Neverlake (2013)

On a trip home to Italy to visit her father, Jenny is thrown into a world of mystery, horror and legend as she is compelled to discover the truth behind all his secrets and lies.

Director:

Riccardo Paoletti

Writers:

Manuela Cacciamani (story), Carlo Longo (screenplay)

Stars:

Daisy Keeping, David Brandon, Joy Tanner

Cast

Credited cast:
Daisy Keeping	...	Jenny Brooks (as Daisy Ann Keeping)
David Brandon	...	Mr. Brooks
Joy Tanner	...	Olga (as Joy Allison Tanner)
Martin Kashirokov	...	Peter
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lisa Ruth Andreozzi	...	Aurora
Alice Belardi	...	Policewoman
Riccardo Bono	...	Male Nurse
Claudio Ciabatti	...	Policeman
Anna Dalton	...	Maya
Davide Frondaroli	...	Policeman
Dianne Lynn Jones	...	Jenny's Mother
Uberto Kovacevich	...	Sabelli
Elia Longo	...	Etruscan Child Sethre
Eva MacCallum	...	Malila
Pierangelo Menci	...	Bus Guy

Storyline

When Jenny, an American teenager visits her father's home in Italy she expected it to be a time to see the world and bond with her father. She soon discovers that this is far from reality. When Jenny visits the Neverlake, a lake that legend calls "The Lake of Idols" for its healing powers in ancient times, Jenny meets a peculiar group of children. As she digs further into the mystery of these missing children and their leader Peter, Jenny discovers a world of horrific medical experiments, secrets and lies. When Jenny is called upon by three thousand year old spirits of the Neverlake to help them retrieve ancient artifacts stolen from the lake she comes face to face with her greatest pain and possibly her greatest pleasure.

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Plot Keywords:

lake | medical experiment | folk horror | etruscan mythology | artifact | 

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Taglines:

Death Lies Beneath

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The troupe Risked to get stuck on the mountains for a full day because they forgot to fill the jeep tank.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Jenny Brooks: [narrating] The garden once fair, became cold and foul, like the corpse of her had been its soul. Which at first was lovely, as if in sleep, and slowly changed 'til it grew a heap, to make men tremble and never sleep. Shelley, my favorite poet. He was English, but he wrote these lines right here in Tuscany. My father thinks that poetry is for people who haven't yet reached, or just lost the gift of reason.

User Reviews

Good ending but takes forever to 'get to the action'..

When I say 'action', I mean getting to the meat of the story.

First 50 mins (and yes, I went back and double checked on BluRay) were way too boring. So boring that I had this BluRay since 2014 and only NOW (in 2015) sat through it all because I had nothing else to watch.

So yeah, first 50 mins will bore you. Last 35 mins will enthrall you.

Last 35 mins also are surprisingly darker than I imagined, for this movie. First 50 mins give you the impression that you are watching some same old cliché-fest of a ghost movie. But I would say, the ending moments are pretty good.

Also, the movie is well acted. But some of the dialogues feel too artificial (only 'some'). Overall, watch the movie for the last 35 mins, it's worth it.

5/10 (5 for the last 35 mins, -5 for the first 50 mins)

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 April 2014 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Neverlake

Filming Locations:

Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

One More Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min (original)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color