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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The story itself wasn't that bad, but the writing and acting was terrible; very difficult to watch. I'm not sure why someone would half-ass their dream of making a movie instead of getting the money together to do it right.
Sad to see that a flick containing Lance Henriksen and Betsy Baker is total crap. i admit it, I was fooled by seeing their names taking me back to Aliens (1986) with Lance and The Evil Dead (1981) with Betsy.This flick clocking in over 90 minutes is one big yawn. It's all about talking and nothing happening. It's only the last 10 minutes that the horror comes in and even that is ridiculous. Most of the horror is not shown or done off-camera. And don't watch it for your thespians, they are maybe 5 minutes in this crappy flick.The poster looked promising, sadly the flick wasn't. And people bragging give independent flicks a change. I do, i'm in the scene over 30 years so I have seen it all by now. Sorry, this doesn't offer one thing to notice. Gore 0/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 0/5 Story 0/5 Comedy 0/5
This movie's greatest strength is its ability to build tension and not rely on jump scares. It really captures the feeling of what it's like being alone in a creepy house (my family has an old house and I have been there alone, even the little things freaked me out.) I appreciate the shower scene not having blood coming out of the shower head, that has been done to death and I was getting worried when the scene began. Dirty, mucky lake water was a clever twist to an old horror trope. Nicely done.Bonus point for shooting the film using the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes are amazing and don't get enough love in movies! I would really love a Put in Bay movie
I saw Lake Eerie at the HorrorHound Film Festival in Indianapolis. I went to see it because I'm a huge fan of Lance Henriksen. I also liked the poster.Lance had a supporting role. I notice he does more often nowadays. Having a daughter in her 20's, I can relate to Lance's character in the story. It would be a difficult situation to say the least, but I won't go into more detail to prevent spoilers.The film doesn't stick to any horror tropes or follow any formula to its creation. There is much more of a concentration on the characters and what they are going through. The story unfolds in a mysterious way. It's really part horror, part thriller, part science fiction. To me, it works quite well.The movie stuck with me and was the only sold out showing at horrorhound. I almost didn't get in. I plan to buy on amazon, so I can watch it again. There's probably things I missed in the first go around that I hope to clarify on the second viewing.In Indie scale, I give it a 9/10. Much better than most. Some of the reviews who apparently disliked it, do not understand the indie scale of filmmaking. One cannot compare to the studio films. It's just not a fair comparison.