane hodder (hatchet trilogy), tara reid (American pie). Tara was looking very ugly n too thin. The other chick Allira Jaques was more attractive. Horrible acting by all. The gore FX is top notch, often brutal. So the movie does accomplish in satisfying slasher movie fans. The bearded, red headed man looked like a poor man's Jake Gyllenhaal n Nikolaj Coaster‑Waldau. Very predictable confrontation fight scene between Kane n Nathan. We have seen this type of movie done before and far better. But despite its flaws its one of the best slasher films for fans of the genre. If you like to see people getting killed in brutal ways for about 30 minutes then go for it. The bad part- the movie is one n a half hour n nothing happens till one hour. Waiting for the director's next film- Boar, starring the psychopath from wolf creek.

The "monster" of the movie is pretty decent (even though "pretty" should not be taken literally). It's also nice to see Kane Hodder without Make-p and acting. And if you're aware of him you can guess what kind of will happen during the course of the movie (and yes that is kind of cool too). The problem is the same old story, boring characters, changes of attitude or mentality in a blink of an eye without explanation and further things that only happen in horror movies.Not to mention that almost every lead character is kind of despicable. Maybe that was planned, you never know where your sympathies are supposed to lie with some of these slasher movies. The effects are decent too for a low budget movie (also graphic at times). But nothing you actually need to see ...

I loved this movie! The mix of humour, horror, gore and the cast of characters was brilliant. To think that it was made on the Sunshine coast of Queensland employing a lot of local talent makes me feel so proud that such a world class film was shot where I live an hour away from! From the very beginning you're hooked. Literally. Some of the humour is a little corny, but as an Aussie, I find this very realistic to our nature. The characters were realistic and believable, and quintessentially Australian...apart from Tara of course. Takes me back to the days of the old horror movies, when the gore and special effects weren't generated by computer. Fantastic work Chris Sun, please keep it up. You have raised the bar on Aussie Horror. Kudos.