Originally released domestically as Incident at Raven’s Gate, this cult Ozpolitation film is set on an isolated outback farm in South Australia where recently released ex-con Eddie Cleary (Steven Vidler) is working with his older brother Richard (Ritchie Singer) and sexy sister-in-law, Rachel (Celine Griffin) as a condition of his parole.
During a drought, the red sky begins to rain dead birds, telephones explode, family pets attack, ghosts are seen, and people go mad.
An opera-loving cop (Vincent Gil) becomes a deranged killer, and a government investigator (Terry Camilleri) snoops around. Things get really strange when Richard picks up a carving knife and starts talking in a speeded-up Betty Boop voice . . .
The story is disjointed and obscure, and the script never explains anything (it eventually seems that unseen aliens are to blame – or possibly a government conspiracy), but the cinematography and imagery are excellent.
Eddie Cleary
Steven Vidler RachelCleary
Celine Griffin Richard Cleary
Ritchie Singer Felix Skinner
Vincent Gil Annie
Saturday Rosenberg Hemmings
Terry Camilleri Taylor
Max Cullen Bruce
Peter Douglas George
Ernie Ellison Bill
Brian O’Connor Kate
Ruth Goble Pinhead
Paul Philpot Weasel
Max Lorenzin Des
Phil Bitter
Director
Rolf de Heer
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An opera-loving cop (Vincent Gil) becomes a deranged killer, and a government investigator (Terry Camilleri) snoops around. Things get really strange when Richard picks up a carving knife and starts talking in a speeded-up Betty Boop voice . . .
