History Film / LongWeekend

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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: A major source of the conflict between Marcia and Peter in their marriage stems from Marcia getting an abortion (possibly to conceal an affair she was having), and the former feeling lingering guilt about it.

* YourCheatingHeart: Peter accuses Marcia of having an affair with a family friend.

* RecklessGunUsage: Peter's gun sins include testing the sight on on his rifle by aiming it at his unsuspecting wife; leaving a loaded speargun around, which goes off narrowly avoiding Marcia; drinking and shooting; running down a sand dune carrying a loaded rifle; and firing randomly at nothing.

* GoingInCircles: When Peter and Marcia are trying find Lunda Beach, Marcia's tells him they are driving in circles, as they've passed the same tree multiple times. Later, when Peter is attempting to escape he beach, he stops to refill the car's rank and drops the empty fuel can by the side of the track. He drives off, but a few minutes later her finds himself driving past the bright orange fuel can.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It is up for debate whether [[GaiasVengeance supernatural forces]] at [[GeniusLoci Lunda Beach]] are responsible for the ([[spoiler:ultimately fatal]]) adversities that Peter and Marcia are subjected to, or if a set of eerie coincidences simply converge with their poor judgment to make them [[spoiler:meet an untimely end]]. Similarly, it is somewhat unclear whether the events toward the end of the film (such as the moving dugong corpse) are the product of their mad delusions or not, though the abandoned campsite and drowned woman they find would suggest that something really is amiss in the area.

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. The film takes place over a long weekend: starting on FRiday afternoon and ending on late Monday afternoon.

* SelfOffence: [[spoiler:After Marcia drives off, Peter is forced to spend the night outdoors on the beach. Firing at all of the strange noises he hears in the darkness. Running out of bullets, he loads the speargun and sits clutching that. Hearing another noise, he fires the spear and noises cuts off. Come the morning light, he finds he has shot and killed Marcia who had crashed and was making her way back to the camp.]]

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It is up for debate whether [[GaiasVengeance supernatural forces]] at [[GeniusLoci Lunda Beach]] are responsible for the (ultimately fatal) adversities that Peter and Marcia are subjected to, or if a set of eerie coincidences simply converge with their poor judgment to make them meet an untimely end. Similarly, it is somewhat unclear whether the events toward the end of the film (such as the moving dugong corpse) are the product of their mad delusions or not, though the abandoned campsite and drowned woman they find would suggest that something really is amiss in the area.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: In addition to their unwarranted killing of the dugong (albeit due to mistaking it for something more dangerous like a shark), Peter and Marcia run over a kangaroo without a second thought, while [[KickTheDog Peter fires willy-nilly shots at ducklings and other creatures]].

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: In addition to their unwarranted killing of the dugong, Peter and Marcia run over a kangaroo without a second thought.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It is up for debate whether [[GaiasVengeance supernatural forces]] at [[GeniusLoci Lunda Beach]] are responsible for the (ultimately fatal) adversities that Peter and Marcia are subjected to, or if a set of eerie coincidences simply converge with their poor judgment to make them meet an untimely end. Similarly, it is somewhat unclear whether the events toward the end of the film (such as the moving dugong corpse) are the product of their mad delusions or not, though the abandoned campsite and drowned woman they find seem real enough.

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A remake was released in 2008, directed by Jamie Blanks starring Creator/JimCaviezel and Claudia Karvan in the lead roles.

''Long Weekend'' is an [[GreenAesop ecologically-themed]] 1978 Australian horror film directed by Colin Eggleston and starring John Hargreaves and Briony Behets.