Haunted house-style movie with a very sad ending

[arcadeaction]

Hi,

I remember renting a VHS cassette, probably in the '80s or early 90's (I don't have a clue) with a story that I think basically was as follows (unfortunately it could be that I made some things up between the years that I watched it and writing this today...) :

- I think a couple had engine trouble with their car (not sure if I remember that part correctly) and somehow get in a nearby mysterious house that was apparently nearby.

- I think some spooky things happened in the house, really can't think of any detail after all those years sadly. In any case, he got separated from the girl and I think they lost each other.

- The male is scared to death near the end of the movie and finds himself an axe. He runs to what appears to be a ghost(? or at least scary creature) with the axe and while he is running to the scary character, it is revealed that from a different cameraposition, that it is not a ghost at all, but the girl from the beginning (I think I remember wearing a wedding dress but the other half of her clothes the costume of the ghost).. it was a surprise party. She slowly turns and the guy is too late to be able to stop and accidentally kills his soon-to-be-wife with the axe in horror. I think there the movie ended.

Does this ring a bell? As it's so long ago I really don't know how accurate this info is sadly.

Was just wondering if this movie really exists at all ;-)

Best regards, Vincent

[RCMerchant]

Was it winter?

I'm thinking the obscure GHOSTKEEPER (1986)....
mebbe not....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRXgvtJGAY8
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[ChocolateChipCharlie]

Bits of this sound like HOUSE, and bits of it sound like EVIL DEAD/EVIL DEAD 2.  Neither one remotely matches your entire description though.

[akiratubo]

There was an episode of Tales From the Crypt that ended with the husband killing his wife (I'm pretty sure with an axe), then finding out she had been acting weird because she was throwing a surprise party for him.

[Shadow]

I remember this movie! I saw it on HBO a time or two back in the day.

It was from 1989 and called After Midnight.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096769/

[arcadeaction]

This is totally cool and amazing! Thanks everyone for your suggestions... Ghostkeepr looks like an interesting movie btw.
I have seen both House (can't remember much from  it though) and Evil Dead series, good suggestions. Also nice to see Tales from the Crpyt mentioned, I do not know the episode though.

I'm close to 100% sure it was After Midnight, I think I even remembered some scenes from the youtube.com/watch?v=i5FmAqUYM-E trailer

Best regards,
Vincent