The Weekend Murders

The Weekend Murders

This is where they found the first body. You'll never believe where they found the others!

Directed by Michele Lupo

Produced by Juppiter Generale Cinematografica

197098 min6.1 / 10

A playful 1970s giallo spoof that blends murder-mystery conventions with darkly comedic twists, built on escalating deaths and paranoid suspicion within a dysfunctional aristocratic family.

An aristocratic English family gather for the reading of their father's will. The family are dismayed to find that everything has been left to Barbara, the deceased's favourite daughter. The butler is soon found stabbed to death and Sergeant Thorpe, the local bobby, telephones Scotland Yard for assistance. Inspector Grey arrives and he and Barbara narrowly escape being shot. Cousin Ted and his wife Pauline are both killed. Sergeant Thorpe recalls some photos which Ted asked to have developed...

Questions people ask

  • Is The Weekend Murders scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Does The Weekend Murders end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of films.

  • Is The Weekend Murders easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is The Weekend Murders violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

  • Is The Weekend Murders sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

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53/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity78

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise64

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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