Teen Slasher Flick Gone Wrong

Beneath the calmest surface lies the deepest nightmare

Welcome back to the Monday movie day. This is the fourth entry in our look at the 2007 After Dark Horrrorfest Movie series. The first two movies had a lot to recommend them. Lest you think all eight movies in the series were absolute winners, here is one of the stinkers: Lake Dead.

TITLE:

LAKE DEATH

Director:

George Bessudo

GENRE:

Horror, Thriller, Teen Slasher,

DESCRIPTORS:

Horror, Death, Killers, Drug Use, Mystery, Gore, Sheriff, Family, Rape

RATING:

Rated R.

SUMMARY:

Grandpa Lake is dead. Despite their alcoholic father’s warnings, Brielle Lake, Kelly Lake and the black sheep of the family, stepsister Samantha Lake decide to check out the hotel they inherited from their previously unknown grandfather. However, instead of going up all together, Samantha sneaks up by herself a day ahead where she meets an untimely death at the hands of two mysterious men in orange overalls.

The next morning, Brielle, her boyfriend Bill Welsh, Kelly and her best friend Tanya and Bill’s friends Ben Graham and Amy Leigh drive up to the out of the way hotel by a lake in Ben’s RV. When the group arrives, already in strife because of the flirtation between amorous Tonya and faithless Ben, they decided to rough it by the lake instead of checking into the hotel.

The death toll begins again after Ben and Tonya have a quick tryst while looking for wood for the fire. By then it becomes evident that the men in overalls are misshapen and possess great strength and brutality. Next Amy gets herself killed.

The Lakes and boyfriend quickly realize that something is wrong when they run out of friends and get chased by one of the killers. However, they are picked up by the Sheriff and taken back to the hotel for questioning. From there things get strange and take a turn for the worst.

APPEAL:

There wasn’t much in this movie I hadn’t seen already and done better. If you want to understand why this didn’t work, pick up a copy of the episode “Home” in the The X-Files series. That one hour episode had more punch and grotesque and out right fright than anything in Lake Dead.

The one stand out scene was in the last minutes of Samantha Lake’s life. Kane and Able, the murderous men in orange overalls, break into her room, tape her moth shut and tape her down. They hammer a hollow pipe through her ankles and run a chain through it. Then they took her out on the boat. Alive but in a stupor of pain, hiccuping little breaths, Tara gave a compelling performance and her final end caught my attention.

This movie wasn’t the worst movie I’ve ever seen but it was pretty average. You’ll want to see it if you’re watching the After Dark Horrrorfest Movie series and are a completist, or if you’re looking for a horror movie that won’t be too frightening for your date. Otherwise keep looking.

READALIKES:

If found something to enjoy in Lake Dead you might want to try a smarter, wittier teen slasher flick like The Hills Have Eyes, Wrong Turn or The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

You can order either the 2006 After Dark Horrorfest: 8 Films to Die For or the 2007 After Dark Horrorfest: 8 Films to Die For collected 8 movie set from Amazon by clicking on the titles.

So, do you like bad horror movies? Under what conditions do you like watching them?

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