Southern Comfort (1981)

7.1R101 minDirector: Walter Hill

1981 film by Walter Hill

Southern Comfort is a 1981 American independent Southern Gothic thriller film directed by Walter Hill and written by Michael Kane, Hill and his longtime collaborator David Giler. It stars Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward, T. K. Carter, Franklyn Seales and Peter Coyote. The film, set in 1973, features a Louisiana Army National Guard squad of nine from an infantry unit on weekend maneuvers in rural bayou country as they antagonize some local Cajun people and become hunted.

Filming took place during a 55-day period in the Caddo Lake bayou in the states of Louisiana and Texas.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

FAQ

What is Southern Comfort about?
Southern Comfort (1981) — A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.
Is Southern Comfort based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Southern Comfort scary?
Content rating: R. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.