Ghost Lake (2004) (V)

Director:

Jay Woelfel

Writer:

Jay Woelfel (writer)

Release Date:

26 April 2005 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Evil Rises.

Plot:

In a small town in upstate New York, local residents were drowned as a dam was built and the town was flooded to create the Rushford Lake. One hundred years later, the souls of the drowned are becoming restless...

Plot Keywords:

Lake | Death | Supernatural | Small Town | Accident

Cast

Tatum Adair	...	Rebecca Haster
Timothy Prindle	...	Stan James
Gregory Lee Kenyon	...	Sheriff Dobbs
Azure Sky Decker	...	Flora / Saundra Tompson
Chuck Franklin	...	Doctor Bloch
Damian Maffei	...	Young Fisherman / Son #2 on Boat
Dan Metcalf	...	Old Fisherman
Linda Brown	...	Ruth Haster
Raymond Suriani	...	Richard Haster
Rick Kesler	...	Reverend
Edward M. Valenta	...	Sexy Club Guy
Mary Ann Layman	...	Librarian
Carolyn Ricketts	...	Grandma Tompson
Richard M. Kennedy	...	Grandpa Tompson
Cindy Ohanian	...	Car Crash Wife

Also Known As:

The Empty Lake (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror images and some sexuality.

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Norway:15 | UK:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Sweden:15 | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Rushford, New York, USA

Company:

Young Wolf Productions

Trivia:

Rushford Lake in New York is a real place. The history of the lake is also real. The remains of two towns rest at the bottom of the lake which was created by a dam which was completed in 1930.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: As Becky is confronting Flora/Saundra in the library, we see the dollhouse behind Becky. We already know there's no one else in the library except the librarian, yet when the camera is on Becky, you can see that someone playing with puppets in the attic window of the dollhouse.

Quotes:

Sheriff Dobbs: No, don't die... yet.

Ghost Lake: One of the Worst

This "movie" is a pile of random video footage mixed together! There is no logical order! I don't understand anything that happens in this movie. I understand that some stupid ass ghosts/zombies/ghouls or something like that come and mess people up every thirteenth year and then it is just a blur! It would have been a good idea to make a more simple plot! Or am I just so stupid that I don't get it? But anyway if someone understands the plot please tell me!

Now let's talk about the special-effects... They suck! If you can't make special-effects don't make them! I think everyone who has seen this "movie" remembers the scene where the zombie/ghost/ghoul/thing hits a man with a brick and there's blood splatter in the camera... classic!

And now let's talk about the acting! I thought it was quite good... If the cast of Ghost Lake were the only actors alive! And even then they would suck! Everyone can act as good as them. They just suck. But the child actor irritates me the most! She say's the lines like this:"Himynameissomethingsomethingilikeponysanddogsandcats..." If you can't get a decent child actor don't make a movie that includes children!

I can recommend this "movie" to movie makers as a educational film. If they changed the name to "Avoid Making Movies Like This". And also if you like to watch the worst of the worst, this "movie" is highly recommended!