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Writer:
David Paulsen (writer)
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Tagline:
You have been chosen. You are doomed. Prepare for.... SAVAGE WEEKEND
Plot:
Several couples head upstate to the country to watch a boat being built. Unfortunately they are stalked by a murderer behind a ghoulish mask. | add synopsis
User Reviews:
Sleazy Canadian slasher. more (22 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)

Christopher Allport ... Nicky
Jim Doerr ... Robert Fathwood (as James Doerr)
David Gale ... Mac Macauley
Devin Goldenberg ... Jay Alsop
Marilyn Hamlin ... Marie Sales Pettis
Caitlin O'Heaney ... Shirley Sales (as Kathleen Heaney)

Jeff Pomerantz ... Greg Pettis (as Jeffrey David Pomerantz)

William Sanderson ... Otis

Yancy Butler ... Little Girl (as Yancy Victoria Butler)
Adam Hirsch ... Jeremy Pettis
Don Plumley ... Pool Player
Ben Simon ... Lumberman
Geraldine Chapin ... Woman at Bar
Rae Chapin ... Lumberman
Claude Paulsen ... Waitress at Bar
Robert T. Henderson ... Bartender
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Directed by
David Paulsen 
John Mason Kirby (uncredited)
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
David Paulsen  writer

Produced by
Claude Duvernoy .... associate producer
John Mason Kirby .... executive producer
John Mason Kirby .... producer
David Paulsen .... producer
 
Original Music by
Dov Seltzer 
 
Cinematography by
Ladislaus Vidor  (as Zoli Vidor)
 
Film Editing by
Zion Avrahamian 
Jonathan Day 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Kean .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Jane Landis .... boom operator
Rick Waddell .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Steven Cohen .... assistant camera
 
Music Department
Dov Seltzer .... conductor
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Killer Behind the Mask (USA) (working title)
The Upstate Murders
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Runtime:
88 min
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Certification:
UK:15 (re-rating) (2006) | UK:X (original rating) | Norway:18 (cut) | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Filmed in 1976 as "The Killer Behind the Mask" and released as Savage Weekend in 1981. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Marie is being led away from the house by the killer, she is wearing gold high heels, but after she escapes from him and then trips and falls she is now wearing black boots. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The Secret in the Stone (1999) more

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1 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
Sleazy Canadian slasher., 4 August 2008
8/10
Author: HumanoidOfFlesh from Chyby, Poland

A few couples spend the weekend at an upstate cottage/resort,where a boat is being constructed and where a sadistic masked killer is on the loose.While they're there,sexual tensions abound and finally the blood begin to flow...First of all Substance DVD of "Savage Weekend" I have displeasure to see is poor and heavily cut.It seems that all the scenes of nudity and violence were censored.Avoid this release like the plague.Still "Savage Weekend" certainly delivers the sleaze and violence.I especially enjoyed this grubby,dimly-lit and washed out atmosphere of the film.The deaths are unsettling(pin in the ear,tablesaw),but never very bloody.The unmasking will surprise no one,but the chainsaw duel perks things up.Shot in 1976 as "The Killer Behind The Mask",then wallowing in obscurity after a brief theatrical release this film is pretty tough to find-at least in its uncut form.

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