Canada

• The House by the Lake

It began with a rape. It ended with a massacre. The House by the Lake - an isolated haven that becomes a raging inferno of perverted terror and violence as Harry and Diane meet four thugs out for sadistic kicks. When Diane asserts her skill and supremacy in a death defying road battle, their fate sealed with their tormentors. Trapped in the lonely retreat, Diane watches in horror as Harry is mentally tortured and killed - she knows that worse lies in wait for her. From courage born of desperation she knows what she must do. She must fight back with whatever means are at her disposal... but will she live to tell the blood.spattered tale? Be warned before you go away on this Death Weekend. To avoid fainting - keep repeating. it's only a movie! Death Weekend was one of the first of the New Wave of Canadian Horror films to attract international attention.