a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Absolutely perfect mix of low-key realism and expressionistic horror. I'd liken it to Straw Dogs, The Birds and Rosemary's Baby. It's more a psychological thriller than a straight-up animals attacking human film, but the savagery of the natural world is never far away.No special effects, very little music, just a young couple whose marriage unravels on an isolated beach, and at the same time nasty events happen which suggests nature isn't happy with them....it's all done in a believable way so the animal attacks may just be co-incidence. Very atmospheric, perfectly paced and great building of tension - reaching a real sense of dread in the last half hour.

Dear Everette De Roche,I guess you were watching a lot of Ingmar Bergman when you wrote this film. I don't know what it is with you Westerners. You guys are supposed to be the happiest people in the world but you make the most depressing and disturbing films. And then a bunch of Indian filmmakers who don't know any better copy your films thinking that this is the way to be.Anyway, I enjoyed The Long Weekend. It was pretty intriguing. It was a nice idea to set the breakdown of a husband-wife relationship in the midst of hostile nature. I thought some of the scares were a bit lame - I mean a sea cow, COME ON! And I was not too impressed by the two lead actors either. I guess all the really good Australian actors were stolen by Hollywood and you were left with this lot.It is not in the same league as Deliverance or Wake in Fright. But I enjoyed it. It was more of a depressing and mysterious film about the breakdown of a relationship rather than an all out horror film.Best Regards, Pimpin.(6/10)

Long Weekend is directed by Colin Eggleston and written by Everett De Roche. It stars John Hargreaves and Briony Behets. Music is by Michael Carlos and cinematography by Vincent Monton.Peter and Marcia, their marriage teetering on the rocks, go away for what is hoped will be an idyllic long weekend of camping by the sea. But as they disrespect nature, nature decides enough is enough...Australia has produced some excellent horror movies over the decades, sitting up with the best of them is this, an abject lesson in terror wrung out from a minimalist situation. What you think is just going to be a standard "when animals attack" movie, proves to be something of far more depth and consequence. The animals do indeed attack, after Peter and Marcia carelessly trample nature's beings and foliage, where she's a ball of anger and ignorance and he's a machismo searching buffoon, but the horrors are not merely confined to what old Mother nature responds with, the horrors within the couple's marriage strike hugely audible chords, even marrying up to events unfolding in this not so idyllic paradise the couple thought they had found.Director Eggleston doesn't just plunge the couple (and us) straight into terror, he affords time for the story to build, for us to get a handle on the warring pair. He also niftily throws up a grey area in the first quarter by having the first act of carelessness as being accidental, it could happen to you or I, in fact this passage of the film has tricked us into having some empathy with the clearly troubled couple, but then bam! Eggleston puts an axe in Peter's hand and a can of insecticide in Marcia's and the film shifts into another gear. Items are brought into the narrative and dangled tantalisingly, but the director isn't clumsy in reintroducing them at a later point in the picture, the timing is right because now, as the film enters the last third, it's edge of the seat time.With such a minimalist setting, and using only two humans and their pet dog, the makers need to make their key scenes work to an optimum level. Thankfully that is the case, from a swimming scene to one where Peter is alone at night by the fire being haunted by noises all around him, it's a film of genuinely scary scenes. This is where the sound department come in and do wonders, the sounds of nature are amplified considerably for total unnerving effect, while the ambient swells for build up sequences gnaw away at the senses. Both Hargreaves and Behets are natural, and excellent because of it, while there's some beautiful natural Australian vistas brought out of the screen by Monton's photography.This is not a bloody film, but it doesn't need to be, it's an exercise in sharp breath holding terror. Messages and metaphors are there to pay heed to, but mostly this is just bloody great entertainment. 8/10

Cencorship laws changed in Australia at the end of the 1960s paving the way for a wave of, what are known as, OZ-ploitation films. Nudity, violence, sex and gore made them perfect for late night showings in the USA. Long Weekend is one of the most famous OZ-ploitation films of the 1970s. It gained a cult following and is also a favorite of Quentin Tarantino. Slow paced, thought-provoking,unexplained and atmospheric, this is a film that doesn't go by formula. Beautifully photographed and filled with uneasiness, this is a movie for those who love creepy and quirky, and especially the Australian brand of weird. The remake of the same name is atrocious.