Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- foreboding
- harrowing
- claustrophobic
- late night horror marathon
- wilderness horror double feature
What critics said
Critics generally found the film earnest but uneven, with gruesome ideas and atmospheric wilderness horror undermined by limited scares and dragging pacing.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The expedition travels deep into isolated Western Tasmania, where the forest and lack of help trap the group with the Pieman descendants.
The story links Alexander Pearce's convict-era cannibalism to the contemporary township that reveres and continues his heritage.
Nina's group enters the bush seeking the supposedly surviving Tasmanian tiger before becoming prey to the hidden community.
The search for surviving Tasmanian tigers parallels the possibility that the Pieman's cannibalistic descendants have also survived.
Films like Dying Breed, and why
Wolf Creek
isolated wilderness setting, brutal slasher violence, and a group of travelers stalked by murderous locals
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
cannibalistic antagonists, survival horror, and escalating bodily threat in a remote landscape
Wrong Turn
backwoods horror, folklore-driven menace, and a vulnerable group trapped far from help
Rogue
australian outback isolation, missing travelers, and grim survivalist horror
Movie Details
- Director
- Jody Dwyer
- Release Date
- 2008-04-26
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rating
- 5.2 / 10 (121)
Cast
- Nathan Phillips
- Leigh Whannell
- Bille Brown
- Mirrah Foulkes
- Melanie Vallejo
- Elaine Hudson
- Sheridan Harvey
- Peter Docker
- Boris Brkic
- Sally McDonald
Common questions
- What is Dying Breed about?
- A Tasmanian wilderness expedition searching for an extinct tiger uncovers a hidden cannibal community that turns its investigators into prey.
- What is Dying Breed like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Dying Breed as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Dying Breed violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Dying Breed as graphic.
- What did critics think of Dying Breed?
- Critics generally found the film earnest but uneven, with gruesome ideas and atmospheric wilderness horror undermined by limited scares and dragging pacing.
- Which films are like Dying Breed?
- Films with a similar feel include Wolf Creek, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Wrong Turn, and Rogue.
- How long is Dying Breed?
- Dying Breed runs 92 minutes.
