Turkey Shoot (originally released in the US as Escape 2000 and also known in the UK as Blood Camp Thatcher) is a 1982 Australian dystopian action film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith.

Its ensemble cast—an eclectic mix of international stars, Australian soap opera veterans and character actors[2]—is led by Steve Railsback, Olivia Hussey, Michael Craig, Noel Ferrier, Carmen Duncan, Roger Ward and Lynda Stoner.

[2] Despite receiving negative reviews from such Australian critics as David Stratton and Phillip Adams, Turkey Shoot is recognised as a cult film,[1] has been championed by Quentin Tarantino,[3] and was prominently featured in the documentary Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!

In a near-future totalitarian state that is not identified but can be taken to be Australia, so-called "social deviants" are sent to mass prison camps for re-education and behaviour modification.

Camp Master Charles Thatcher subjects his wards to brutal, inhuman treatment; Chris barely avoids being raped by the sadistic guards Red and Ritter, and Paul is tortured for intervening.

Thatcher toys with Paul by firing near-misses with a sniper rifle, forcing him to scale a difficult rock formation and preventing his scramble to find Chris.

Paul manages to redirect Thatcher's pursuit by causing a rock slide, while Griffin jumps Red and takes his assault rifle, placing him in a trap that later kills him.

The prisoners raid an armoury for arms, fending off the guards while Chris destroys the communications centre and kills Jennifer by grabbing an explosive arrow and jamming it into her head, which then explodes.

Thatcher attempts to lead a counter-attack, but is blown apart by machine-gun fire from Paul, and the prisoners flee into the jungle just as the camp is destroyed by a napalm airstrike.

Under 10BA film costs were subsidised by the Australian government, and directors tended to cast foreign leads in the hope of boosting success in Europe or the Americas.

He knew that a Completion Guarantor had me waiting in the wings to take over an earlier film [Race for the Yankee Zephyr] Hemmings was directing if he continued to remain behind schedule.

[10] The MPA required New World to make huge edits to the film's graphic violence, gore and rape scenes to qualify for an R rating.

Turkey Shoot featured in a Focus on Ozploitation collection of 1970s and 1980s Australian exploitation films, including Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, Dead End Drive-In and Razorback.

These over-the-top B grade films were characterised by lashings of gratuitous sex, violence and fuel-injected muscle car mayhem which pushed the boundaries of audience taste to new limits.