There is a reference to Scooby Doo in the movie and sadly much of the movie resembled the reference in terms of depth of character but in many other references. The combi = mystery mobile. The brave dog = Scooby The hammy American trying to buy the land. For all of those in Murica relax, it is an Aussie with a bad accent.

This story needed many, many rewrites to make this thing sing. Sadly the usual Aussie formula of writer/director/producer being the same guy or gal rang true here. Nobody said "hey," this needs to be tighter or this makes no sense.

-----For example ---- Brother had more drugs than Pablo Escobar and he was supposed to be dealing on the side. He seemed quite open to his brother about such a lot of drugs. Considering the drugs - everyone is too cute etc.

The went to the town to buy food for breakfast but did not return until nightfall, all the better for the creepy scenes.

What happened to the tribe? Only the tribal leader appears in the final scene.

This movie is fun but really needed to be a lot tighter.

The acting is fine for the two leads, the rest were clichéd if not hammy.

The CGI was always going to be a problem as it is a monster movie it is hard to make something believable yet not of this world.

I'm upset about how bad this movie is. As an Australian I worry for Australian sci-fi. Much like Occupation (2018),that other awful Aussie sci-fi, the cgi and camerawork was good, but the story, and particularly the script, was unnatural and difficult to bear. Red Billabong may have worked if this were about a reunion of two estranged brothers (no unexplained horror). Or, Red Billabong may have worked if this were solely about two brothers, not estranged, battling an unexplained horror. I'm not kidding, the mish mash of two estranged brothers battling each other and an unexplained horror was just plain irritating. The theme may sound familiar, and others may argue that relationship colour alongside adversity is a common and highly popular theme. I'll grant that, but for me, it seemed that the script had been written by a 13 year old with no real experience of what he/she was writing about. I'm not kidding, there are unrealistic stereotypes, sexism, male bitchiness, horrible initial portraits of young women, loads of cliches, potty mouths throughout, and way too many attempted classic lines. It's awful. At a certain point about 50 mins in a young man with a beanie appears and converses casually with one of the brothers. This beanie guy has appeared from nowhere in the forest, and is not seen again, nor was he seen previously in the movie. I actually clicked on all the pics above to try and figure whom the hell he was! Awful and irritating. Please Australian film, please check your work better!

How stupid can you be, I mean, promoting this flick via reviews, common you can see where you're living and it's Australia. Guess the production has written all over IMDb. But I thought to give it a try.

The first thing I noticed is that this horror clocks in at almost 2 hours. That's long so you have to give the viewer a lot to keep him attracted to the screen. And it's there things go wrong. After 1 hour the only thing you see are two red spots in the woods, a lot of noises but not in the style of Blair Witch that doesn't deliver the heebie-jeebies. So in the first hour you will meet Rebecca (Jessica Green) the slut of the gang seducing everybody but even there it goes wrong. The focus lays on her voluptuous juggs but honest. Walking around in your bikini in the woods, how stupid and making love with your bra one, just dump the b*tch.

And oi far I have been writing about everything except the fact that this should be a horror. It's in the last 50 minutes the possessed eyes come in as did the monster. For a minute. I get it, this is more an action thriller in stead of a horror. But even there it lacks action...just the last 20 minutes this action turns into a CGI horror.

Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5