Lake Dead

Infobox_Film
name = Lake Dead


caption = "Lake Dead" Film Poster
imdb_id = 0839880
amg_id =
producer = Mike Karkeh
(executive)
Todd Chamberlain
Hector Echavarria
Jason Hice
director = George Bessudo
writer = Daniel P. Coughlin | starring = Kelsey Crane
Tara Gerard
Alex A. Quinn
Dan Woods
music =
cinematography = |Curtis Petersen editing =
distributor = Lions Gate Entertainment
released = November 9, 2007
runtime =
language = English
budget =

"Lake Dead" is a film released in late 2007 as part of the horror film festival 8 Films to Die For. It is a horror film that follows a group of teenagers who inherit a motel on a lake, only to uncover a series of dark and frightening family secrets. It was filmed in 2006 in Santa Clarita, California and Simi Valley, California. It was produced by Alliance Group Entertainment and is director George Bessudo's first film.

Plot

Three sisters, Brielle (Kelsey Crane), Kelli (Kelsey Wedeen) and Sam, (Tara Gerard) who are on college break and find out about their grandfather who had just passed away, and he had left them a motel in his will. Their father, John (Dan Woods) tries to get them not to go, but the sisters ignore him and head off, taking their three friends, Tanya (Malea Richardson), Ben (Jim Devoti), Bill (Alex A. Quinn) and Bill's girlfriend, Amy (Vanessa Viola).

The group drives to the motel and meet the caretaker, an old lady who appears kind. After finding a lake on their property, the group of friends take a swim, not noticing that a dead Sam is floating underneath them.

After the swim, the friends return back to their trailer, where they set up a small campsite. Bill and Tanya go out to the woods to get some firewood, and end up having sex.

After encounters with the cannibals, the friends are terrified. Bill, Tanya, and Amy are butchered, while the remaining friends escape but are picked up by a mysterious cop. It is later revealed that the cop and caretaker are all a part of the evil scheme to make Brielle and Kelli a part of their devious plans.

The sisters manage to overcome joining their family's footsteps. Survivors Brielle, Kelli, and Ben then escape from the motel.

In the end, four teenagers are shown going into the motel to check in. It is then shown one of the cannibals survived, and he watches the doomed teenagers from behind a bush.

Cast

*Kelsey Crane...Brielle
*Kelsey Wedeen...Kelli
*Tara Gerard...Sam
*Jim Devoti...Ben
*Alex A. Quinn...Bill
*Malea Richardson...Tanya
*Pat McNeely...Gloria
*James C. Burns...Sheriff
*Vanessa Viola...Amy
*Dan Woods...John

Release

"Lake Dead" was first released in the US as part of the After Dark Horrorfest in November 2007 [cite web| url=http://www.horrorfestonline.com/film_lake-dead.html| title= Lake Dead Distribute through After Dark Films.] . The DVD was released on March 18, 2008 [cite web| url=http://www.lionsgateshop.com/product.asp?Id=9426&TitleParentId=4900| title= Lake Dead DVD Release.] .

References

External links

* [http://www.lakedead.com Official Website]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xutE2wAzaBY Trailer] on YouTube
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0839880/ Lake Dead] at the Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.myspace.com/lakedead Lake Dead] on MySpace
* [http://alliancegroupent.com/ALLIANCE_LakeDead.html Lake Dead] on Alliance Group Entertainment Website