Lake Dead

Plot synopsis:
Three sisters venture out to the home of their recently deceased grandfather, along with a few of their friends, to learn more about a possible inheritance, the Lake Motel. Their father begs them not to go, but being teens, they don't listen. They encounter a family living in their grandfather's cabin, which consists of a mom and her three sons, Kane & Abel, who don't speak and never show their faces; and the oldest son Chuck, who is the town's sheriff. Just as their grandfather died a grisly death, so does one of the sisters and two of their friends, leaving only Briell, Kelly and their friend Ben.Briell & Kelly's dad is worried about them and seems to be fighting an inner demon as he debates whether or not to follow them to the family homestead. And we're not sure why that is until Sheriff Chuck has his dimwitted brothers restrain Ben and the two girls, and the true meaning of the term 'family tradition' finally comes to light. While the brothers are securing the kids, Chuck is visiting mom, telling her it's been kind of a bloody mess of things up to this point, but that their plans should work out okay. As Chuck is leaving, Mom asks where her kiss is. And when he nonchalantly walks over and sticks his tongue in her mouth for a passionate kiss, it's pretty apparent at this point that the two grotesque brothers are actually mom & Chuck's sons.Ben and the girls get themselves free and Abel is killed by Kelly in self-defense. Chuck and Kane find him in a pool of blood and go racing to the cop car to hunt down the three kids. Ben manages to mortally wound the other brother, but Sheriff Chuck chases them down, shoots Ben and captures the girls again. Mom shows up to explain that Chuck is really the girls' uncle and that he will be having sex with the two of them so as to preserve the Lake bloodline. She suggests he take one of them up to the barn so that it will be more romantic, just like when the two of them had sex for the first time.Meanwhile, Kelly & Briell's dad, who is Sheriff Chuck's brother, arrives to put an end to the family tradition which he never had any part of. The girls and dad find Ben is still alive and tell him they're taking him to a hospital.As the scene changes and the movie is ending, we see four young people arriving at the deserted Lake Motel. They get out of the car to check it out and see what kind of trouble they can get into. Behind them, in the distance, we see the wounded, but not dead inbred Kane, heading toward them with an axe.************************************************************************************************************************************************************Three sisters, Brielle, Kelli and Sam are on college break. They discover that their grandfather has just died and he has left them a motel in his will. Their father, John tries to persuade them not to go, but the sisters ignore him and head off, accompanied by friends: Tanya , Ben, Bill and Bill's girlfriend, Amy.Sam is the first to arrive, and while drinking wine in Room 6, two inbreds forcefully enter and attack Sam, where with a collection of duct tape, and iron bar, and an axe, they bind Sam's legs with the tape, place the iron bar beside her ankles, and use the axe head to force the bar through both her ankles.Afterwards, the three are in a boat, where the inbreds tie a badly beaten Sam's legs to a concrete block, and dump her into the water, where she is still alive as the concrete block pulls her beneath the water, where she drowns.The rest drive to the motel and meet the caretaker, an old lady who appears kind. After finding a lake on their property, the group of friends take a swim, not noticing that Sam's dead body is floating in the lake beneath them.After the swim, the friends return back to their trailer, where they set up a small campsite. Bill and Tanya go out to the woods to get some firewood, and end up having sex (much to the chagrin of Amy).After encounters with large, strange-looking, unkempt men, the friends are terrified. Bill, Tanya, and Amy are butchered, while the remaining friends escape but are picked up by a mysterious, pushy cop. He tricks them into coming back to the motel where everything slowly falls into place. It is later revealed that the cop and caretaker are all a part of the evil scheme to make Brielle and Kelli a part of their devious plans. The cop and caretaker are in fact son and mother, respectively, and their family has been perpetuated by incest for generations (hence the inbred characteristics of the two aforementioned unkempt men). It becomes apparent that the girls' father had rejected the family "tradition" and escaped; however, their grandmother found out about this and concocted the scheme to lure them to the motel so that her son could forcibly impregnate them and continue the family line.The sisters manage to overcome joining their family's footsteps. Ben seemingly manages to kill both of the inbred men and attempts to rescue the girls from the barn where the cop has taken Brielle to rape her (in the process the grandmother is shot in the head by Ben). When they arrive at the barn Ben is shot unexpectedly by the cop, but the girls' worried father shows up at the last minute and kills his brother, stating "That's how you F*** family", and ending the gruesome tradition.In the end, four teenagers are shown going into the motel to check to see if it is abandoned. One of the teenagers has strange feelings about going into the motel. It turns out that one of the inbreds has survived, and he stares at the girls from behind a tree then screams.

Tags: violence, murder

Review:
Sooner they finds that their unknown relatives are deranged psychos."Lake Dead" is an average slasher B-movie and has an unoriginal story that I have seen many times: "The Hills Have Eyes", "Wrong Turn", I can not count many movies with stories similar to the original "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" plus a collection of clichés of the genre (naked women, friends surrounded and under siege by psychos etc.).
I kept getting the feeling that this movie was made by a few guys who wanted to get some chicks naked, play with guns, and screw around with fake blood.
The guys that made this seemed like they just wanted to recreate some of their favorite slasher horror scenes, then just threw a couple of rape scenes in for that extra shock factor.
I would first like to open this review by stating one of the funniest and best lines out of the entire movie: "That's how you f***k, family." With that out of the way, this was an interesting film that caught me off guard.
This movie is about three four sisters who inherit the Lake Hotel from there newly found grandfather, their dad did not tell them about him for "security" reasons, and the sisters soon realize that their grandfather was murdered and that there are these men who are trying to kill them.
You'll also see that this movie was influence by some earlier movies that had the same premise.Let me get started by stating that story was heavily influence by a warm house blend of Wrong Turn, The Hills Have Eyes, "Home" from the X-Files and the Texas Chainsaw.
One being deformed brothers, who wear jumpsuits, running around and murdering/raping teenagers (Wrong Turn, Hills, Home) and secondly the biggest concept I will not say since it involves a twist ending but that ideas includes movie like Texas Chainsaw and Hills.
I could compare this movie to an A&E special or Cold Case reenactment gone horribly wrong, but than I would contradict myself, since I obviously like this movie.That acting was good, but in parts.
There is a point when the killer pickaxes a girl in the ear and she cries blood as her eye turns red, yeah, a great example of classic slasher horror.Overall, this movie was good for what it was worth, in fact, I sort of like this movie.
It does look sometimes like Texas Chainsaw Massacre or Wrong Turn or other hillbillies gone mad flicks but it worked out fine for me.George Bessudo the director only made two flicks so far, both horror, Farmhouse(2008) and this one a year earlier.
It's a bit low on the red stuff but as I said, the suspense gives you enough thrills to watch this flick.Another flick in the hillbillies look-a-like going berserk with a little twist.
Three sisters, upon learning that their Grandfather that they never knew has recently died and left them a motel, decide to take a road trip with some friends to the property not knowing that some deviant lunatics are awaiting them there.Imagine "The Hills have Eyes" and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre".
It shamelessly rips of 'Wrong Turn', and in a totally uninspired and lame way.My rating in detail:1 star for cinematography (ok, but barely) 1 star for the music (it didn't hurt) 2 stars for acting (sticks out because the rest of this film is so bad) -2 stars for the scriptThe only positive: James Burns obviously has tremendous fun playing the sadistic Sheriff - it's a pleasure to watch himMakes for 2 stars overall - and that's generous.
At least they when they shot "day for night" everything wasn't blue like in the first three movies I tried to watch tonight and stopped before getting 3 minutes in.The problem with this movie - as was the problem was similar movies and others I've seen of late - is that they can't resist trying to slap a little epilogue onto the end of the film that makes no sense.
For example, lets say you've been watching a movie where a female character has multiple rendezvous with men during the movie, and after everything is tied up at the end, they tack on a couple of minutes where it's revealed that the female is actually a guy, equipment intact.
This actual circumstance did not happen at the end of this movie, but something equally insulting did.As in other films, I would have been perfectly happy to give this one 5 stars, but when the writer/director tries to be too cute at the end, I've invariably been left having to knock it down a notch or two.A decent journey with an ultimately ridiculous destination leaves me no choice but to not recommend this movie..
90 minutes.Plot:A gaggle of good-looking 20-somethings take a road trip up north to a motel which was recently inherited by about a half dozen or so sisters (none of which even remotely resemble one another) within the group.
The only element that sets this time-waster apart from the average slasher/backwoods horror flick is the heavy-handed and ridiculous soap opera that plays out in the first fifteen minutes.
If you sit around the house all day watching shows like "Days Of Our Lives" and "The Young And The Restless" and think "Gee, this is great, but a couple buckets of fake blood and some gratuitous T & A would really make it sparkle!" then this may be the flick for you.Acting: Acting is virtually non-existent.
At least the bad guys seemed to be trying and, subsequently, the actors portraying them look like they had a little fun with it.
For the bulk of the cast, you get the sense that the producer, reeking of hair gel and Axe body-spray, just called in some friends and was all like "Broseph, I got this film!
The organizing department behind the After Dark Horrorfest clearly didn't base their movie choices on plot originality; otherwise "Lake Dead" never would have made the final selection.
This is a remotely entertaining little effort, but quite possibly also the most clichéd horror movie I ever watched and it's derivative of at least a dozen genre classics, including "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (original and remake), "Friday the 13th" ,"Psycho" and "The Hills have Eyes (original and remake as well).
Personally I have a high level of tolerance for the use of dreadful clichés, but if you're exclusively looking for horror movies with innovating and daringly creative formulas feel free to skip this one, because it features absolutely nothing you haven't seen a hundred times before.
There's a revival of backwoods/inbred redneck horror movies going on lately, but somehow these newer films can't accomplish the raw and nihilistic atmosphere of their 70's colleagues.
It was said by an actor in the "making of" featurette "Lake Dead is not your average horror film" Huh?!
The guys that made this film obviously just watched Deliverance and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre(both brilliant horror films) too many times and decided that they'd try and capitalize on the themes but with much poorly executed accentuation, this film is abhorred..
Hearing of an inheritance, a group of friends heading out to check on a family-owned motel learn the owners are trying to force their incest-based beliefs on them and forces them to try to stop their murderous advances.There's a lot to like here but it does have some pretty troubling factors in this.
Beyond the action, this produces nicely with some really enjoyable suspense scenes here with the opening attack in the motel room, the dive in the lake among the dead body and the final revelation about the family's incest-filled past being pretty chilling.
Along with the rather brutal and bloody attack scenes in here, these are the film's good points.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Nudity, a sex scene and strong themes of incest..
At the end of every horror movie, I wait and cringe, hoping that after the final major scene, the camera does not show for the famous last few seconds the particular villain still alive.
Well I thought this one would end differently, and as the camera paned up over the barn I was not believing I found that movie...But wait, the new unsuspecting people stumble on the scene...oh forget it.
Yes, a lot of clichés and a lot of ideas from other movies - "Wrong Turn", "Last House On The Left", "The Hills Have Eyes"...
And of course all of them have one starting point: original "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974).Anyway, scenes were solid, camera was OK, even acting wasn't bad.
when u cant see any dead bodies at the first 30 minutes in the movie, then, its a non-watchable film, dare!
IMO, most interesting characters were the killers; I don't like feeling this way watching a horror film.
Lake Dead is clearly a rip off of much better films such as The Last House on the Left and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre; but to be honest some of my favourite films are rip offs of those films so I wasn't too worried going into it.
The sisters have their eyes on a big sale price; but get a surprise once they arrive at the motel when they discover that their long lost relatives are a bunch of psychos...Anyone with more than a passing interest in this type of film will have seen most of what happens here many times before, which is a bit of a shame because the director obviously had good intentions and the film might have been decent with just a little bit of originality.
Most people had already seen this film by the time it was awarded one of the 7 scariest horror films of 2008, but if not you most likely saw this movie genius on the Syfy channel which has been a gold standard for horror films for the past decade.Lake dead is not your average teenagers go on a road trip, messed up incest family tries to murder and rape them, American success story.
In fact Lake dead has many plot twists that will leave you wanting more grandma-son heated make out scenes.
One thing I did not like about the movie was the underling promotion of the Gieco caveman throughout this gripping horror film.
From the RV breaking down to the raping of innocent teenage girls, Gieco clearly wanted another way to promote their insurance company.Lake Dead might not save you 15% on your car insurance but is worthy of a Syfy prime time showing..
I gave this movie 9 stars out of Ten, only because the story line resembles other flicks like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Timber Falls.
When I watch a film like this, and it's really bad, I expect some wanton sex and real nakedness for the hotter female leads.
The two sisters arrive the next day with friends of theirs and begin the usual fun-in-the-sun activities by the lake, but when two of their number disappear and they go looking for them, they find them dead, hanging from a tree.
The inbred hicks, the lakeside setting, the bad cop, the elderly mother who's responsible for nearly everything are all present and accounted for, but it's all shown here with little enthusiasm or style, so what we're left with is a veritable checklist of horror movie clichés with only a few brief scenes of any real suspense or creativity.
I really don't know what to say.I was reminded of the horror movies of the late 70's and early 80's.This particular film has that same gratuitous feel of sex, violence and the mutant, inbred sibling(s) hiding in the barn!
The acting is not great and at times borders on cheesy high school musical, but at others comes across as nothing short of outstanding.The story is a great tale of family gone wrong that kept me intrigued until the end.
grandfathers in creepy motels are something to avoid.Although I was going to see this film anyway as part of the After Dark Horrorfest, what caught my attention was the high rating on the Internet Movie Database, where it was getting a ten from more than half of the voters, making it the highest rated horror film ever.
I'm a big fan of the "final girl" idea and horror films making women the stronger sex, but I guess we have to have at least one film with a tough male hero.Again, if you like thugs with hatchets, this film is good but nothing special.
I would give it 1/10 stars, but I give it 2/10 to indicate that it does have some (mostly unintended) comedic value.Spoiler: It turns out that the bad guys are really just an inbred family, and the older family members lure their youngest generation back to them to continue the incest (killing extra friends who come along with them).
There's ten minutes gone in the first fifteen; furthermore, some of it was a SPOILER IN YOUR OWN MOVIE!!By the way I've seen far worse acting in better films.
They get a group of friends and go there for the weekend...but they are soon being killed off and the girls are there for a sinister reason.It starts off OK if predictable with good direction, eerie music score and a very attractive cast (especially James Devoti).
But the acting is pretty terrible, they throw in a totally needless sex scene (to get in the gratuitous female nudity), they throw in some truly sick rape scenes and it all turns out to be a redo of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (with a few twists)!
Still it WAS great to see the villains get what they deserve at the end and, like I said, the cast is good to look at:) Worth a look on a slow night if you're a horror fan..
Ever start watching a movie and from the first five minutes, you can tell whether it'll be good or not?
I had this feeling while watching Lake Dead as the first kill of the movie was so bad, I teared up from laughing so much.
From this, viewers could foresee Lake Dead as being one of the "bad" horror movies which are comedies in disguise.
Unfortunately, this movie is just bad.In essence, what viewers can look forward to seeing here is torture violence akin to that of "The Hills Have Eyes" or "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre".
Let's break this down: how many horror movies feature cops and superficially nice old ladies who are actually the bad guys?
Surprise, there's a pair of inbred killers on the loose, as well as some dark family secrets."Lake Dead" is a movie with too many flaws to count.
I could go on with the poorly done gore (done either with CG or badly done Make-Up-though that pick-ax to the face bit is pretty awesome), the two inbred brothers that look like shaved versions of the Geico cavemen (I'm surprised they didn't start complaining about cavemen being depicted as inbred killers)-and are pretty much lifted off of "Just Before Dawn" and the "Wrong Turn" movies (the film feels basically like the people behind it just saw "Wrong Turn" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" remake-the sheriff is right out of the "Chainsaw" remake), but I'll go with other problems instead.For one thing, the acting-with the exception of Pat McNeely as the demented grandmother-is terrible on all accounts.
Going into "Lake Dead", I wasn't expecting an original movie.
I knew it would be another Evil Inbred Family/Backwoods horror movie.
Bad, Bad, Bad. You've got all the elements of every crap horror film ever made: Stupid characters, predictable villains, girl's running and falling down, the inbred family, a secluded motel, the killer is still alive at the end of the film, and people who don't kill someone when they have the freakin' opportunity.
Soon, Mama's mutant offspring begin killing the Lake sister's peeps, and find that the plan in place is for them to bare Chuck's seed and keep the family tradition continued.Nothing original here folks, kids running for their lives in the woods as two mutant monsters, straight out of "Hills Have Eyes" or "Wrong Turn", chase them down, mutilating them.
Okay, the whole adopted sister aspect of this movie felt like a time filler to me.
Well done, but over done.While I feel that this one is a good entry into the Inbred maniac genre; it'll always be a redheaded stepchild to Wrong Turn, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Hills Have Eyes..
In the beginning of the film, the bad acting from the two old people shows you what kind of movie watching experience your in for.
Right after that, we go to a charming funeral scene where a daughter slaps her father and that is hilarious, really the only entertaining second of the film.The blond lead role chick looks like one of the dumb sluts from the "The Hills" show (whatever the hell that show is about, I still don't know, or care).Oh, and driving while smoking and listening to your iPod is a winning combination.
People that make these movies are idiots with the way they do stuff like that, they just suppose that they audience can't tell how awful and stupid their sets look.The hot nudity that takes place is really excellent at least.
The script eventually tries to tie up the characters with this family subplot including the old motel keeper and the deformed hillbillies, which is the crux of everything, but this doesn't mesh well or make any sense whatsoever.Overall, there is really nothing I can recommend from "Lake Dead".
I'm often a fan of cheesy B- grade horror movies, and I really, really wanted to enjoy this flick.
The script & acting cannot be made up for, and the majority of the film feels like a subpar combination of The Hills Have Eyes, Cabin by the Lake (remember that one?), and any lame teens-in-the-woods horror with Rob Zombie's Michael Myers as the killers.