Lake Placid (1999)

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...

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Movie Review

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. Full movie review »

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