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When a suburban couple go camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn't in an accommodating mood.
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Their crime was against nature...Nature found them guilty. [DVD Australia]
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Trivia
This picture was filmed during April and May 1977.
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Goofs
There are a couple of shots of a Tasmanian Devil shortly after the couple arrive at the campsite. As the name suggests, Tassie Devils live only in Tasmania. Yet the beach/camping scenes were filmed in Bega, NSW, which is a long way away, and separated by a large stretch of ocean.
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Quotes
Peter:
I'm sorry if we got...
Marcia:
Shh!
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Crazy Credits
The closing credits appear over a shot of the wilderness vegetation growing around the harpoon impaling Marcia.
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Connections
Referenced in
Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005)
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...when I first saw THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, I kept thinking that I'd seen this basic idea before, and this was where it was. The basic setup is different -- this time it's a married couple who take their bickering into a camping weekend -- but the effect is identical, with supernatural forces terrorising them for daring to trespass onto the wrong territory. The suspense is a slow build, and there's even some touches that popped up in later flicks; for instance, the idea for the shot of the scorpion being run over by a truck in close-up during the opening title sequence of NATURAL BORN KILLERS was taken directly from this one. Part of the first major wave of Australian pictures that made a big splash in the States circa '79 and '80 -- among the others were GALLIPOLI, BREAKER MORANT and THE LAST WAVE -- LONG WEEKEND is, unfortunately, one of the forgotten gems of the period. If you ever see an old video of it in a shop somewhere -- anywhere -- grab it. And watch it...