An extinct species, the Tasmanian tiger. A long-forgotten legend, “The Pieman” aka Alexander Pearce, who was hanged for cannibalism in 1824. Both had a desperate need to survive; both could have living descendants within the Tasmanian bush. Four hikers venture deep into isolated territory to find one of these legends, but which one will they come upon first?
Practical Effects
Grungy, visceral effects that feel dangerously real.
Production
Tasmanian wilderness as suffocating, beautiful antagonist.
Writing
Clever weaving of real Pearce cannibal history into fiction.
Director
Jody Dwyer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alexander Pearce was a real Irish convict who confessed to cannibalism twice—he was hanged in 1824, and his story remains Tasmania's darkest folklore.
The thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) was hunted to extinction by 1936; its ghost haunts Australian cinema as symbol of colonial violence against nature and Indigenous history.
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