Death Weekend
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Death Weekend (1976, Canada) is a Crime Thriller film directed by William Fruet.
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Main Details
- Released in 1976
- Color
- Running Time: 87 Min.
- Production Co: Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC) | DAL Arts | Famous Players | Quadrant Films
- Distribution Co: Cinépix Film Properties (CFP) (1976) (Canada) (theatrical) | American International Pictures (AIP) (1977) (USA) (theatrical)
- Written and Directed by William Fruet
- Starring: Brenda Vaccaro, Don Stroud, Chuck Shamata, Richard Ayres
- Produced by Don Carmody, John Dunning, André Link, Ivan Reitman
- Cinematography by Robert Saad
- Film Editing by Debra Karen, Debbie Karjala, Jean LaFleur
Plot Summary
- A rich playboy has a large house in the countryside. One weekend he invites a fashion model. On his way to the house, he drives past a gang of crazy young men. The men find out where the house is and begin to terrorize the couple.
Also Known As
- Fin de semana sangriento (Argentina / Spain)
- Bluthunde (Germany)
- Fim de Semana Mortal (Portugal) (original subtitled version)
- Fim-de-Semana Mortal (Brazil)
- Fin de semaine infernale (Canada) (video title) (French title)
- Inferno im Moor (Germany)
- Miertelny weekend (Poland)
- Party des Grauens (Germany)
- Tappava viikonloppu (Finland) (informal title)
- The House by the Lake
- Vergewaltigung (Germany)
- Un Violento week-end di terrore (Italy)
- Week-end sauvage (France)
- The House By The Lake
Taglines
- It began with a rape. It ended with a massacre!
- Their first mistake was raping her. Their second, letting her go.
- It was Thanksgiving weekend. Diane had nothing to be thankful for... she was just trying to stay alive!
- Tension so unbearable so overwhelming so uncontrollable you'll want to scream out loud!