Directed by Colin Eggleston • 1978 • Australia
Starring John Hargreaves, Briony Behets
Nature fights back in a tense, terrifying Ozploitation classic with an urgent ecological message. 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 hopes that a long weekend in the sunshine will help patch up their differences. They trample through the countryside, destroying everything in their tracks, carelessly scattering garbage, and shooting anything that moves. The pair’s callous disregard for the environment soon comes back to haunt them when the animals whose home they have disrespected retaliate, leaving the wanton destroyers to face their own potential annihilation.
Directed by Peter Weir • 1979 • Australia
A mysterious tradesman (Ivar Kants) shows up unbidden at the home of an academic couple (Judy Morris, Robert Colby) and proceeds over the next few days to disassemble their bathroom and related fixtures. The wife seems particularly disturbed by the man's...
Directed by Gillian Armstrong • 1979 • Australia
Starring Judy Davis, Sam Neill
For her award-winning breakthrough film, director Gillian Armstrong drew on teenage author Miles Franklin’s novel, a celebrated turn-of-the-twentieth-century Australian coming-of-age story, to brashly upend the co...
Directed by Bruce Beresford • 1980 • Australia
Starring Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters
At the turn of the twentieth century, three Australian army lieutenants are court-martialed for alleged war crimes committed while fighting in South Africa. With no time to prepare, an Australian ...
