thecrimsonbliss

Bone Lake is the kind of "horror-thriller" that thinks it's clever because it borrows ideas from clever films. You'll immediately recognize familiar setups from Barbarian (double-booked rental and they decide to stay with the unfamiliar party) and The One I Love (couples confronting relationship woes and get a lake house as therapy only to start not trusting each other), and many others, but without the originality, tension, or emotional payoff that made those films memorable.

Despite a decent setting and a momentary uptick in energy around the hour mark, the film is weighed down by a weak script, flat performances, and a complete lack of suspense or scares. It feels like a patchwork of better movies with the edges left rough and the soul missing.

I wouldn't recommend it unless you need background noise or a reminder of how important good writing is to genre filmmaking.