Sudden Fury

Gay Rowan was a very good actress, I liked her in the TV show, The Starlost, with Keir Dullea. She seems to have stopped acting around 1984. Ms. Rowan gives a stellar performance in this film as the mistreated wife. This film is suspenseful all the way, and never gets boring. The farmers wife, played by Hollis Mclaren is an absolute hottie. Big on action, paranoia, and diabolical lunacy. Well made for a low budget film from the mid 1970's. The husband played by Dominic Hogan is a complete nut job. The costumes in the film are so 1970's they need to make a comeback. Hogans three piece suit is great. Though not a masterpiece, I give this an 8 out of 10.

I remember this movie from when I was a kid. I remember it being quite effective. Low budget, yes, but also elemental and quite engrossing. This was shot on location in the remote backwoods of Ontario and really had a very Canadian feel to it. Would love to find a copy of it somewhere. Funny that both stars went on to star in the low budget Canadian sci-fi series Starlost, which was neither effective nor engrossing. I remember they'd show it quite often on Canadian movie series, back in the days when network television owned the world of movie watching. Jeeze this ten line rule really makes you go on too long about movies you barely remember but do want to note.

I saw this on local TV in Detroit over 20 years ago and thought it was fantastic, though quite violent. I've searched for it on TV or video over the years, but to no avail. Hardly anyone seems to have seen this flick, though it is mentioned in the Blockbuster film book. I'd love to see this film again, but not living in Toronto or Vancouver, I may be out of luck!

Judging from the date and location, I must have caught the same broadcast the previous poster got!

I generally dislike the movies my country makes, both for their terrible production values, and for their obsession of making movies about sexual perversion and/or depressing topics that no sane person wants to see. (Other countries, seeing our movies, must think we are freaks!)

SUDDEN FURY, on the other hand, is an exception to that rule. It's hard to believe that the usual "art-only" government film funders funded this movie, since it's more or less a suspense thriller that was made to entertain an audience! Also, since the movie is almost totally shot outdoors, the usual cheap production values associated with Canadian films is seldom seen.

The story actually has some suspense, and I was frequently wondering what was going to happen next. However, the movie goes on too long, and the last few minutes play out like the filmmakers suddenly ran out of money (two characters actually talk out loud about what they are going to do, instead of actually playing it out - which would have been more suspenseful.) Also, there were some glaring clues and circumstantial evidence(one involving different guns and bullets) that are never brought up. Either the screenwriter didn't think about these details when writing this movie, or that there was indeed a different written ending that would have brought these up.

Still, above average for a Canadian film. Certainly better than the movies the government funds these days, including that HORRIBLE movie "Paint Cans"!!!

Brian Damude wrote and directed this highly entertaining low-budget thriller shot on a very slender budget and using a number of personnel from Ontario's Ryerson University. Dominic Hogan,Gay Rowan,Dan Hennessey, Hollis McLaren and David Yorston star in this tale of a married couple whose weekend drive in the country takes a serious detour into bloody madness and murder.Very suspenseful and skilfully directed exploitation gem with several suspenseful scenes set in Canadian wilderness.The soundtrack is excellent and the acting is very good.A must-see,if you liked "Trapped","Death Weekend","Shoot" or "Wolf Lake".8 out of 10.