“They were going to rape her one by one. She was going to kill them....one by one.”
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.
Brenda Vaccaro
Diane
Don Stroud
Lep
Chuck Shamata
Harry
Richard Ayres
Runt
Kyle Edwards
Frankie
Don Granbery
Stanley
Ed McNamara
Spragg
Michael Kirby
Ralph
Richard Donat
Policeman
Denver Mattson
Smokey
The House by the Lake is a horror, thriller film released in 1976 exploring themes of rape, drowning, revenge, murder, gang, home invasion. Directed by William Fruet, it stars Brenda Vaccaro, Don Stroud, Chuck Shamata. 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.
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