Savage Weekend (1979)

Directed by

David Paulsen

Genre

horror film, slasher film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

R

Rating

4.4 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman goes to upstate New York with her wealthy boyfriend, her sister, and a friend. They are stalked by a killer wearing a disfigured mask.

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What happens

Savage Weekend is a 1979 American slasher film directed by David Paulsen and starring Christopher Allport, David Gale, William Sanderson, and Caitlin O'Heaney. The film follows a woman who retreats to upstate New York with her wealthy boyfriend, her sister, and friend, only to be stalked by a killer in a disfigured mask. Filmed in 1976 under the working title The Upstate Murders, and initially marketed as The Killer Behind the Mask, the film was acquired by Cannon Films and released theatrically in North America in late 1979. It has been cited as an early prototype for the slasher film, predating both Halloween (1978) and Friday the 13th (1980). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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