
Razorback(1984)
In the Australian outback a vicious wild boar kills and causes havoc to a small community.


“High seas. Deep terror. Try to stay calm.”
An Australian couple takes a sailing trip in the Pacific to get over the recent loss of their son. While on the open sea, they come across a sinking ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.

Nicole Kidman
Rae Ingram

Sam Neill
John Ingram

Billy Zane
Hughie Warriner

George Shevtsov
Doctor

Rod Mullinar
Russell Bellows
Joshua Tilden
Danny

Michael Long
Specialist Doctor

Lisa Collins
'Orpheus' Cruise Girl
Paula Hudson-Brinkley
'Orpheus' Cruise Girl
Sharon Cook
'Orpheus' Cruise Girl
Dead Calm is a thriller, horror film released in 1989 exploring themes of australia, sense of guilt, toxication, loss of loved one, shipwreck, sailing trip. Directed by Phillip Noyce, it stars Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane. An Australian couple takes a sailing trip in the Pacific to get over the recent loss of their son. While on the open sea, they come across a sinking ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.
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