Id's wanted...

[John]

First a movie; it's about a woman in a small town who is raped and then she kills her attackers one by one. I know what you're thinking, but it's not I Spit on Your Grave. This one came out in the mid 80's or so and the woman is raped in her home. I believe one of the killing involves a rowboat. I'm not positive, but I think the guy couldn't swim so she got him in a boat with a hole in it and them pushed it out into deeper water on a lake.

Also, I know this is a huge longshot, but many years ago (probably late 70's or early 80's) I checked a book of ghost/horror stories out of the school library, but I only remember one story from it. The host of a radio show plans a broadcast from a supposedly haunted house and while his crew waits outside, he goes inside alone with a microphone and handcuffs himself to the bed, vowing to spend the night. Of course it ends with his being attacked by something while the people outside listen. I think he started describing a creature that then becomes real. Tales from the Crypt did a very similar episode with Morton Downey Jr. as a tabloid TV host doing a show from a haunted house. Anyone ever read this?

[Vermin Boy]

Never seen it, but the first one could be Ms. 45. Was the lady mute?

[nshumate]

Unfortunately, "revenge on rapists" was a well-populated genre in the '70's -- unfortunate mainly because most of them weren't very good.

Nathan

[John]

>Never seen it, but the first one could be Ms. 45. Was the lady mute?

 Nope, not Ms. 45.

>Unfortunately, "revenge on rapists" was a well-populated genre in the '70's --
>unfortunate mainly because most of them weren't very good.

 Well, most likely, this was made in the 80's. I recall it looking fairly modern at the time I saw it, not dated like most 70's movies.

[Ash]

Last House on the Left maybe?

[John]

>Last House on the Left maybe?

Nope. Definitely not any of the famous 1970's rape/revenge movies. This was some cheap knockoff. I don't even recall there being much nudity or gore in it.

[Ash]

The Hills Have Eyes?  (No wait, that wouldn't be it.)

 

[Cool Tester]

Not sure about the movie, but I did read the story about the DJ when I was a kid.  I can't remember the title of it, but I think it was one of those "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" books (I was into those when I was a kid).  Hope this helps.

[John]

>I did read the story about the DJ when I was a kid. I can't remember the title of it,
>but I think it was one of those "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" books (I was into
>those when I was a kid). Hope this helps.

 I don't think that was it. I wasn't into Alfred Hitchcock back then and this story was more of a horror/monster story than a thriller.

[Dano]

Naked Vengence, 1985?

[John]

>Naked Vengence, 1985?

I don't think so. All the descriptions I found for this mention her parents and husband being killed and her being left for dead and I don't remember anything like that in the movie I saw. Also, one site said it took place in an urban setting, but this one was set in a small town. I also found a page listing movies with rape scenes, but none of them sounded like the movie I saw.

[Andrew]

Could the film be "Steel and Lace?"  It is a bit like "Deadly Friend," but with rape.

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0100688

Try these two sites for starters on your short story.  The first credits the original story to William Gaines.

http://www.tvtome.com/TalesfromtheCrypt/guide.html

http://www.allaboutcomix.com/publisher-gaineswilliam.html

[John]

>Could the film be "Steel and Lace?" It is a bit like "Deadly Friend," but with rape.

 Nope, I've seen Steel and Lace and that's not it. No SciFi or horror elements in the movie I'm thinking of.

>Try these two sites for starters on your short story. The first credits the original
>story to William Gaines.

Well, I tried a few searches, but came up empty. Either there's not much info on the net about what he's written himself, or my research skills suck. or a combination of the two. Every search turns up dozens of matches for his comic work, MAD magazine etc, but I couldn't find anything on any short stories he might have written. Thanks anyway.