Lake Dead
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 "Lake Dead" Film Poster |
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| Directed by | George Bessudo |
| Produced by | Mike Karkeh (executive) Todd Chamberlain Hector Echavarria Jason Hice |
| Written by | Daniel P. Coughlin |
| Starring | Kelsey Crane Tara Gerard Alex A. Quinn Dan Woods |
| Distributed by | Lions Gate Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | November 9, 2007 |
| Language | English |
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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.
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[edit] 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 all drive 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. Bill and Tanya go to the woods to get fire wood but are killed. After a while Amy begins worrying. Ben and Kelli go looking for them once seeing Bills dead body they are scared and run back to the RV. The friends learn that on the property are a group of crazed hillbillies who are the sisters' relatives because of inbreeding and want them to join them in the family tradition of torture and murder. The sisters then fight to stay alive and overcome joining in their family's footsteps.
[edit] 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
[edit] Release
Lake Dead was first released in the US as part of the After Dark Horrorfest in November 2007[1]. The DVD was released on March 18, 2008[2].
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- Trailer on YouTube
- Lake Dead at the Internet Movie Database
- Lake Dead on MySpace
- Lake Dead on Alliance Group Entertainment Website
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