Lake Dead (2007)

Director:

George Bessudo

Writer:

Daniel P. Coughlin

Release Date:

11 July 2008 (Australia)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Beneath the calmest surface lies the deepest nightmare

Plot:

Three sisters and a group of their friends take a trip to the home of the recently deceased grandfather -- who died a particularly grisly death -- to learn more about the promise of an inheritance, only to encounter a family of psychos who have taken up residence in the old man's cabin.

Plot Keywords:

Lake | Motel | Blood | Murder | Gore

Cast

Alex A. Quinn	...	Bill Welsh (as Alex Quinn)
Kelsey Crane	...	Brielle Lake
James Devoti	...	Ben Graham (as Jim Devoti)
Kelsey Wedeen	...	Kelly Lake
Tara Gerard	...	Samantha Lake
Vanessa Viola	...	Amy Leigh
James C. Burns	...	Sheriff Chuck Lake
Pat McNeely	...	Gloria Lake
Edwin Craig	...	Willard Lake / Grandpa
Christian Stokes	...	Abel Lake
Trevor Torseth	...	Kane Lake
Dan Woods	...	John Lake
Malea Richardson	...	Tanya Holt
Kenn Woodard	...	Priest
Lydia Hyslop	...	Doomed Teenager #1
Ryan Coughlin	...	Doomed Teenager #2
Cyrus Alexander	...	Doomed Teenager #3
Carmen Thompson	...	Doomed Teenager #4
Jason Hice	...	Funeral Attendee
Steven Schneider	...	Funeral Attendee
Daniel P. Coughlin	...	Funeral Attendee
Amy Buchanan	...	Funeral Attendee

Directed by
George Bessudo

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Daniel P. Coughlin

Produced by
Andrés Fernando Calderón	....	associate producer
Todd Chamberlain	....	producer
Hector Echavarria	....	producer
Jason Hice	....	producer
Mike Karkeh	....	executive producer
Mike Karkeh	....	producer
Robert Rodriguez	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Mark Petrie

Cinematography by
Curtis Petersen

Film Editing by
Eamon Glennon

Casting by
Gustavo Cardozo
Jason Hice
Alex A. Quinn

Production Design by
Antony DeQuin

Set Decoration by
Nick Hernandez

Costume Design by
Carmen Thompson

Makeup Department
Sonia Alvesdias	....	assistant makeup artist
Veronica Loza	....	assistant makeup artist
Bruna Nogueira	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Ken Schwenker	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chris Hall	....	first assistant director
Melissa Leonard	....	second second assistant director
John Mazza	....	second assistant director
John Mazza	....	second unit director

Art Department
John Maxwell P. Glen	....	property master

Sound Department
Trent Corbett	....	boom operator
Jeff Gross	....	foley artist
Jeff Gross	....	foley mixer
Shaun Lile	....	sound mixer
Mike Pipgras	....	foley editor
Glenn A. Porter	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Ben Bornstein	....	makeup effects: Creature Effects, Inc

Visual Effects by
David Van Woert	....	visual effects coordinator
David Van Woert	....	visual effects producer
Leo Vezzali	....	visual effects producer
Pablo Wang	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Cameron J. Mooney	....	stunt coordinator (as Cameron Mooney)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jeff Carolan	....	electrician
Zakk Eginton	....	camera loader
Jason Goodell	....	best boy electric
Charles A. Gould	....	key grip
Chris Hall	....	underwater camera operator
Gembala James	....	electrician
Thomas Martin	....	camera operator
Thomas Martin	....	director of photography: second unit
Robert McFall	....	grip
Evan Pesses	....	gaffer
Curtis Petersen	....	camera operator
Jovan Sales	....	second assistant camera
Eric Sherping	....	first assistant camera
Nick Sogard	....	electrician
Sam Stewart	....	electrician
John Toom	....	grip
Frank Valenzuala	....	grip
Frank Valenzuela	....	grip
Jared Wellman	....	electrician
Paul Wittenberger	....	electrician

Editorial Department
Lance Spindler	....	color timer
Peter Swartz	....	colorist (as Pete Swartz)

Other crew
Shelley Marie Brown	....	promotions
Amy Buchanan	....	production assistant
James D. Clayton	....	script supervisor
Vincent J. Cook III	....	key set production assistant
Jeremy Craven	....	production assistant
Trevor Lawler	....	production assistant
Andrew Mangialino	....	production assistant
Tritia Victoria Manianglung	....	production coordinator
Kai Nuuhiwa	....	marine coordinator

Thanks
Jesse David Ing	....	special thanks (as Jesse Ing)

Production Companies

• Alliance Group Entertainment

Distributors

• After Dark Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Alliance Group Entertainment (2007) (non-USA) (all media)
• Cultmovies (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Indies Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Lionsgate (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Movie Bank (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Nikkatsu (2008) (Japan) (DVD)
• Rialto Distribution (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• Visual Filmes (2007) (Brazil) (DVD) (TV)

Special Effects

• Base FX
• Creature Effects

Other Companies

• Buzz Factory, The  
• Juniper Post  additional audio
• PPI Camera Corporation  camera dollies
• PPI Camera Corporation  camera equipment provided by
• PPI Camera Corporation  grip and lighting equipment
• Stage 6 Productions  sound post-production

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence/gore, a rape scene, language, some sexual content and drug use

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA (2008) | Australia:MA | Netherlands:16 | USA:Unrated (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Sable Ranch - 25933 Sand Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company:

Alliance Group Entertainment

Goofs:

Plot holes: Both Kane and Able's heads are bashed in until they die, but at the end we see one of them limping up to the motel with some stuff wrong with his face, but they were both dead due to head trauma - there was nothing wrong with their legs.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Lake Dead: Behind the Scenes (2007) (V)

Family Tradition

The Lake sisters - Brielle (Kelsey Crane), Kelly (Kelsey Wedeen) and their step-sister Samantha (Tara Gerard) - receive a surprising inheritance from their unknown grandfather that has just deceased. Brielle and Kelly join a group of friends and travel in a RV to visit the Lake Motel and decide what to do with the property. Sooner they finds that their unknown relatives are deranged psychos.

"Lake Dead" is an average slasher B-movie and has an unoriginal story that I have seen many times: "The Hills Have Eyes", "Wrong Turn", I can not count many movies with stories similar to the original "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" plus a collection of clichés of the genre (naked women, friends surrounded and under siege by psychos etc.). Even the incestuous relationship among relatives is not original - "Timber Falls" is better and better. But entertains, and my vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Lago da Morte" ("Lake of the Death")