Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Christopher Allport | ... | Nicky | |
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Jim Doerr | ... | Robert Fathwood (as James Doerr) |
David Gale | ... | Mac Macauley | |
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Devin Goldenberg | ... | Jay Alsop |
Marilyn Hamlin | ... | Marie Sales Pettis | |
Caitlin O'Heaney | ... | Shirley Sales (as Kathleen Heaney) | |
Jeff Pomerantz | ... | Greg Pettis (as Jeffrey David Pomerantz) | |
William Sanderson | ... | Otis | |
Yancy Butler | ... | Little Girl (as Yancy Victoria Butler) | |
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Adam Hirsch | ... | Jeremy Pettis |
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Don Plumley | ... | Pool Player |
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Ben Simon | ... | Lumberman |
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Geraldine Chapin | ... | Woman at Bar |
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Rae Chapin | ... | Lumberman |
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Claude Paulsen | ... | Waitress at Bar |
Several couples head upstate to the country to watch a boat being built. Unfortunately they are stalked by a murderer behind a ghoulish mask.
"Savage Weekend" is a weirdly disjointed, almost dreamlike experience. Its plot is impossible to follow. It is called a "slasher", but I don't know if I agree with this classification. Sure, there's a killer with a mask, but he only appears in one or two scenes. There are also scenes of violence where non-masked people kill each other and beat each other up.
The mask is a weird addition. In slashers and gialli, the mask is worn for two reasons: one, to scare the audience, and two, to provide a sense of surprise when we find out who's behind it. Here, I don't think the killer was even unmasked. There was more than one. I think.
The movie is not without a certain charm. There is a surprising scene where an openly gay man is threatened by some homophobes in a bar and beats them up. Not something you'd expect from a Seventies flick. It also has quite a bit of nudity - even of the full-frontal male variety.
It's an unusual experience, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but is actually entertaining and interesting at times.