Trial Run

Stranger things have happened at that cottage than women's lib. Now you get off my property.

– Alan West (Martyn Sanderson) to Rosemary (Annie Whittle)

Now look here Mrs Edmonds — just because something's upsetting you doesn't give you leave to come over here, throwing accusations at me and me dog.

– Alan West (Martyn Sanderson) reacts to Rosemary's accusations that his dog attacked her

You wouldn't have seen anyone at my place in the last two hours would you?

– Rosemary (Annie Whittle) to a farmer who lives near the cottage (Martyn Sanderson)

Far from being an imposition, the feminist slant lifts the film out of the ordinary by challenging not only our expectations of how women behave but also of how a thriller works ... having set out to make a commerciallly accessible feminist film, Melanie Read has crossed the line, running strongly.

– - NZ Herald reviewer Diana Bagnall, 13 October 1984