Hillbilly vs outback horror!

Hillbilly Horror is an American subgenre, often rooted in the concept of Southern Gothic, where a group of "civilized" outsiders (often young people from the city) venture into remote, rural areas—typically the Deep South, Appalachia, or the Southwest—and encounter a family or group of violent, often inbred, degenerate locals.

Key Conventions of hillbilly horror are:

• Setting: Remote, isolated locations like deep woods, decaying farmhouses, abandoned roads, and dilapidated small towns, usually suggesting an area "forgotten" by modern society.

• The Villains: The antagonists are typically a family unit, often characterized by inbreeding, physical deformities, cannibalism, and extreme violence. They represent an unhinged, "monstrous" version of the rural poor.

• The Conflict: It's fundamentally a Clash of Cultures—city dwellers vs. country folk. The horror stems from the characters being stripped of their modern conveniences (like cell service or reliable transportation) and forced to contend with a primal threat from a group that operates outside the law and societal norms.

• Themes: Degeneration, isolation, poverty, and the fear of the "other." The genre often relies on negative stereotypes about rural communities.

Outback Horror is the distinct Australian counterpart, where the vast, unforgiving Australian wilderness—the Outback—serves as a character in itself. The threats come not only from dangerous people but also from the terrifying, indifferent landscape.

Key Conventions of outback horror are:

• Setting: The massive, desolate, and arid Australian Outback, coastal towns, or remote bushland. The landscape is portrayed as oppressive, beautiful, and fundamentally hostile to human life.

• The Villains: Similar to Hillbilly Horror, there are often murderous locals (sometimes referred to as "feral," like the character Mick Taylor from Wolf Creek). However, the threat is also often the environment itself (nature gone wild) or the deep sense of isolation and existential dread it inspires.

• The Conflict: The protagonist (often a tourist or a city-based Australian) gets lost, disorientated, or isolated in the vastness. The struggle is one of survival against the harsh environment, predatory wildlife, and dangerous inhabitants.

• Themes: The hostile landscape, colonial anxiety, isolation, entrapment, and the darker side of the Australian national identity (often related to 'Ozploitation' cinema).

Class dismissed! 😄

Below, you will find a carefully curated list of no less than 92 kick-ass hillbilly and outback horror film movie tips. To spice things up a little, we've also included some forest and roadside horror movies where desolation is prominent. These are all for you, dear reader.

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#	Title	Year	IMDb
1	Evil Dead 2 : Dead by dawn	1987	7,8
2	Misery	1990	7,8
3	Deliverance	1972	7,8
4	Roadside	2013	7,6
5	Tucker and Dale vs Evil	2010	7,6
6	Funny games	1997	7,6
7	Evil Dead	1981	7,6
8	The texas chainsaw massacre	1974	7,5
9	Legend of the hillbilly butcher	2012	7,3
10	The hitcher	1986	7,2
11	De dødes tjern	1958	7,2
12	Sheitan	2006	7,2
13	Southern Comfort	1981	7,1
14	The cabin in the woods	2012	7,1
15	Brotherhood of the wolf	2001	7
16	Eden lake	2008	6,9
17	Dog soldiers	2002	6,8
18	Haute tension a.k.a. High tension	2003	6,8
19	Dead End	2003	6,7
20	And soon the darkness	1970	6,6
21	The loved ones	2009	6,6
22	Incident on and off a mountain road	2005	6,6
23	Severance	2006	6,5
24	Joy ride	2001	6,5
25	We`re going to eat you a.k.a. Di yu wu men	1980	6,5
26	Within the woods (evil dead "prequel")	1978	6,5
27	The hills have eyes remake	2006	6,4
28	Friday the 13th	1980	6,4
29	Deranged: confessions of a necrophile	1974	6,4
30	The hills have eyes	1977	6,3
31	Rogue	2007	6,2
32	The Burning	1981	6,2
33	I spit on your grave remake	2010	6,2
34	Wolf creek	2005	6,2
35	The watcher in the woods	1980	6,1
36	Splinter	2008	6,1
37	Just before dawn	1981	6,1
38	The cottage	2008	6,1
39	Frontieres	2007	6,1
40	Just before dawn	1981	6,1
41	Hush	2008	6
42	Rituals	1977	6
43	Wrong turn	2003	6
44	Sleepaway camp	1983	5,9
45	The last house on the left	1972	5,9
46	Wind Chill	2007	5,8
47	Storm warning	2007	5,8
48	Highway to hell	1992	5,7
49	Besøkerna	1988	5,7
50	Hatchet	2006	5,7
51	Vertige	2009	5,6
52	The Locals	2003	5,6
53	The abandoned	2006	5,6
54	Dead Birds	2004	5,6
55	The hitcher	2007	5,5
56	I spit on your grave	1978	5,5
57	Cabin fever	2002	5,5
58	American gothic	1988	5,4
59	Wrong turn 2	2007	5,4
60	Wither	2012	5,3
61	Mother`s day	1980	5,2
62	Captifs	2010	5,2
63	I didn't come here to die	2010	5,2
64	Eaten alive	1977	5,2
65	Rovdyr	2012	5
66	Snarveien	2009	5
67	Prophecy	1979	5
68	Madman	1982	4,9
69	Evidence	2011	4,9
70	Grizzly	1976	4,8
71	Leatherface: the texas chain saw massacre 3	1990	4,8
72	Pig hunt	2008	4,7
73	Night feeders	2006	4,7
74	Plague town	2008	4,6
75	The final terror	1983	4,5
76	Rest stop	2006	4,4
77	Nothing but trouble	1991	4,4
78	The thrill of a kill	2011	4,2
79	Lake dead	2007	4,2
80	Man-Thing	2005	4,1
81	Redneck zombies	1989	4
82	Shark night 3D	2011	3,9
83	Hoboken Hollow	2006	3,9
84	Haunted forest a.k.a. Satinka	2006	3,8
85	Nail gun massacre	1985	3,7
86	Blood tracks	1985	3,5
87	Gnaw	2008	3,5
88	The forest	1982	3,1
89	Don`t go in the woods	1981	3,1
90	Forest of the damned	2005	2,9
91	Ax`em	1992	1,2
92	Skogvokteren 4	1997	N/R