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''Death Weekend'' (also known as ''The House by the Lake'') is a 1976 Canadian horror/thriller film directed by William Fruet, produced by Creator/IvanReitman, and starring Creator/BrendaVaccaro, Don Stroud, and Chuck Shamata. Set over a 24 hour period on a cold winter day in rural Ontario, the film focuses on fashion model Diane (Vaccaro) and wealthy playboy Harry (Shamata), whose weekend party at a remote country house turns into a nightmare following an encounter with a quartet of drunken thugs led by Lep (Stroud).
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''Death Weekend'' (also known as ''The House by the Lake'') is a 1976 Canadian horror/thriller film directed by William Fruet, produced by Creator/IvanReitman, and starring Creator/BrendaVaccaro, Don Stroud, Creator/DonStroud, and Chuck Shamata. Set over a 24 hour period on a cold winter day in rural Ontario, the film focuses on fashion model Diane (Vaccaro) and wealthy playboy Harry (Shamata), whose weekend party at a remote country house turns into a nightmare following an encounter with a quartet of drunken thugs led by Lep (Stroud).
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''Death Weekend'' (also known as ''The House by the Lake'') is a 1976 Canadian horror/thriller film directed by William Fruet, produced by Creator/IvanReitman, and starring Creator/BrendaVaccaro, Don Stroud, and Chuck Shamata. Set over a 24 hour period on a cold winter day in rural Ontario, the film focuses on FashionModel Diane (Vaccaro) and wealthy playboy Harry (Shamata), whose weekend party at a remote country house turns into a nightmare following an encounter with a quartet of drunken thugs led by Lep (Stroud).
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''Death Weekend'' (also known as ''The House by the Lake'') is a 1976 Canadian horror/thriller film directed by William Fruet, produced by Creator/IvanReitman, and starring Creator/BrendaVaccaro, Don Stroud, and Chuck Shamata. Set over a 24 hour period on a cold winter day in rural Ontario, the film focuses on FashionModel fashion model Diane (Vaccaro) and wealthy playboy Harry (Shamata), whose weekend party at a remote country house turns into a nightmare following an encounter with a quartet of drunken thugs led by Lep (Stroud).
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* BittersweetEnding: Bordering on DownerEnding. [[spoiler:Diane successfully manages to fight back and kill Lep and his accomplices, but the whole ordeal has left her exhausted and traumatized, and it's very likely she'll never truly recover.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: Bordering on DownerEnding. [[spoiler:Diane successfully manages to fight back and kill Lep and his accomplices, but Harry is dead and the whole ordeal has left her exhausted and traumatized, and it's very likely she'll never truly recover.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: Bordering on DownerEnding. [[spoiler:Diane successfully manages to fight back and kill Lep and his accomplices, but the whole ordeal has left her exhausted and traumatized, and it's very likely she'll never truly recover.]]
* CarFu: [[spoiler:Lep meets his demise while attempting to stop Diane from escaping in Harry's car; he climbs onto the roof of the moving vehicle and tries to wrest her away from the controls, only for her to shake him off the hood and run him over.]]
* CarFu: [[spoiler:Lep meets his demise while attempting to stop Diane from escaping in Harry's car; he climbs onto the roof of the moving vehicle and tries to wrest her away from the controls, only for her to shake him off the hood and run him over.]]
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Lep truly cements his status as irredeemably evil when he rapes Diane as punishment for her attempting to escape his clutches.
* SlashedThroat: Diane kills Runt by slashing his throat with a broken piece of mirror glass.
* SlashedThroat: Diane kills Runt by slashing his throat with a broken piece of mirror glass.
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''Death Weekend'' (also known as ''The House by the Lake'') is a 1976 Canadian horror/thriller film directed by William Fruet, produced by Creator/IvanReitman, and starring Creator/BrendaVaccaro, Don Stroud, and Chuck Shamata. Set over a 24 hour period on a cold winter day in rural Ontario, the film focuses on FashionModel Diane (Vaccaro) and wealthy playboy Harry (Shamata), whose weekend party at a remote country house turns into a nightmare following an encounter with a quartet of drunken thugs led by Lep (Stroud).
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!! This film provides examples of the following tropes:
* CoolCar: Harry owns a very nice 1970 Corvette. Also, in a villainous example, the thugs' 1967 Camaro.
* DisproportionateRetribution: For Lep, running his car off the road is punishable by kidnapping, rape, and murder.
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The entire film takes place over a 24-hour period.
* PrettyInMink: Diane wears a lynx fur jacket in the opening.
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''Death Weekend'' (also known as ''The House by the Lake'') is a 1976 Canadian horror/thriller film directed by William Fruet, produced by Creator/IvanReitman, and starring Creator/BrendaVaccaro, Don Stroud, and Chuck Shamata. Set over a 24 hour period on a cold winter day in rural Ontario, the film focuses on FashionModel Diane (Vaccaro) and wealthy playboy Harry (Shamata), whose weekend party at a remote country house turns into a nightmare following an encounter with a quartet of drunken thugs led by Lep (Stroud).
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!! This film provides examples of the following tropes:
* CoolCar: Harry owns a very nice 1970 Corvette. Also, in a villainous example, the thugs' 1967 Camaro.
* DisproportionateRetribution: For Lep, running his car off the road is punishable by kidnapping, rape, and murder.
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The entire film takes place over a 24-hour period.
* PrettyInMink: Diane wears a lynx fur jacket in the opening.
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