Week-end sauvage

Original title: Death Weekend

1976
16
1h 27m

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6.0/10

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Don Stroud and Brenda Vaccaro in Week-end sauvage (1976)

A rich playboy has a large house in the Ontario countryside. One weekend he invites his girlfriend, a fashion model, but on his way to the house he drives past a gang of crazed young men. The men find out where the house is and terrorize the couple.

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Sleazy dentist Harry owns a house in the Ontario countryside and invites his girlfriend, model Diane, for a weekend. On their way to the house, they drive past four crazed bikers, who follow... Read allSleazy dentist Harry owns a house in the Ontario countryside and invites his girlfriend, model Diane, for a weekend. On their way to the house, they drive past four crazed bikers, who follow Harry and Diane there, and terrorize them.Sleazy dentist Harry owns a house in the Ontario countryside and invites his girlfriend, model Diane, for a weekend. On their way to the house, they drive past four crazed bikers, who follow Harry and Diane there, and terrorize them.

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Despite being described as an "appalling orgy of destruction" by the 1976 August Bulletin the film was passed relatively intact by the BBFC after a personal visit by Brenda Vaccaro to chief censor James Ferman to plead for a certificate. Some of the female examiners on the board described the film's violence as "acceptable, even justifiable" and the only UK cut made to the movie was the removal of the word "cunt".

Goofs
During the opening car chase, the Camero smashes into an Oldsmobile, smashing a corner of the Camero's front end. Immediately after, the damage is gone.

Quotes
[last lines]
Lep: You bitch!
Diane: Get out of my way!
[Lep only smirks, and Diane runs him down]

Alternate versions
The US and English Canadian VHS releases are cut. Missing in action are the following details:
SPOILER WARNING:
An additional shot of Lep on top of Diane as he rapes her.
When Diane slashes Runt's throat, there is a graphic shot of Runt's throat gushing blood and an additional shot of Diane as his blood sprays across her chest. The US/Canadian tapes cut from her slashing action to Runt falling off the bed, omitting the gory details.
After Diane escapes out the window, there is an additional shot of Runt choking on his own blood while Frankie and Stanley joke outside the bedroom door.
When Diane sets Stanley ablaze, the sequence lasts several seconds longer as he runs out of the boathouse in flames.
Note that both the French (dubbed) Canadian and Spanish (subtitled) VHS versions were released uncut.

Connections
Featured in 42nd Street Forever, Volume 3: Exploitation Explosion (2008)

Soundtracks
Wanderlust
(uncredited)
Music by Keith Mansfield
APM Music

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Featured review

Exhilarating in parts.

"Death Weekend" is a more complex film than it appears on the surface.

The violence is initially against Harry's property which he values more than anything else. Even though Diane has spurned him one gets the impression that he considers her his property too. Her resilience against the grotesque mob of ugly greasers is exhilarating to watch and is comparable to the revenge actions that take place in the later "I Spit On Your Grave".

The film's closing images are unnerving, keeping in tone with the somewhat excessive terror factor of the second half.

Stroud and Vaccaro are excellent.

7/10