Savage Weekend

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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 William Sanderson and a young Yancy Butler. A sequel, in the form of an independent short film titled Not Another Savage Weekend, was produced in 1994.

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[edit] Tagline

You have been chosen. You are doomed. Prepare for.... SAVAGE WEEKEND

[edit] Plot

The DVD cover to the movie Savage Weekend. This cover features the famed "killer behind the mask".
The DVD cover to the movie Savage Weekend. This cover features the famed "killer behind the mask".


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.

[edit] Cast

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 Paulsen ... Waitress at Bar
Robert T. Henderson ... Bartender

[edit] Crew

Produced by
Claude Duvernoy ... associate producer
John Mason Kirby ... executive producer
David Paulsen ... producer

Original Music by
Dov Seltzer

Cinematography by
Ladislaus Vidor (as Zoli Vidor)

Film Editing by
Zion Avrahamian
Jonathan Day

Sound Department
Jane Landis ... boom operator

Camera and Electrical Department
Steven Cohen ... assistant camera
Matthew Neadow ... gaffer

Music Department
Dov Seltzer ... conductor

[edit] External links

Savage Weekend at imdb.com