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Lake Placid (1999)

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Release Date: July 16, 1999
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Running Time: 80 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violent creature attacks and related gore, and for language.
Director: Steve Miner
Writer: David E. Kelley
Cast: Bridget Fonda, Bill Pullman, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White, Meredith Salenger, Mariska Hargitay

Welcome to Black Lake. Its placid waters complement the pristine Maine wilderness it borders. This tranquil setting is probably the last place you'd expect a gruesome fatality. But then it's also the last place you'd expect to find a 30-foot, narrow-snouted, multi-toothed, reptilian of the species Crocodylus.

An eating machine more commonly known as a crocodile.

The thick-skinned interloper and its appetite for humans brings together a group of people perhaps even stranger than the Read more

Movie Review

Grade: C+ It is incredible how a movie concept can be overlooked for so many years without finally making it to the big screen; it is amazing that no one ever thought of making a movie about a monster in a lake before. Please note the sarcasm. There must be a dozen films like Lake Placid, a mild-mannered horror movie about a thirty-foot crocodile in a Maine lake. While it is an entertaining movie, it lacks the throws and punches that a good movie is able to throw out constantly. Read the full movie review

User Comments & Reviews

I Loved It !!, by Cathy

November 27, 2003

I thought the movie was well thought out and all around good. Betty White did a superior job in this role.

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