The House by the Lake

Sep 17, 1976

1h 27m

★ 5.8

They were going to rape her one by one. She was going to kill them....one by one.

Overview

Harry is a rich dentist who often brings women up to his rural lakehouse. One weekend, he invites Diane, a former fashion model. On their way to the house, Diane runs a gang of thugs off the road. Humiliated, the thugs track down the couple for revenge.

Genres

Horror

Thriller

Production Companies

Quadrant Films

Canadian Film Development Corporation

DAL Arts

Famous Players

American International Pictures

The House by the Lake Trailers

Cast

Diane

Brenda Vaccaro

Lep

Don Stroud

Harry

Chuck Shamata

Runt

Richard Ayres

Frankie

Kyle Edwards

Stanley

Don Granbery

Spragg

Ed McNamara

Ralph

Michael Kirby

Policeman

Richard Donat

Smokey

Denver Mattson

Mr. Doobie

Al Bernardo

Mrs. Doobie

Roselle Stone

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