Sleaze, but pretty entertaining. You have to overlook a lot of things, like these dudes are nearing middle age, way past the time when you spend your leisure time hot-rodding around the countryside with a case of beer. I first saw this when I was 16 or so, and naturally I enjoyed seeing Brenda Vaccaro naked, not realizing until viewing this movie several years later that the nude female I had lusted after was actually a body double, Harry the dentist is a hoot, a completely emasculated man who does nothing about his home being invaded, and when he finally hatches a plan it consists of grabbing a shotgun from upstairs, which is immediately taken away from him, at which point he's reduced to throwing records at the bad guys. Fun stuff, if you're in the mood for some retro cinematic sleaze.
Review of The House by the Lake
