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You guys don't watch enough bad movies

posted 16 years ago by NightoftheDawnoftheDayoftheDead
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What's with all the hate for this movie?

I'm not going to defend it and say it's wonderful, but it was head and shoulders above most of the crap low budget horror produces. It looked like an actual movie.. no camcorder shot footage and horribly fake props, and the actors weren't half bad either.

Most horror themes are pretty played out by now, so if you go in expecting something unique and amazing out of pretty much any horror movie, you're going to almost always be sorely disappointed.

Lighten up. If you want to see "the worst movie ever!!!" the bottom of the barrel is a whole lot farther down than this.

This movie had actual characters, didn't try to overdo it with lame twists like so many movies do a miserable job of these days, and the pacing was pretty good too.

The story was not the greatest and didn't bring much of anything new to the table, but there wasn't really anything outrageously stupid about it either, except maybe for the very end (gotta leave it open for a sequel!).

Better than average but certainly not great slasher flick in my opinion.

[–] imatosser182 16 years ago

Agree fully, nothing revolutionary but definitely not a bad way to spend 80 minutes

[–] Sullust 16 years ago

>>> Agree fully, nothing revolutionary but definitely not a bad way to spend 80 minutes <<<

Oh, I can think dozens of things I could have done otherwise.

This film is exactly why I don't see independent film as any better than big-budget, studio garbage. Nothing ground-breaking or "cutting edge" seems to ever come out of it. It's either pretentious, self-important crap or stuff that's recycled from movies we've seen before. Seems like the only difference between the two is that the studios get the famous names but beyond that, not much else.

Sullust

[–] imatosser182 16 years ago

How often does anything ground breaking or cutting edge come out anyway? 4 or 5 times a year? its a rare occurence, so to me its worth watching half decent efforts like this one to pass the time until they do, as the OP says there are some absolute messes around that make this look like a masterpiece.

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[–] Sullust 16 years ago

[–] imatosser182 16 years ago

>>> How often does anything ground breaking or cutting edge come out anyway? 4 or 5 times a year? its a rare occurence, so to me its worth watching half decent efforts like this one to pass the time until they do, as the OP says there are some absolute messes around that make this look like a masterpiece. <<<

"Irelevant. Crap is crap irrespective of the source."

"I didn't find this film to be even a half decent effort."

When did I mention sources? I said its worth watching half decent films until masterpieces come along, the fact that you're saying its not a half decent film is defeating your own argument.

[–] Sullust 16 years ago

>>> When did I mention sources? I said its worth watching half decent films until masterpieces come along, the fact that you're saying its not a half decent film is defeating your own argument. <<<

Really? I initially said that this film was no better than "big-budget, studio garbage". I then called it crap and reaffirmed this by stating that I didn't even find this it to be a "half decent effort". So where's the contradiction? Was I supposed to define what "crap" means? As for sources, I mentioned them from the start as part of my initial point.

Sullust

[–] imatosser182 16 years ago

Sullust - You are an @sshole

[–] Sullust 16 years ago

>>> Sullust - You are an @sshole <<<

Not enough grey matter to come up with something a little more lucid, eh?

Yup, you're a tosser alright.

Sullust

[–] imatosser182 16 years ago

Plenty, you're just not worth the effort.

[–] Sullust 16 years ago

Keep telling yourself that.

Sullust

[–] JrnlofEddieDeezenStudies 8 years ago

Yeah, and I don't really give a crap about that anyway. If a film is really, really done well and it's groundbreaking or cutting edge I'd give it slight bonus points for being groundbreaking or cutting edge, but I'd much rather see a film that's done with good craftsmanship but that's very derivative/generic over a film with even just passable craftsmanship that's groundbreaking or cutting edge, and certainly over a film with crappy craftsmanship that's very groundbreaking or cutting edge--I tend to hate the latter instead. "Originality" isn't a strong virtue in and of itself to me. Good craftsmanship, on the other hand, is a strong virtue in and of itself to me.

Not that I'm saying this film has excellent craftsmanship, by the way, but it was pretty good in many respects, especially for the budget, and it seemed like the people involved cared about making an entertaining film.

[–] brittpopx 16 years ago

Haha, i totally agree.
There are way worst movies out there, and this one actually looked pretty decent.
I liked it alot, to be honest.

[–] SeattleGirl09 15 years ago

Generally, a horror flick riddled with cliché, subpar acting and other cheap attributes brings me SHEER JOY. I laugh my ass off when some disposable character is so predictably knocked off first (like that Sam everyone was so bummed about). We should remember that Lake Dead falls into a category I like to call “light entertainment.” This film is not trying too hard, so I give it respect - it served its purpose.

[–] JrnlofEddieDeezenStudies 8 years ago

I was bummed out that she was offed so quickly, but primarily because I thought the actress was hot and I wanted to oggle her more. There are three other hot actresses in this, though, too.

[–] TwoMushrooms 15 years ago

"You guys don't watch enough bad movies"

- Er, so you think it would be in our best interest to watch more bad movies? Anyway, please cut the crap. I hate it when someone is trying to defend a piece of trash by saying "there are worse movies out there, this isn't the worst" or some bull like that.

"It´s not the dress that makes you look fat, it´s the fat that makes you look fat."

[–] JrnlofEddieDeezenStudies 8 years ago

- Er, so you think it would be in our best interest to watch more bad movies?

I think so. If you were to sit through a hundred or so films like Insaniac (2002), Night of Horror (1981), The Black Witch Project (2001), The Bonesetter (2003), The Crucifier (2005), Sixteen Tongues (1999) etc., you'd be able to better appreciate what films like Lake Dead do well.

[–] mertondingle-ismyhero 15 years ago

Gotta say the worst horror movie I ever saw was Dark Fields. *shakes head*

Or the one I forgot what it was titled, but it was just basically pure porn on a really really bad movie set. Don't think we made it even 10 minutes into that one.

[–] Strazdamonas 14 years ago

i agree this is far from worst movie (which in my opinion is black bible) but this wasnt a good movie either. gave it a 5, thats about as medioclre as there is.

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[–] nikkiten1979 14 years ago

crappy movie... needed more sex.

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[–] timgc 13 years ago

The dialogue really is cringe-inducing... it definitely IS a bad way to spend 80 minutes.

[–] ScorpionTDC 11 years ago

By no-budget B-movie standards it's watchable I guess, but that doesn't make it good. It's pretty dull, the low production values are VERY obvious, the acting/characters aren't good (the only one I remember liking was the main guy, and I would hardly call his actor great lol), and I don't recall the kills being too interesting.

Maybe with a bigger budget it'd be more enjoyable. But as is? Watchable. Not enjoyable.

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[–] JrnlofEddieDeezenStudies 8 years ago

I agree. I enjoyed this film enough to give it an 8 here. Didn't love it (or I would have given it a 9 or 10), but I thought it was very entertaining for an obviously low-budget indie, and like you, I've seen tons of low-budget indie shot-on-camcorder horror where it seems like no one involved really gives a crap if anything is done well, including stuff like whether viewers will be able to hear dialogue.

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