Film Screening: Long Weekend (1978)
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UMAC x Eclipse Cinema
Long Weekend (1978)
When
7pm
To celebrate the upcoming season of Wake in Fright on stage, UMAC explores the nature of horror, Australiana and the art of adaptation with a series of special screenings curated with the Director of the world-first Horror Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh, Professor Adam Lowenstein.
This Halloween, join UMAC at Cinema Eclipse for a free screening of Colin Eggleston’s Long Weekend (1978), another inspired use of the Australian natural landscape for horror purposes that, unlike Wake in Fright, was an entirely local production.
This screening will feature a video introduction from Professor Adam Lowenstein.
ABOUT THE FILM
Attempting to resurrect their failing marriage, Peter (John Hargreaves) and Marcia (Briony Behets) set out on a camping trip to a deserted stretch of the Australian coastline in the hope that a long weekend in the sunshine will help them patch up their differences. They trample through the countryside, destroying everything in their tracks, carelessly scattering rubbish and shooting anything that moves. Their callous disregard for the environment soon becomes apparent when the animals start to seek vengeance. Marcia and Peter have proved themselves to be wanton destroyers. Can they leave, or will they be destroyed?
Director: Colin Eggleston
Starring: John Hargreaves, Briony Behets, Mike McEwen
Tickets
Free (General Admission)
Film Run Time
92 minutes
Classification
M - Adult Themes, Coarse Language, Nudity, Sex Scenes, Violence
Presented with Eclipse Cinema with support from the Horror Studies Centre at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Professor Adam Lowenstein
Director of the Horror Studies Centre at the University of Pittsburgh
Adam Lowenstein is the founding director of the Horror Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh, where he is also Professor of English and Film & Media Studies. His research on the horror film has been supported by a Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and a Macgeorge Fellowship from the University of Melbourne. His most recent book is 'Horror Film and Otherness', and he serves on the board of directors for the George A. Romero Foundation.
Wake in Fright at UMAC
Wake in Fright
In a ferocious solo performance, Zahra Newman (STC's Dracula) returns to the twisted heart of Wake in Fright.
Film Screening and Panel: Wake in Fright (1971)
Join a panel of writers, theatre makers and horror experts as they explore the nature of horror, Australiana, and the art of adaptation.
Film Screening: Long Weekend (1978)
Join UMAC and Cinema Eclipse this Halloween for a free screening of an Australian horror classic, Long Weekend.
Wake in Fright
In a ferocious solo performance, Zahra Newman (STC's Dracula) returns to the twisted heart of Wake in Fright.
See all upcoming events
To celebrate the upcoming season of Wake in Fright on stage, UMAC explores the nature of horror, Australiana and the art of adaptation with a series of special screenings curated with the Director of the world-first Horror Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh, Professor Adam Lowenstein.
This Halloween, join UMAC at Cinema Eclipse for a free screening of Colin Eggleston’s Long Weekend (1978), another inspired use of the Australian natural landscape for horror purposes that, unlike Wake in Fright, was an entirely local production.
This screening will feature a video introduction from Professor Adam Lowenstein.
ABOUT THE FILM
Attempting to resurrect their failing marriage, Peter (John Hargreaves) and Marcia (Briony Behets) set out on a camping trip to a deserted stretch of the Australian coastline in the hope that a long weekend in the sunshine will help them patch up their differences. They trample through the countryside, destroying everything in their tracks, carelessly scattering rubbish and shooting anything that moves. Their callous disregard for the environment soon becomes apparent when the animals start to seek vengeance. Marcia and Peter have proved themselves to be wanton destroyers. Can they leave, or will they be destroyed?
Director: Colin Eggleston
Starring: John Hargreaves, Briony Behets, Mike McEwen
Learn more
Professor Adam Lowenstein
Director of the Horror Studies Centre at the University of Pittsburgh
Adam Lowenstein is the founding director of the Horror Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh, where he is also Professor of English and Film & Media Studies. His research on the horror film has been supported by a Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and a Macgeorge Fellowship from the University of Melbourne. His most recent book is 'Horror Film and Otherness', and he serves on the board of directors for the George A. Romero Foundation.
Wake in Fright at UMAC
Wake in Fright
In a ferocious solo performance, Zahra Newman (STC's Dracula) returns to the twisted heart of Wake in Fright.
Film Screening and Panel: Wake in Fright (1971)
Join a panel of writers, theatre makers and horror experts as they explore the nature of horror, Australiana, and the art of adaptation.
Film Screening: Long Weekend (1978)
Join UMAC and Cinema Eclipse this Halloween for a free screening of an Australian horror classic, Long Weekend.
Wake in Fright
In a ferocious solo performance, Zahra Newman (STC's Dracula) returns to the twisted heart of Wake in Fright.
See all upcoming events