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 Posted:   Aug 16, 2022 - 1:29 PM   
 By:   ryanpaquet   (Member)

Hey everyone, just wanted to ask the FSM brain trust if the description of this film rings home with anyone?

"The setting was a rural house that had a group of people living together (kind of commune style), there was a police strike and they were attacked by people wearing masks and had to defend themselves, in the end it was police officers who were the attackers. Things I think I know - set in Australia, maybe came out in the 80's, not sure if it was just a made for TV movie. Odd scenes I remember...a woman giving a baby a bath in the kitchen sink while doing dishes, a mirrored medicine chest in the bathroom that opened into the room behind it that someone used to escape through."


I wasn't able to find anything that matched - I got results for two different films, a Cdn film called Siege, and 1985 film called Fortress - but I don't think either of them are it. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 16, 2022 - 1:53 PM   
 By:   GoblinScore   (Member)

Fortress was the first that jumped to mind, although doubtful this is it.

That's a good overlooked Rachel Ward flick from 85, HBO played it often.
She runs a rural school, under siege by masked creeps, and revenge ensues.

It's actually a good one, better than my dashed out logline (Hi LK!!! Thanks for teaching a new term!)

 
 Posted:   Aug 16, 2022 - 3:39 PM   
 By:   Jehannum   (Member)

Hey everyone, just wanted to ask the FSM brain trust if the description of this film rings home with anyone?

"The setting was a rural house that had a group of people living together (kind of commune style), there was a police strike and they were attacked by people wearing masks and had to defend themselves, in the end it was police officers who were the attackers. Things I think I know - set in Australia, maybe came out in the 80's, not sure if it was just a made for TV movie. Odd scenes I remember...a woman giving a baby a bath in the kitchen sink while doing dishes, a mirrored medicine chest in the bathroom that opened into the room behind it that someone used to escape through."!


I don't know what it is but I certainly want to watch it.

 
 Posted:   Aug 16, 2022 - 7:32 PM   
 By:   ryanpaquet   (Member)

Yeah I looked again but am still coming up with nothing. Will check with them tomorrow to see if they mis-remembered or have any other details.

 
 Posted:   Aug 16, 2022 - 7:42 PM   
 By:   ZapBrannigan   (Member)

If they can remember one actor in it, or who wrote the music, that would be the breadcrumb.

 
 Posted:   Aug 17, 2022 - 7:23 AM   
 By:   ryanpaquet   (Member)

Confirmed that the above two movies weren't it - and they don't have any other details. They sad it may have also been a South African or New Zealand setting based on the accents, but she was very young when she saw it - which is part of the problem with human memory - sometimes we mis-remember things.

 
 Posted:   Aug 17, 2022 - 11:00 AM   
 By:   ryanpaquet   (Member)

Apparently there is a reddit dedicated ro folks solving these sorts of requests:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/comments/wqv63q/tomtmovie1980s_film_includes_scenes_of_medicine/

 
 Posted:   Aug 17, 2022 - 2:17 PM   
 By:   Ny   (Member)

Confirmed that the above two movies weren't it - and they don't have any other details. They sad it may have also been a South African or New Zealand setting based on the accents, but she was very young when she saw it - which is part of the problem with human memory - sometimes we mis-remember things.


I saw Picnic at Hanging Rock at a young age, and another film where teens get stranded while rock climbing, and a girl ends up on a ledge on a cliff face with a broken leg. The two merged in my memory and it wasn't until years later, when I saw Picnic again, that I realized they were different films.
Still have no idea what the second one was.

 
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