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Scientologists turn vampire in this gore-fest from director Rod Hardy. Filmed on location around Melbourne, including the artists’ colony of Montsalvat north of the city.

Snapshot holds some sort of distinction in thriller ranks for its use of a Mr Whippy ice-cream van as a deadly instrument – Australian Screen.

Shot entirely in the Yasawa Islands of Fiji, The Blue Lagoon follows the lives of two adolescents, marooned on a desert island since childhood.

Part road movie, part Hitchcockian thriller, part oddball black comedy, Road Games gained cult status (and not much else) upon its release. In both storyline and style, the film is often described in terms of an outback Rear View Window, a view openly professed by director Richard Franklin.

The third in the controversial Alvin Purple series of films.

One of the better remembered ‘American kid down under’ films from the heyday of the 10BA. Frog Dreaming (aka The Quest and The Go-Kids) is a children’s adventure, filmed around an abandoned quarry on the outskirts of Melbourne.

Sacred Aboriginal rituals, mystical madness, and a plane load of drugs. What more could an American kid down under ask for? Filmed in and around Adelaide and directed by Michael Pearce.

The Blue Lagoon, part two. Filmed on location in Fiji.

Directed by David Parker and produced on the back of the live comedy skit Double Take, Hercules Returns became a cult classic.