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ACTOR
Fay MastersonSandrine HoltWilliam Gregory LeeStephen Bishop
DIRECTOR
Andrew C. Erin
SYNOPSICS
Sam's Lake (2006) is a English movie. Andrew C. Erin has directed this movie. Fay Masterson,Sandrine Holt,William Gregory Lee,Stephen Bishop are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2006. Sam's Lake (2006) is considered one of the best Horror,Thriller movie in India and around the world.
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Sam's Lake (2006) Reviews
A very poor, low budget film.
I just saw this movie. Please don't believe the fake hype that's been going around obviously planted by the studio. This movie lacks continuity thru out and makes you lose interest after the first 30 minutes. It is not a horror movie. In fact I don't know which genre to put this into. It was definitely a snooze fest for me and I give it a 4/10 tops. Shame on studio execs for planting fake positive reviews on IMDb. It beats the whole purpose of IMDb where people come to get unbiased ratings. Please don't waste your time on this film if you are looking for some good chills and thrills. This movie will bore the hell out of you. Surprisingly the acting was good for the first 20 minutes or so making you think if the director lost interest in it after wards?
An Okay Let's-Terrorize-A-Bunch-Of-Kids-In-A-Cabin Film
This film uses the tried-and-true gimmick of putting a bunch of young people together in a wilderness cabin and then terrorizing them. It is not terribly original in this way. However, as a film, it succeeds where many Hollywood attempts at this same thing fail as the story is taut, accomplishes the goal of creating anxiety, and has a bit of a different twist on who is behind the terror and why. All the actors are unknown, but do a decent job. While the film is low-budget, it looks okay. Those seeking a really scary and unique experience with lots of blood and scares will be disappointed. If you are bored and cannot find anything else at the video store and you want an okay experience with this stock type of film you should be satisfied. As far as films, and particularly horror films go, this one is no where near the top, but it is nowhere near the bottom where the stupid, silly, and goofy lie.
Just another 'cabin by the lake' teen horror flick
From the Friday THE THIRTEENTHs to CABIN FEVER this 'cabin by the lake/ teens in the woods' horror genre has been done to death. SAM'S LAKE both adds and detracts from this genre at the same time; it adds another piece of rubbish to the pile and it detracts from the few truly original and quality productions in this genre. The story is just a knock-off that pulls elements from the numerous other flicks in the genre. Instead of crazy Jason with his crazy mother, crazy Samantha has a crazy father and crazy brother. Her rag-tag band of young somewhat buff friends/victims are little more than bland stereotypes for a diversity campaign. The horror aspect is a real disappointment; the victims never really fight back and are easily killed. The horror scenes just aren't scary and the acting is bad. In an obvious attempt to pander to preteen girls and perhaps a gay following from his other so-called acting ventures, the actor who plays Sam's brother takes his shirt off and runs around in the woods half naked during the final night hunt and killing segment. Within the story this is illogical --- there's no reason for it; but, as a gimmick to keep viewers watching the practice of showing some skin is done in movies all the time --- but usually with more attractive actors.
Where's Jason Voorhees when you need him?
I realize Sam's Lake isn't anything quite like Crystal Lake, but still I was secretly hoping that Jason Voorhees would pop out of the water during one of the numerous boring moments and increase the bloodshed and body count a little. No such luck, unfortunately, as "Sam's Lake" is a fairly pretentious and wannabe clever thriller instead of just an amusing and undemanding slasher. The opening sequences of this film are exactly the same as the opening sequences of approximately 7.500 other horror films, with a group of friends heading out to a remote middle-of-nowhere forest area for a weekend of fun and laughter. The only slight difference here maybe is that the main characters aren't sex-addicted teenagers but losers in their early thirties with dysfunctional backgrounds. There's very little going on during the first 45 minutes, except the atmospheric narration of a local urban legend campfire tale about a mentally unbalanced young boy who escaped from the asylum and returned to the area to slaughter his family members. The events further in the film are obviously related to this local legend, but not exactly like you would expect. The group stupidly decides to explore the murder's ramshackle cabin and find a journal that sheds a disturbing new light on the urban myth. If you manage to struggle through this incredibly dull film (though there are a couple of nice shots of leaves floating on the lake's surface), there's an essential plot twist after about an hour of playtime. Admittedly this particular twist is quite original and unpredictable, but it's probably also the single most implausible thing I've ever seen. Also, the twist may give a powerful short energy boost to the film, but the finale is a tedious and confusing mess again. I think I must have stopped paying attention to the story lines, because all of a sudden a Rob Zombie look-alike showed up. What the hell? The murder sequences are tame and most of them occur off-screen, which is the one thing that every horror fanatic hates. "Sam's Lake" is boring and largely derivative with only a small handful of notable moments. Hardly a movie to recommend.
If you are willing to wait this is a good horror movie with most of the chills in the final 30 minutes
Supposedly true story of a massacre that happened around Sam's Lake. The plot has a group of friends who go to the lake in order to reconnect and get away. However when they go to a run down house in the woods where a massacre occurred years earlier (The "true" part of the tale), things begin to take a turn for the worse as they begin to be hunted. Surprisingly good horror film has a great deal of mood and few nice twists that keep things moving, once things get moving. The problem here is that the film moves in fits and starts for almost an hour before the film gets up the speed to really take off. Honestly the film at first seemed like a well made but stereotypical story of people going into the woods and running into trouble. Then things began to build once they actually got to the woods with the story sequence building a nice bit of tension. However its not until the diary scene that the film truly springs to life and begins its race to the end. The trick is getting to the diary since my that time almost an hour has passed and not much else.(Too much teasing) Still once the film gets going its pretty good. I like that the film isn't overly gory or graphic, building the fear and the tension on the basis of the characters and the events not the blood and guts. For those willing to wait it out I recommend this. Those needing instant gratification are directed elsewhere.