Open Season (1974)

R   |    |  Action, Drama, Thriller

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Three young men take a young woman and a middleaged man to an isolated cabin, where they are terrorized in different ways.

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19 April 2000 | Gangsteroctopus
boring, bleak, mean-spirited
I saw this one on a bootleg off a Norwegian (?!) prerecord that was partially letterboxed (about 1.80:1), with subtitles in the lower matte. I ended up fast-forwarding through large portions of it because it was THAT BORING. It reminded me in a lot of ways of "Funny Games", another pretentious piece of s**t movie. They're both sadistic, anti-humanist exploitation pics and shouldn't pretend to be anything else. Don't get me wrong: I like movies that wallow in violence for the sake of violence - as long as they have the courtesy to be at least entertaining. This movie is not entertaining. It made me feel personally abused, much like the victims of the hunters, which maybe is the point, but then why in the f--k would I want to spend 100 minutes of my life enduring that (though, obviously, I did...).

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The screenplay was adapted by author David D. Osborn from his own novel of the same name. The movie credits refer to a work called "The All-Americans" but in actuality the book was simply called "Open Season" (Dial Press, New York, 1974).

Goofs

When Ken and Artie climb the bluff, Ken is carrying a bolt action rifle. But after they split up and Ken returns to the lodge, he enters the cabin carrying a pump action shotgun. The rifle is never seen again.

Soundtracks

Run Rabbit Run
Lyrics and Music by Noel Gay and Ralph T. Butler

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Plot Summary

Genres

Action | Drama | Thriller

Details

Release Date:

August 1974

Language

English

Country of Origin

Spain, Switzerland, USA, UK

Filming Locations

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Box Office

Gross USA:

$265,810

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