Long Weekend

Their crime was against nature. Nature found them guilty.
Long Weekend
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  • Commentary
  • Original Theatrical Trailer
  • Rated: Unrated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 35 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: September 27, 2005
  • Originally Released: 1978
  • Label: Synapse Films

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User Ratings: 1,388
Colin Eggleston takes the premise of nature's revenge to its most mysterious and over-determined limits. Full Review
Eye for Film
Jul 10, 2007
Rating: 4.5/5 -- Proving that a lot of great cinema came out of the Australian scene circa the 1970s, Long Weekend [claims] its place as a legitimate member of the masterful macabre. Full Review
DVDTalk.com
Sep 21, 2005
The director, Colin Eggleston, is a new name to me but on the basis of this picture alone one can see he's a film maker of considerable talent. Full Review
Starburst
Sep 25, 2019
Rating: A- -- Eggleston orchestrates an unforgettable downward spiral of sanity, with villainy agreeably dimensional and the great outdoors ruined forever. Full Review
Blu-ray.com
Apr 19, 2015
Rating: 3.5/5 -- There's a boldness in Eggleston's choice to let almost the entire last half-hour play out without dialogue, and in the clever ways they illustrate the couple's dangerous callousness. Full Review
The Dissolve
May 4, 2015
Enter Long Weekend at your own risk, and whatever you do don't feed the animals! Full Review
Backseat Mafia
Oct 31, 2018
Rating: C -- Long Weekend" is an uneven thriller from the Australian outback that does have its amusing points. Full Review
Movie Chambers
Apr 12, 2015

Description by OLDIES.com:

Attempting to resurrect their failing marriage, Peter (John Hargreaves) and Marcia (Briony Behets) set out on a camping trip to a deserted stretch of the Australian coastline in the hope that a long weekend in the sunshine will help them patch their differences. They are a careless couple, littering the countryside with garbage, shooting guns and even driving away after wounding a kangaroo with their automobile. Their callous disregard for the environment soon becomes apparent when the animals start to seek vengeance. Marcia and Peter have proved themselves to be destroyers of nature. Will the animals allow them to leave or will they be destroyed?

Product Description:

A haunting, ecologically conscious horror film from 1970s Australia, this unforgettable curio will stick with audiences long after viewing. Marcia (Briony Behets) and Peter (John Hargreaves) are a young couple whose marriage is on the rocks. They set out for a relaxing weekend of camping, settling in on an isolated beach where they hope to repair their relationship. It soon becomes apparent, however, that the pair has some unpleasant tendencies, which are manifest in their complete disregard for the environment. After hitting a kangaroo with their car, they leave it for dead, and everywhere they go, they leave a trail of refuse in their wake. Soon, the animals observing this behavior decide that they are not going to take it anymore, and they lash back at Peter and Marcia with a brutal vengeance. Atmospheric and quirky, this creepy gem of a movie delivers a message along with its terror.

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  • Sales Rank: 25,567
  • UPC: 654930304594
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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