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Overall Rank: 11728
Average Rating: 2.5/4
# of Ratings: 9
Theatrical Release Date: 03/29/1979
Language: English
Genre: Horror, Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Colin Eggleston
Actors: John Hargreaves, Briony Behets, Mike McEwen, Roy Day, Michael Aitkens, Sue Kiss von Soly
Plot: A suburban couple decide to spend the weekend camping at a remote beach but what is supposed to be a calm, relaxing vacation turns into something sinister when nature decides not to play nice. -- Chris Kavan
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Nature is One Real Mother
SIngli6 - wrote on 02/16/2013
Long Weekend, like all great horror, feeds on man's deep-seated fears of the things he cannot control. Here, it's that malicious harridan known only as 'Mother Nature', who targets a bickering couple vacationing on a secluded beach for the long weekend with birds, snakes, spiders, and dugongs (don't ask) because the two keep killing the local wildlife to relieve their pent up marital frustrations. The situation, however, doesn't just provoke frenzy - though there certainly is a lot of that, especially by the third act - it also causes the couple to re-evaluate their marriage and some of their life choices. Imagine 'The Birds' meets 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?'. It is a nasty little film with a sick sense of irony... and I love every tortuous second of it.
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