Coffin Rock

Coffin Rock is an Australian melodramatic thriller directed by Rupert Glasson and produced by David Lightfoot. The movie stars Lisa Chappell, Robert Taylor and Sam Parsonson.

Coffin Rock is a story about a married couple who are trying to start a family without any success. The husband’s reluctance to seek medical help leaves the wife frustrated at being childless. After a drunken night at a bar with her friend, she returns home upset to find a drifter (Evan) is there with a baby Roo. This stirs emotions in Jessie, and she turns her affections towards him in a moment of unhappiness. This one time encounter resulting in brief sex, though she asks him to stop midway he continues on. The drifter becomes increasingly obsessed with her. Later Jessie discovers she is pregnant, not knowing for sure who the father is. On discovering she is pregnant she tells her husband, who inturn tells his friends, and the news spreads through the town to the drifter Evan who knows he could be the father. This intensifies his obsession for her and his violence toward others. Motivations to Evan’s behavior are hinted at through imaginary phone calls to his father.

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