Genre: Suspense, Horror
Director: David Paulsen
Script: David Paulsen
Producers: John Mason Kirby, David Paulsen
Music: Dov Seltzer
Cinematography: Zoli Vidor
Cast: Yancy Butler as A Little Girl
Christopher Allport as 'Mother' Nicky 
Devin Goldenberg as Jay Alsop 
David Gale as Mac 
Marilyn Hamlin as Marie Sales Pettis 
Caitlin O'Heaney as Shirley 
William Sanderson as Otis 

"Upstate Murder Co" in association with Cannon Group

What should have been a weekend of fun turns out to be a living nightmare for a group of vacationers as they are stalked by a murderer behind a ghoulish mask. 

 Two couples and one gay man go to upstate New York to finish building a boat that one of the couples bought. Their arrival starts a bit unfriendly. The gay man gets in a fight at the local bar. Shirley is played by Caitlin O'Heany, credited here as Kathleen Heany, and on the front of the video case, Kathleen Heaner. Shirley decides to buy a bony Frankenstein mixed with Dracula mask with the hair of Albert Einstein, if you can imagine that. They all head for the house. But, they find a surprise when they arrive. There is a dead bat nailed to their door... 

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Savage Weekend is a low budget slasher that was made in 1976 and later released in theaters in 1980. It was shown independently first under the title THE KILLER BEHIND THE MASK. When it was theatrically released it was called The Upstate Murders. It was eventually released on video under the title Savage Weekend. 

Filmed in 1976 as "The Killer Behind the Mask" and released as Savage Weekend in 1981. Also known as "The Upstate Murders" (1979)

Comments:  Horror? Where? The movie isn't the least bit scary. I leaned on the fast forward button till I got to Yancy's little scenes. Both the scenes were very dark, but you could easily recognize her. Her voice has not yet developed the husk.