Lake Eerie (2016)
A young widow moves into an old house on Lake Erie to recover from the sudden loss of her husband; however, she soon discovers a dark secret and that she is not alone.
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Fresh and Exciting
There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
Lake Eerie started out with GREAT potential but starts to fade after awhile & then turns into complete & total..... The way it started was AWESOME.I had high hopes for this movie but after Kate found what she found & saw what she saw in the drawer, the movie starts to fade, things just get weird & it's all downhill from there.The story behind why the house is haunted was lame.The worst acting was between Kate & Autumn in the last few minutes & the ending was the worst part of the movie.It was just pointless & stupid.It made no sense at all.I should've turned it off earlier but I wanted to see how it would end.The best part of the movie & the only things worth watching were the 1st 15-20 minutes & Lance Henriksen even though he really wasn't in it.Lake Eerie is the type of movie I'd expect to fall asleep while watching so it really surprised me that I didn't.If you ever get a chance to see it, I'd skip it if I were you.Go see something elseLast but not least, I read on IMDb that Al Snow was The Man In Black.I did not know that while watching Lake Eerie.If you're a BIG wrestling fan like I am then I thought you might like to know
Well, the movie looks like one of those Sy-fy made for TV movie. The dialogue is not that well written, the special effect is cheap. It does have some strong feminist element in it though. Independent, single woman who purchase a big house...wonder where she got her money from. And that woman is saving the man trapped in the alternate purgatory-like dimension. On top of it, there was a scene where the female demon overpower and torture a male victim and supposedly it's for eternity too. There are also some lesbian scenes on top of it - Well, lesbian scenes is not all that uncommon in today's movies, but combine with those? All in all, it's a movie made for feminist, and got such a high rating because of feminist be propping the rating up. Otherwise, it's really just another mediocre Sy-fy-ish movie, not even the good ones at it neither.
I like indie films and I'm prepared to give them slack that I wouldn't give to mainstream movies. I hated this movie. The acting was, throughout, bad. Sometimes painfully bad. Again, I can put up with that. Professional actors cost money that independent movie makers don't have and indie films give new talent a chance to make their marks. Plot and script writing on the other hand costs nothing and, in both, this movie literally falls apart. Horror movies, even the best of them, require a suspension of disbelief but, when the characters in horror movies start acting in ways that stretch credibility, you have a major problem. Example (one of many): There's a strange man in my new house. Response: Find a knife (check), find a light (check), take some pills, find a comfortable sofa, lie down, sleep till morning (nope). By the end I had completely lost interest in both the characters and the story line. The IMDb rating has been boosted by lots of positive reviews (no doubt from friends and family) and I'm confident it's only going to head in one direction. Don't waste your time watching it and, if you do, leave a suitable review. Don't be surprised however if your review is instantly attacked with lots of "This review was not useful to me" hits.
Lake Eerie does everything I like in horror that seems all too rare these days. First, the story takes its time introducing the characters, the plot, and the setting. This seems simple, however, it is so often rushed (or completely absent) in many modern horror films.Solid acting all around for an indie. One weak performance, but several really great performances, Betsy Baker being my favorite. The lead was also convincing, not to mention pretty.The story was intelligent and unique, with a surprising amount of depth to it. At first I thought I knew where the film was going, but I was way off. I love when a movie can do that.The music is superb and really ties everything together. It adds heaps of atmosphere to the film. The tone and atmosphere really stuck with me after watching it. It's one I'd watch again.