Lake Alice

I spent equal parts of this movie laughing and cringing. The writing wasn't horrible but the sound and effects were pretty bad which I don't usually mind in a good slasher movie. Obviously a low low budget movie. I barely made it through it. I don't know who plays the lead in this but I don't remember the last time I witnessed such atrocious acting. It's definitely not something I would watch a second time but on a slow Wednesday night it was alright. I wouldn't recommend it for your movie night unless you are slasher film fanatic. Lots to pick apart and laugh about but nothing to scare, shock or surprise you.

Lake Alice (2018) is available on Tubi and tells the tale of a family who decides to go to their cabin for Christmas. As they head into town to get supplies they meet some old friends and locals from their years coming to the area to staying in the cabin. On Christmas Eve strange things start happening around them leading to their first Christmas at the cabin possibly being their last...

This movie is directed by Ben Milliken in his directorial debut and stars Brando Eaton (Dexter), Peter O'Brien (The Return), Michael Shamus Wiles (Fight Club), Laura Niemi (The Who Wish Me Dead) and Caroline Tudor (Mortal Kombat Legacy).

The storyline for this movie had potential but takes too long establishing the characters rather than getting going. This is a 78 minute movie and nothing happens for the first 46. The kill scenes are bad, without gore and contain sound effects that sound like they were taken from a cartoon. The acting is also mediocre to bad. I did like the final resolve but it was too little too late.

Overall this is a disappointing Christmas horror movie that could have been better written in and executed. I would score this a 3/10 and recommend skipping it.

I only watched it for Eimeen Dietz, best know for her ultra short performance in the classic The Exorcist (1973) as Pazuzu. And she do gives the best performance in this flick. Sadly it's the only positive thing I can say.

You have to wait over half the flick before things go wrong. Before that it's all about having a Christmas diner with the family and the new lover of their daughter. Going back to the cabin do offer a few issues in town with the family. But nothing comes out of that. When you think it's going to happen, in fact, nothing happens at all. Once the terror comes in it's all low on horror and gore and the must have shower scene doesn't offer a thing too.

It did had some potential but the director chose to make it a low on everything with too much blah blah going on. Throughout the flick you will find out yourself who the killer is. There are a few twist but you won't be surprised about it.

Lake Alice is out there but not for the geeks...

Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

Wow, I really have no idea what movie some of the positive reviewers were watching here. This movie that clocks in at barely 80mins was painful to get through. Awkward acting, terrible editing...just bad all round.

Firstly the "action" really doesn't begin until about 65 minutes into the film at which point you're thinking to yourself "when is everything going to happen?, "At what point are people going to start dying?" By the time this does start occurring, you really don't care. I personally WANTED these unlikable characters to die..

The editing in the last 30 minutes...will make you care even less about the outcome, characters pop in and out at different environments, even for a horror, I was like "how the hell did they get here?" "Characters act more moronically than they usually would in a horror, and that's saying something. The poster of this movie looked great, hence my reason for watching it...but as the saying goes, 'Don't judge a book by its cover'...in this case, the cover is way better than the content.

As for spoilers...whatever you do, don't read the IMDb "Storyline" it essentially gives away the "big reveal" and I'm assuming the viewers who watched this movie and stated it was an unpredictable ending, hadn't read this...not that one really needs to, to guess who the killer may be.

Bad movie, we spent 40 minutes waiting for something to happen and nothing happens, when at last the suspense and the terror start, it is all very obvious and boring.

The reason for the murders to take place does not make sense, nor does the ending.

Get away from this movie.