With their exams over, three wealthy Melbourne private school girls – Jilly (Kim Trengrove), Joanne (Kerry Mack) and Liz (Marie O’Loughlin) – head off to Portsea for a secret long weekend getaway in a borrowed house near the beach.
Meanwhile, Pamela Wilkinson (Karen West, the 1980 Australian Playboy Playmate of the Year) has stolen $20,000 from crooked bookies and fled to the coast, ending up in the house next door to the three girls.
Then the black vans show up, and their occupants – a psycho group of homicidal maniacs – stage a terrifying and violent home invasion. Together, the women try to fend off their attackers.
The action finally shifts to the Portsea boat harbour at night, where the surviving characters are trapped on the pier, with the black panel vans acting like predatory animals, using their high-beam headlights to blind and corner their prey.
The film ends on a haunting freeze-frame. As the sun begins to rise over the harbour, the camera lingers on the aftermath of the violence. There is no traditional rescue or sense of justice – instead, the film concludes with a cold, detached look at the site of the massacre, leaving the viewer with a sense of unresolved dread.
Made with 10BA tax funding, the film did not receive a theatrical release in Australia and remained unseen there until its release on an Ozploitation Blu-ray in 2025. The film was released in the US as Fair Game (not to be confused with the 1986 Ozploitation film of the same name).
David Reyne (brother of Australian Crawl singer James Reyne) makes his film debut as an apprentice. The film features several classic songs from the Aussie band Cold Chisel.
Jilly
Kim Trengove Joanne
Kerry Mack Liz
Marie O’Loughlin Pamela Wilkinson
Karen West Vince
Jay Mannering Gerry
Paul Alexander Trevor
Nield Schneider Nightman
Nick Lathouris Brian
Nik Forster Susan
Louise Howitt Liz’s Mother
Monica Maughan Motorcycle Cop
Robert Hewett Constable Bill
Tony Mahood 1st Apprentice
Doug Bowles 2nd Apprentice
David Reyne Bank Teller
Michael Carman Bank Manager
Robbie McGregor Chef
Frank Bassini
Director
Christopher Fitchett
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