| Savage Weekend | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | David Paulsen |
| Produced by | Alvin L. Fast |
| Written by | David Paulsen |
| Starring | Christopher Allport David Gale William Sanderson Yancy Butler |
| Cinematography | Dean Cundey |
| Release date(s) | 1977 |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Savage Weekend (also known as The Killer Behind the Mask and The Upstate Murders) is a 1979 slasher film written, produced and directed by David Paulsen and starring Christopher Allport, David Gale, William Sanderson and a young Yancy Butler.
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You have been chosen. You are doomed. Prepare for.... SAVAGE WEEKEND
A group of friends leave New York City and head upstate to the country to watch a boat being built. Unfortunately, during their stay, they are stalked by a psychotic murderer wearing a ghoulish mask.
Christopher Allport ... "Mother" Nicky
Jim Doerr ... Robert Fathwood (as James Doerr)
David Gale ... Mac Macauley
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)
Adam Hirsch ... Jeremy Pettis
Don Plumley ... Pool Player
Ben Simon ... Lumberman
Geraldine Chapin ... Woman at Bar
Rae Chapin ... Lumberman
Claude Dickison ... Waitress at Bar
Robert T. Henderson ... Bartender
The film was released theatrically in the United States by The Cannon Group in 1979.
The film was released on VHS in the 1980s by various companies including Paragon Video Productions.
The film is available on DVD through various companies, but the legality of these releases in terms of proper licensing is in question.
A sequel, in the form of an independent short film titled Not Another Savage Weekend, was produced in 1994.