EXCLUSIVE: Your Dog, a Gun, along with a Serial Killer's Eerie Charm in Clip from Aussie Thriller The Snowtown Killings

"Shoot your dog.Inch Within the vein of giant Aussie import Animal Kingdom comes The Snowtown Killings, a chilling thriller in line with the true story of charming charmer and sociopathic murderer John Bunting, who brought a gang of crooks in South Australia because they kidnapped, conned, terrorized, and killed sufferers using their own community throughout the 1990's. Obtain a peek at the masterful manipulation abilities that assisted Bunting generate the well known title of Australia's worst murderer in Movieline's riveting exclusive clip, featuring Daniel Henshall as Bunting and Lucas Pittaway as his psychologically vulnerable protege -- assigned here with showing themself by carrying out a heinous act at Bunting's behest. In her own overview of the film, Movieline's own Alison Willmore referred to Henshall's Bunting as "an humble monster," and as you can tell within the clip below Henshall is wonderfully, and chillingly, unsettling. Director Justin Kurzel's slow-burn pic introduces the well known killer like a do-gooder messiah who stages in to drag an unwell Australian community up by its bootstraps, drawing his number of brethren much deeper and much deeper into implementing and, frequently, aiding in the own ultraviolent habits when probably the most heinous atrocities happen to be committed, it can at any rate be understood precisely how these neighbors and buddies had fallen under Bunting's destructive spell to begin with. First tested in the Cannes Film Festival (where it won the FIPRESCI Prize -- special mention) as Snowtown, The Snowtown Killings is very an unsettling but effective watch, but may be worth seeing particularly if you are interested in the so-known as Australian New Wave. The film hits theaters in limited release today (New york city Friday at IFC Center, 3/15 in LA in the Egyptian) but could be seen now on IFC Night time VOD. Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.