Sparke Films has released a new trailer and stills for Luke Sparke‘s debut creature feature, Red Billabong. With over a decade of working on film sets around the world, Sparke steps into the director’s chair with what looks to be one of the most ambitious Australian action films of the year. Good news for our Aussie readers, Red Billabong will debut in Australian cinemas this July from Sparke, Pinnacle Films and Darclight Films. The rest of us have to wait.  Hopefully not for long.

The plot centers on a guy named Nick Marshal and his estranged brother Tristan.  They get entangled in a web secrets and lies when their grandfather’s enormous outback property passes into their hands. Old wounds are reopened as friends arrive to visit, making things complicated. Then strange things begin to occur around the river’s billabong water hole. After visits from an old aboriginal family friend and an unscrupulous property developer, the brothers wonder just who is on their side. Night falls, friends go missing, and past misgivings come to a head. Every Australian may have heard a story of a terrifying outback monster – the Bunyip – but is it just a story? Could it be real?

Tristan finds himself not believing his brother who is convinced something dark is at work on the grounds. As they part ways to look for their friends and answers, revelations are unearthed that will change the course of their lives forever.

The trailer looks like the movie is going to be a lot of fun. An Australian creature feature with a wicked sense of humor and mystery to boot?  Yes please.