Savage Encounter

Savage Encounter

If you liked ‘Straw Dogs’, you are certain to enjoy ‘Demon Lust’.

1980 · 86 min · ★ 5.3 · Thriller, Horror

A honeymooning couple take a vacation in a remote country bungalow. Before long, they’re visited by two backwoods psychos. Terror, assault, and rape are inevitable. The U.S. video release from Genesis (released in 1988 under the title DEMON LUST) is missing ten minutes.

Directed by Bernard Buys · Written by Bernard Buys

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