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Directed by | David Paulsen |
Written by | David Paulsen |
Produced by | Alvin L. Fast |
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Cinematography | Zoltan Vidor |
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Music by | Dov Seltzer |
Production company | Upstate Murder Co. |
Distributed by | The Cannon Group, Inc. |
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Running time | 88 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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]