Death Weekend

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database

Death Weekend (1976, Canada) is a Crime Thriller film directed by William Fruet.

Death Weekend

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!
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