Review of Long Weekend (1979) by Sally A — 27 Jul 2008
MIFF '08: And so begins my favourite time of year - MIFF month! To kick off the festival, I saw Long Weekend - an Australian thriller from the 70s about nature gone berserk. Think 'The Birds' or maybe even 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'.
What was cool about this movie was that it was about two people who have a total disregard for nature...and so, nature lashes back with brutal vengeance! Delicious! It wasn't scary, but it was definitely suspenseful - particularly when Peter was left alone for the last twenty minutes of the film.
If you can get past some cheesy acting and dialogue, you'll like Long Weekend because the characters get their comeuppance, and in doing so, the film delivers a message along with its terror.
This review of Long Weekend (1979) was written by Sally A on 27 Jul 2008.
Long Weekend has generally received positive reviews.
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