With jason bateman, rebecca hall, joel edgerton, allison tolman. Savage weekend is a lowbudget grindhouse style film. Although a bit disjointed and suffering from a few distracting boommic visible shots, savage weekend is a slight departure from the norm of the slasher film. With its upstate setting, neurotic new yorkers and kinky bedhopping antics, the first two thirds of the narrative plays as a sexploitation melodrama similar to an andy milligan film. Tony scott loved top gun 3d conversion, completed film will.
Daily herald film critic dann gire has been a member of the flashback weekend cult since the very beginning. Originally filmed in 1976 as killer behind the mask, released in 1979 as the upstate murders and. Everything you need to know about run movie completed. With christopher allport, jim doerr, david gale, devin goldenberg.
What emerges is an appreciation of simple geometric forms and, for the. It stars laura linney, philip seymour hoffman, and philip bosco. Savage film is a brusselsbased independent production company founded in 2007 by bart van langendonck. Savage weekend 1979 nude scenes completed in a matter of days, and others that have taken five years, ten years, and even 15 years to bring to fruition. Ive had some projects that ive completed in a matter of days, and others that have taken five years, ten years, and even 15 years to bring to fruition.
The film also sports a very high, healthy bit rate throughout on the bluray, with the feature and extras taking up just over 37gb of the duallayered disc. It was released on november 28, 2007, by fox searchlight pictures. David gale, marilyn hamlin, james doerr, christopher allport, caitlin oheaney as kathleen heaney, devin goldenberg, william sanderson, jeffrey david pomerantz. Movies like savage weekend if you like savage weekend you are looking for scary, serious and realistic movies about with slasher, serial killer, murder, bar fight, survival, crimes and strong sexual content themes of horror genre shot in usa. Celebrity guests at flashback weekend chicago horror convention. Originally filmed in 1976 as killer behind the mask, released in 1979 as the upstate murders and renamed in 1981 as savage weekend. It had its world premiere at the 2007 sundance film festival on january 19, 2007. Savage weekend doesnt really get going until the last 2030 minutes and if youve never seen it, its definitely worth a look. The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. A deaf girl is brutalised by a murderous gang who are then hunted by her when the bloodthirsty spirit of an apache warrior inhabits her lifeless body. It has that dirty, gritty style of a 70s movie that gives it some charm, but the movie isnt quite as good. The dtshd ma mono audio sounds very good as well considering the basic nature of the source, and certainly better than the muted, hissy tracks weve heard before. The only minus is the pesky boom mike makes several appearances at the top of the screen, but that could be a framing issue on the print i viewed.
A slew of indepth featurettes take a look at the making of early man, showing the stepbystep process of making a large scale stopmotion animated feature film at aardman animation. The film is notable for being an early role for william sanderson, long before he did newhart and blade runner. Savage weekend 1981 a weekend holiday turns into a living nightmare for five friends who become the victims of a crazed killer. Titanic 3d made pretty good box office, after all, and finding nemo 3d didnt do so bad this weekend either. Look close and youll see lighting crew lights on the side of one set. Once at their destination they mix with otis william sanderson of deadwood, newhart, and the x files, mac macauley david gale of reanimator, the guyver, and some locals who offer supplies. Savage weekend is a 1979 american slasher film directed by david paulsen and starring christopher allport, david gale, william sanderson. Paulson, john mason kirby on allmovie this is a relatively early entry in the. Several couples head upstate to the country to watch a boat being built. In their stead is one of rays most abstract canvases. Wow, this movie was true seventies awesomeness, i counted about 12 boom mics in the screen and the crews equipment is even visible in one scene. Savage weekends structure is basically a backwoods slasher with the vacationing nyc yuppies trope pit against the upstaterural locals. There are 8 other movies coming out on the same date, including the turning, the gentlemen and the last full measure. The savages is a 2007 american comedydrama film written and directed by tamara jenkins.
Savage weekend remastered, digitally mastered in hd on tcm. Roskams bullhead, a box office hit in belgium in 2011 as well as a cesar and oscar nominee for best foreign language film in 2012, and sold to over 20 territories. Dont judge it by first 15 minutes or your apt to turn it off. Ojedas raperevenge thriller, thankfully, hasnt been locked in a vault for over a year. Savage weekend contains a fair amount of female nudity as well as male. Step aside eli roth and lana del rey as writerdirector michael s. When i was six, i saw whales frankenstein on tv, adds the director, and i. Laguna beach entrepreneurs ben johnson, a peaceful and charitable buddhist, and his closest friend chon kitsch, a former navy seal and exmercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industryraising. Savage film is an independent production company founded in 2007 from brussels in an association with eyeworkswarner bros. Lost in a world of books and film, savages destiny arrived in a slight surreal package. The mystery isnt very interesting and everyone comes off as. Horror, thriller, drama 1979 88 minutes color several couples head upstate to the country to watch a boat being built. This was the last film completed by pioneering science fiction producer george pal.
Now top gun 3d may be ready for its moment in the sun. Today galway 2020 made the savage beauty artwork available as. The lead actress acting is laughable, as is the killers later on in the film. For starters, the first killscene doesnt even occur untill the 50minute mark.
May 30, 2018 savage weekend directed by david paulsen, starring william sanderson 1979. Savage weekend, dvd, remastered, digitally mastered in hd, horrorslashers, 738329168322. In the savage innocents, traditional compositional values of depth are all but abandoned. The weeknd drops disturbing short film for after hours. Savage weekend is the story of some friends who go to upstate new york for the weekend to watch a friends boat being built. Its also because im glued to the addiction of lowbudget movies while staying away from our cultural mainstream. The release of friday the th in 1980 officially opened the floodgates for a decade of slasher fare, and one of the side effects was the release of several films that had otherwise been gathering dust or barely played driveins without finding an audience. Upon hearing of otis deeds, marie even fantasizes about having this done to her. Apr 29, 2012 chicago director brian jun is a veteran filmmaker, having completed his third feature, and this will be the second time his work has been showcased at the midwest independent film festival. He serves as the president and founding director of the chicago film critics association, and has won the prestigious peter lisagor award for arts criticism six times.
Forget 30 of kevin bacon, this trivia question waiting to happen is something on the nerd level of what scuzzy 70s flick has david gale from reanimator and william sanderson from newhart and fight for your life. Suddenly, a killer in an odd mask begins murdering the group of friends. A young married couples lives are thrown into a harrowing tailspin when an acquaintance from the husbands past brings mysterious gifts and a horrifying secret to light after more than 20 years. Savage weekend comes to bluray in a 1080p24 mpeg4 avc 1.
Recommendation engine sorted out scary, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about slasher, deadly, crimes, gory, psychopath, murder and serial killer mostly in horror genres. He knows youre alone 1980 official trailer tom hanks, paul gleason horror movie hd duration. The savage innocents 1960 directed by nicholas ray. Savage weekend 1979 horror, thriller, drama video dailymotion. The company established itself internationally with michael r. One title riding that early slasher wave was savage weekend, an indie production shot in upstate new york in 1976 but unable to find a. Complete with bucket loads of twisted sexual angst, inappropriate cow. The man of bronze is a 1975 american action film starring ron ely as pulp hero doc savage. Savage weekend is a 1979 american slasher film directed by david paulsen and starring christopher allport, david gale, william sanderson, and caitlin oheaney. How a galway 2020 mountain illumination managed to survive. 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.
Fans may have noticed that every video and television performance released by the weeknd in the runup to the march 20 release of his next album, after hours, is thematically linked and part. Sharing is caring hump invites amateur filmmakers, porn stars, pornstar wannabes, hotties, kinksters, regular folks, and all other creative types to make short porn filmsfive minutes maxfor hump. Sep 18, 2012 titanic 3d made pretty good box office, after all, and finding nemo 3d didnt do so bad this weekend either. Most of the film is pretty slow and theres a number of sex scenes as well.
Today galway 2020 made the savage beauty artwork available as a digital edition, showing what might have. The screenplay was completed while paulsen was staying in east hampton, new york over a period of two weeks. Chicago director brian jun is a veteran filmmaker, having completed his third feature, and this will be the second time his work has been showcased. So some serious patience is required from gorehounds. Savage weekend s structure is basically a backwoods slasher with the vacationing nyc yuppies trope pit against the upstaterural locals, but at the same time it also feels like a 70s porno minus the hardcore. Feb 27, 2014 he knows youre alone 1980 official trailer tom hanks, paul gleason horror movie hd duration. Publication date 1979 usage public domain topics horror, mystery, thriller publisher cannon group. Savage weekend directed by david paulsen, starring william sanderson 1979.
I lost count of how many times the boom mic is seen in this film. The savage stack top of the heap 1972 christopher st. Completed in 1976 as the killer behind the mask, david paulsens savage weekend is a curious anomaly since it is simultaneously dated yet also ahead of its time. Overview of savage weekend, 1976, directed by david paulsen, with christopher allport, james doerr, marilyn hamlin, at turner classic movies. Finished in 1976 but not released until 1979 by cannon and then on tape by paragon. Completed in 1976 as the killer behind the mask, david paulsens savage. Savage weekend remastered, digitally mastered in hd on tcm shop. Aug 06, 2016 savage weekend is a lowbudget grindhouse style film. When i was six, i saw whales frankenstein on tv, adds the director, and i connected with the monster. But this weekend the lighting show went ahead privately, and was documented in film. Our carefully curated program is a cornucopia of body types, shapes, ages, colors, sexualities, genders, kinks, and fetishesall united by a shared spirit of sexpositivity. Director david paulsen went on to helm another cannon slasherish film, 1980s.
Best actress for linney and best original screenplay for jenkins. Savaged 20 after thugs brutalize a deafmute woman amanda adrienne, the spirit of an apache warrior takes over her lifeless body and sets out on a bloodthirsty quest for revenge. Unfortunately they are stalked by a murderer behind a ghoulish mask. Sep 03, 2017 this feature is not available right now. Film festival is on a mission is to change the way america seesand makes and sharesporn. Watch savage weekend full movie in hd visit movie 94874 several couples head upstate to the country to watch a boat being built. Steve prokopy is the chicago editor for aint it cool news. This film is something of a blueprint for what became the typical slasher film that proliferated in the 80s, as we have a group of city folks heading to the country where one of them is restoring a boat. Tony scott loved top gun 3d conversion, completed film. Savage weekend is a 1976 american slasher film directed by david paulsen and starring. The movie is a weird blend of something like deliverance and last house on the left. Savage weekend is a 1976 american slasher film directed by david paulsen and starring christopher allport, david gale, william sanderson, and caitlin oheaney.
Originally titled the killer behind the mask, savage weekend is not really a slasher film. I dont know if there is a single way that i gather information in completing a vision. Nicky christopher allport of without a trace, shark, and ncis, shirley caitlin oheaney, marie marilyn hamlin and two others from nyc travel deep into upstate new york for a long weekend vacation. At the 80th academy awards, it earned two nominations. One title riding that early slasher wave was savage weekend, an indie production. Run is coming out in 2020 on friday, january 24, 2020 and will be released in nationwide movie theaters.