Savage Weekend

Savage Weekend
1980 Theatrical Release Poster as Savage Weekend
Directed byDavid Paulsen
Written byDavid Paulsen
Produced byAlvin L. Fast
Starring
CinematographyZoltan Vidor
Edited by
  • Zion Avrahamian
  • Jonathan Day
Music byDov Seltzer
Production
company
Upstate Murder Co.
Distributed byThe Cannon Group, Inc.
Release dates
Running time
88 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$58,000[2]

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.[3]

Filmed in 1976 under the working title The Upstate Murders, and initially marketed as The Killer Behind the Mask, the film was acquired by the Cannon Group[4] and released theatrically in North America in mid 1979. It has been cited as an early prototype for the slasher film, predating both Halloween (1978) and Friday the 13th (1980).[4]

  1. ^ Brennan, Sandra (2015). "Savage Weekend". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015.
  2. ^ Edwards 2017, p. 45.
  3. ^ Muir 2007, p. 575.
  4. ^ a b Harper 2004, p. 149.