https://vo.rs/tags/lost-films/Latest from the Lost-Films desk at vo.rs.Hugo -- gohugo.ioenThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Mon, 06 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000https://vo.rs/screen/wake-in-fright-the-outback-as-waking-nightmare/<p><em>Wake in Fright</em> is a horror film with no monster, no ghost and no killer, and it is one of the most frightening films ever made about a place. It was directed in 1971 by Ted Kotcheff — a Canadian, which turns out to matter — from Kenneth Cook&rsquo;s 1961 novel, and it charts the collapse of a civilised man over a few days in an Australian mining town whose only crime is a generosity so relentless it becomes a trap. There is a heatwave of dread coming off this film that few things in the genre can match.</p>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000