Needless to say that I had never heard about the 2017 horror movie titled "The Lake" prior to now late in 2022, as I happened to get a chance to sit down and watch it. I wasn't really expecting a whole lot from the movie, as I didn't know anyone on the cast list and never had heard about it.
But I do believe in giving a movie a fair chance, and thus I opted to sit down and watch what director Elgin Cahill had to offer with "The Lake".
And let me just say that it wasn't a whole lot that was offered. Nay, this movie was amateurish on every level. Sure, there was ambition behind the project, but the script from writers Elgin Cahill and Wendy Winterbourne was just so very slow paced, monotonous, generic and uneventful. So yeah, you're not going to find yourself in for a grand horror experience if you opt to watch "The Lake".
The acting performances in the movie were wooden, rigid and fairly amateurish. But then again, it was fitting for a movie of this magnitude. I can't really point out a single actress or actor and say that this performer stood out.
For a horror movie then "The Lake" was a swing and a miss. Well, unless you consider a slow paced narrative of practically nothing happening as horror.
My rating of "The Lake" lands on a generous two out of ten stars.
