Crazy Lake

The film opens with background information and story. The government would take crazy people, tie concrete blocks to them and watch them "float to the bottom." Not sure why, but that is the back story as a bunch of hard body teens head to the proverbial cabin in the woods by the lake. We already know the killer is a guy named Harry (Tom Latimer). At 45 minutes into the film, we know there is an added dimension coming. This is an 80's style slasher film. It has plenty of killing with a blade and lots of blood, but it is light on the gore special effects. It has the typical 80's nudity, a short lived strip poker game, and creepy caretaker. We also can easily figure out the "final girl." I liked it as good throwback entertainment. The dialogue was fine. Filler material included adults using a slip and slide which can only look fun in slow motion and bikinis. The film formula was missing the stop at the crazy local store owner played by either Sid Haig or Michael Berryman. The copy of "Crazy Lake" that I viewed had "Ripper Lake" as the title. Need to work on that. Guide: F-word. Nudity (Skyler Joy, Allis Bodziak, and thank you Libby Blanton) If you step on a rusty item that punctures the foot, a tetanus shot is normally in order. Just saying, but I'm not a doctor. I just played one growing up.

This movie is fully based around the female assets. Half the movie is slow motion on one or all of the females while they are half naked. The story, if there really is one, is trampled by the continuous close up and slow motion of every half or more naked female in the movie. I cannot really say the acting is good because they don't spend much time acting, they spend more time parading around in almost no clothing. If you want *, go find a real one. If you are looking for an actual movie, look somewhere else.

Nothing to see here folks. This is a movie written by, for, and starring dudebros, with about as much effort and intelligence as that implies. Despite stealing it's ingredients from far more competent slashers, this doesn't even really feel like a horror movie. This feels like a Mountain Dew commercial. Lots of slo mo lingering shots of girls butts in bikinis, dudes flexing, and constantly pouring water on themselves, to rave music. A ton of obnoxious stereotypes. Generic plot. Oddly tame kills. A bunch of craft store paint looking fake blood. Amateur camera work....and a completely uninspired plot. Despite setting the bar extremely low, it still manages to disappoint. Lazy filmmaking 101

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