In Review: Wake In Fright

‘Take Janette for instance; now there’s a very interesting biological case. If she were a man, she’d be in jail for rape.’ - Doc Tydon, drunken resident of the ‘Yabba’.

Opening with a lingering 360 degree, panoramic shot featuring only two buildings and a railway track surrounded by a gluepot sun-drenched desert nothingness, Wake In Fright methodically tantalises us at the horror to come. Here we meet John Grant, a cultured school teacher sent from England to the remote outback community of Tiboonda, a satellite town of Bundanyabba - known to the locals as simply, the ‘Yabba’.

“Best place in Australia. Everybody likes the Yabba.” points out his cab driver as he enters Bundanyabba’s city limits. We’re entitled to agree with that notion at first when Grant enters a closed for the evening pub only to be shouted a metric tonne of beer from none other than the head of the Yabba’s police force, Jock Crawford (brilliantly portrayed by old-school aussie acting legend Chips Rafferty in his final screen role). Jock treats Grant to the Yabbas unique hospitality, and you’d be hard pressed not calling this the friendliest little place on earth. But the benign drinking habits and friendly larrikin behaviour entice you in, soon this behaviour gives way to something more sinister. Something seamier. Something vile and putrid. Grant soon realises that to much of a good thing can be a very bad thing. The town’s relentless friendliness only adds to the growing psychological horror.

Holy Fucking Shit: The Law Of Attraction Actually Works

By Sean Keenan

This is the dream article Ive always wanted to write. Its the culmination of self-belief, good will, growing up, acceptance and a love of life - it's the story of how I came to manifest a 7,000,000 dollar lottery win. All the shit Ive gone through in my life, the negativity, the boredom, the self-loathing, has all been wiped away because of strong willed belief system. Im here to tell you that this thing - the secret/the law of attraction, really works.

First off the repercussions of what this means: It means that there is something out there. Im an atheist and particularly scientifically minded human being, but now I know there is something else out there. Having this confirmed to me in the most amazing of circumstances gives me an overwhelming feeling of satisfaction, love and happiness. I no longer worry about the trivialities of life. One could almost see them as tests. I still cannot see the universes big picture, but I know deep within me that whatever 'this' is, it's something.

Ive always underrated myself, been a bit too humble and a bit too lazy, but at my heart Im a good person and I love life. It was late 2015 and after going through so much negativity I just yearned for something different. My emotions were affecting my quality of life. I'm 30 years old and know a trick or too about life, but putting these life lessons into effect, especially when you're pretty much a loner isn't the easiest of tasks.

But Im an intelligent mother fucker. I knew I wasn't living my life as I wanted it to be. I began wondering if I could change it. One of the crucial things I found was to watch out for lifes little signs. I soon began to understand what it would take to change things up. I needed to start cooking. I needed to start working out. I needed to get over a girl. I needed to turn my knowledge into wisdom. So I reached out for the ideals of the LOA. I wanted to keep living my life in a similar way, just without the burden of my awful job at Woolworths and without scraping by on my wages. I always wanted to write, but I could see it as an incredibly difficult market to crack and my personality is the type where I take my time doing everything. Im like the evolution of life. It takes millions, maybe billions of years to get to anything meaningful.

I decided I would focus on winning the lottery and where it could take me. It would be like living in life with the cheat mode on in a sense. I got giddy with excitement. My dream life would be as a multi-millionaire who travels the globe as a magpie social commentator. It became like a great escape for me. Working away at woolies, but secretly knowing I wasn't far from escaping this life. I grew up a lot suddenly. I worked out everyday, stopped caring about girls, cooked my own meals and began living my own life. Whilst not perfect, I got a lot of pleasure out of my outlook on life. I made new friends, began saving astutely and calmed my bloody temper down. I just began to go with the flow.

Then on that fateful night, I saw the Powerball jackpot at 7 million. Something came over me, something that said 'this is it Sean'. I didn't want to become to conscious about it, so I chose a quick pick and then got on with living my life. I kept dreaming of my future life. How good it would be, how happy I would feel and how grateful I would be for it. I almost forgot about checking the numbers because I got lost in where my life was at at that particular moment. I had begun work on writing a review on the movie 'Wake In Fright' and I was starting to look really good from all my swimming and weight lifting.

I woke up early on a Friday morning, totally expecting to go back to sleep for a few more hours. I got up to take a piss and went through my phone. I had an email. I tapped the mail icon and looked at my email - it was from Powerball. 'Congratulations! You've had a win on Powerball'. At first I assumed it would have been one of the lower divisions, so maybe a 14 dollar payout. The extreme adrenaline rush that pumped through my veins when I scrolled down and saw $7,000,000 written there is something that is hard to fully explain, but something Ill never forget. It was the moment in my life when everything bad fell away from the world and only peace, love and thankfulness remained. Suddenly I could live my life exactly how I wanted to. I just sat there looking at it for about 30 seconds before jumping around the house like a fucking lunatic. I had done it. I had successfully transformed my life. I was the master of my domain.

I quit my job on the spot. Its recommended that people who come into large sums of money don't do this, but in my case, I had manifested the money to get out of it. I had thought about what I was going to do long and hard and had mentally prepared myself for life after blue collar work. I would stay active. I had my inspiration in other areas. I remained in my little granny flat for several weeks before making my move.

I bought a 1.5 million dollar apartment down in Glenelg, Adelaide, much closer to my home town in Broken Hill and set off on a road trip south via Brisbane. It was the most amazing experience. With no worries in the world I relaxed into my journey and savoured this beautiful country we live in. I got to meet up with Zoe, my crush, in Brissy over the course of a elongated weekend and had one of the most amazing experiences of my life.  I fell completely in love with my existence.

Ive been living these past few months in my picturesque apartment. Writing keeps me busy when I feel like doing it. Its not a chore, its something I do when I feel inspired. And I have enough money to not worry about my articles going mainstream. I can write exactly what I want, controversy intact. I see the people I love regularly and I travel a lot. I also got my Mustang - something I always told myself I would own by the age of 30. I love being able to play a semi-god-like person by helping random people out. Life is amazing.

To you the reader I want to part this advice to you. Negativity is exactly what it is. You'll get no where with it. You need to stop and think. Just be aware at all times where you are in the universe. Be thankful for everything. Be mature about things. Go with the flow and just be that person you want to be.

Life is what you, the observer, make of it.