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The Eco-Horror Cult of Long Weekend and its remake

cultfilmalley November 2, 2020 0

*contains spoilers There’s something about Long Weekend (1978 and 2008). It’s a mystery of sorts and yet it is a man vs. nature type film or eco-horror which first became popular in America in the 1970s with such films as Frogs (1972) and Day of the Animals (1977). Such films are the original influence but…

The Cult Movies of Director Brian Kavanagh

cultfilmalley September 7, 2020 1

*contains spoilers Director/Editor/Producer Brian Kavanagh (1935-) is one of the key filmmakers in the resurgence of the Australian film industry in the 1970s after a couple of decades where the industry more of less lay fallow. He directed only three feature films but he left his mark as a film editor on some bona fide…