Death Weekend (Blu-ray)

FINALLY ON BLU-RAY!!! THE ONLY FILM TO HOLD THE CENSORSHIP RECORD IN SWEDEN. Never before or since has a foreign film caused such a huge Swedish censorship row as DEATH WEEKEND. The controversy lasted from 1976 to 1990 and resulted in the film, in various edited versions, being banned a total of seven times, with five of those cases reaching the government level. "The film may seem provocative by dulling people's sense of human dignity," claimed the censors, while opponents of censorship such as Jan Guillou and former Liberal Party leader Per Ahlmark believed it was both a good and important film. Finally, the film was released—cut by seven minutes!

Studio S is proud to present the film in its full original length, for the very first time on Blu-ray!

William Fruet's reality-based film is about a couple who are subjected to rape and humiliation in a secluded house in the countryside, where the woman takes gruesome revenge. Producer Ivan Reitman later became one of Hollywood's biggest directors with Ghostbusters I & II on his resume. DOCUMENTARY by Stefan Nylén in which debater Jan Guillou, former censorship chief Gunnel Arrbäck, film guru Ronny Svensson, and Studio S director SEO recall the controversy surrounding the film. * Excerpts from AKTUELLT on SVT (April 2, 1987) with Bernt Elmquist (GeBe Film), censorship opponent Olle Grönstedt, and Gunnel Arrbäck * Two radio segments from KULTURKVARTEN on P1 with Jan Aghed from Sydsvenskan and Jan Guillou (June 29 and July 4, 1983) * ORIGINAL TRAILER * PHOTO GALLERY *

”NOTHING MORE THAN A CHEAP AND CYNICAL EXPLOITATION FILM ”

Jan Aghed on P1, April 1983

”THE BAN IS A SCANDAL.THE FILM IS WELL-MADE AND WELL-ACTED”

Jan Guillou in Aftonbladet, June 1983

”DISGUSTING, UNBELIEVABLY DISGUSTING!”

Tyra Johansson, Broadcasting Council, May 1986

”CENSORSHIP HAS SUCCEEDED IN THE ARTIFICE OF BANNING AN ANTI-WAR FILM”

Olof Ehrencrona, SvD editorial page, May 1987

”ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF THE 1970s. THE BAN IS A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE”

Olle Grönstedt, June 1987

"OF ALL THE FILMS I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN BANNING, THIS IS THE BEST."

Gunnel Arrbäck, former head of censorship, June 2017

• Language English DTS 2.0 HD MA, Dolby Digital 2.0
• Subtitles Swedish