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| Directed by | Jody Dywer[1] |
| Produced by | Michael Boughen Rod Morris |
| Written by | Michael Boughen Rod Morris[2] |
| Starring | Nathan Phillips Leigh Whannell |
| Music by | Nerida Tyson-Chew |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Hall |
| Editing by | Mark Perry |
| Distributed by | Hoyts Distribution[3] |
| Release date(s) |  April 26,
2008 Tribeca Film Festival[4] |
| Running time | 91 minutes[5] |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | AUD$3,500,000[6] |
Dying Breed is an Australian horror film who was directed by Jody Dwyer and stars Leigh Whannell and Nathan Phillips.[7]
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In this movie, a group of hikers looking for a Tasmanian Tiger encounter a group of cannibals descended from Alexander Pearce out to find fresh breeding stock.[8]
While the number of reviews for the film is slim, the majority of reviews of Dying Breed have been positive. Dreadcentral.com gave the film 4/5 stars,[9] while Urbancinefile.com.au also gave it a positive review. Critics Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton, meanwhile, gave the films negative reviews. On their show At the Movies they rated the film 2/5 stars and 1 and a half /5 stars respectively. Stratton said "It tries hard to be horrific and gruesome, even introducing a bit of fashionable torture near the end, but only the most credulous will find it genuinely scary."[10]
In its first weekend in Australia it was ranked #11 making $220,878 AUD at 113 cinemas with an average of $1,995 AUD.[11] The film did poorly in the Australian box office, and made $525,384.[12]
In Australia, one of the posters was banned, due to the gruesome picture, however the poster will be allowed to be seen in Cinema Foyers, and online.[13]
Dying Breed premiered on 26 April 2008 at Tribeca Film Festival.[14] The Cinema release was originally planned for August 14, but was changed to November 6, 2008.[15] It is rated MA15+ for Strong Horror Violence and Sex Scene, Blood and Gore.[3] It was part of the third After Dark Horrorfest in 2009.[16]
In Australia, the DVD will be released on April 8, 2009. There are three different DVD covers that will be available. The first features a meat pie, broken open with human organs inside.[17] The second features four characters on the top, and the bottom is a woman running through woods.[18] The third cover features a man being held by an elderly man.[19] Special Features on all editions are:
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