# Long Weekend (1979)

> A fracturing suburban couple’s careless beach camping trip becomes a merciless eco-horror reckoning in the Australian wilderness.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/25355

## Facts

- Runtime: 95 min
- Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Director: Colin Eggleston
- Cast: John Hargreaves, Briony Behets, Mike McEwen, Roy Day, Michael Aitkens, Sue Kiss von Soly, Colin Eggleston
- TMDB rating: 6.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079482/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: eerie, foreboding, oppressive, late night horror viewing, cult cinema night

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