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The Backpacker Promotion with local girls in Tarmworth

Producer Tara Simmonds with local girls promoting The Backpacker in Tamworth. Photos courtesy of The Northern Daily Leader

The Backpacker Movie Review

The Backpacker Movie Review and Media coverage

"Like The Hills Have Eyes, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and A Clockwork Orange, Boland creates his own mythology and as the minutes role on, the audience is confronted with twist after twist, making it very unpredictable." Read more...
Tom Sebo, Town and Country Magazine / Fairfax

The Backpacker Print Coverage

Locals feel at home at Scone Films night

Local scenes feature on big screen

Local film a big screen hit.

"Kathryn Vukovljak talks director’s nerves and the importance of "doing evil" with Dion Martin Boland and Vincent Stone, writer-director and star of low-budget horror flick "The Backpacker", on the day of its Australian theatrical release in Limelight Cinema." Read more...
Kathryn Vukovljak, City News

"Southern Highlands actor Vincent Stone was forced to delve into the deepest and darkest facets of his imagination to play the role of serial killer Vincent Malek." Read more...

Hunter Valley News "Starring Role"

The Northern Daily Leader "Movie made locally to be shown next week" - The Backpacker plays for a week in Tamworth

The Canberra Times - The Backpacker Hits Town!

Southern Highland News - Vincent Stone Returns...

The Backpacker Television Coverage

See NBN News coverage of The Backpacker and interview with Dion Martin Boland and Tara Simmonds

The Backpacker Radio Coverage

Listen to Producer Tara Simmonds on ABC Radio - Breakfast with Anna Moulder

Hear Dion Martin Boland interviewed on SBS Radio


More Backpacker film review and comments from Gabgoob



Press kit

The Backpacker Press Kit



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