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Dark Age (1987)

Dark Age poster
Directed by
Arch Nicholson
Genre
horror film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 40 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Australian park ranger is hired to track down a giant crocodile that is feared by locals. The crocodile is said to have a sacred bond with the Aboriginal people, making the hunt a moral dilemma.

suspensefulatmosphericadventurousominousslow-burnspiritualtensenaturalistic

What happens

Dark Age is a 1987 horror adventure film directed by Arch Nicholson, produced by Antony I. Ginnane and starring John Jarratt, Nikki Coghill, and Max Phipps. In the film, an Australian park ranger is tasked with hunting a legendary, 25-foot crocodile that appears to have a spiritual connection with the local Aboriginals. The film was released on July 10, 1987. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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