Product Details

• Actors: Christopher Allport, James Doerr, David Gale, Devin Goldenberg, Marilyn Hamlin
• Directors: John Mason Kirby, D. Paulson
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Cheezy Flicks Ent
• DVD Release Date: September 2, 2008
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B001BTODZ2
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #74,914 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

Nicky (Christopher Allport of WITHOUT A TRACE, SHARK, and NCIS), Shirley (Caitlin O'Heaney), Marie (Marilyn Hamlin) and two others from NYC travel deep into upstate New York for a long weekend vacation. Once at their destination they mix with Otis (Willi

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2.0 out of 5 stars Banjo Music, Halloween Masks, And A Weekend Retreat..., October 15, 2008

By	Robert I. Hedges - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This is a yawn of a slasher movie, made in 1976, although it was stuck on the shelf for five years before being released. When you see it you'll know why. The film plays like an uneasy combination of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "The Phantom of the Opera", and "Pod People".

After a brief, tense, and needlessly melodramatic opening revealing conflict and parenting issues within a tedious group of people, the cast goes to a creepy old cabin for the weekend, where crazy Otis works as a boat caretaker. How do we know Otis is crazy? The heavy-handed direction and screenplay have one cast member mention to another that Otis has previously kidnapped and branded (yes, with a branding iron) a woman. But that's all in the past, and they have no reservations whatsoever about letting Otis stay on as the caretaker of their boat. It turns out that Otis is none too skilled at his craft, as they bring in an outsider to assist him, after which many bad things happen. Coincidence?

The film is mostly boring, although there is one fairly good plot twist which you can predict if you watch carefully: I was too bored to watch it all that carefully in part due to the tedious flute and banjo music. I give "Savage Weekend" two stars for throwing the curveball at the end.

As a side note, the movie is available as part of the "50 Movie Pack: Drive-In Movie Classics" collection, normally for less that you would pay for this single DVD.