A Thylacine Movie - With A Twist

Movies are a staple of culture, and are a favorite pastime for many.

In cryptozoology good films are not the norm, they tend to be B-Movie features or "monster of the week" style, while rare ones capture the attention. Harry and the Hendersons, Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, these are some of the better ones.

B-movies are fine, they are fun and "cheesy". An entire sub-culture exists around these, and they can become cult classics (the Rocky Horror Picture Show or Basket Case anyone?).

The Film Finance Corporation of Australia (FFC) has recently financed a new film entitled Dying Breed. An intriguing title, and this is a cryptid movie with a twist. While the story starts as the search for the living Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine) it is in actuality a film in which the heroes encounter cannibals..... Yes, cannibals.....Descendants of one Alexander Pearce. Pearce was a real life person from the early 19th century who did indeed cannibalize people.

Dying Breed will start filming shortly in Tasmania and is directed by Jody Dwyer based on a script by Michael Boughen and Rod Morris.