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Lake Placid
🎬 Movie

Lake Placid

1999 · 82 min Horror Comedy Action Science Fiction Thriller
5.9 / 10 · TMDB

When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

The film operates honestly within the horror genre: doesn't rush to frighten, lets the space breathe with anxiety. It's about the feeling of wrongness — slow, but relentless.

The film doesn't rush. That's its greatest strength and greatest risk: if you're not ready for slow horror — it will exhaust you. If you are — it won't let go.

For viewers who need sustained tension, not just a collection of scary moments.

Director: Steve Miner

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: Late at night, alone or with someone who won't be ashamed to admit they're scared. Lights off.

🎭 Cast

Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman

Jack Wells

Bridget Fonda

Bridget Fonda

Kelly Scott

Oliver Platt

Oliver Platt

Hector Cyr

Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson

Sheriff Hank Keough

Betty White

Betty White

Mrs. Delores Bickerman

David James Lewis

David James Lewis

Walt Lawson

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Tim Dixon

Stephen Daniels

Natassia Malthe

Natassia Malthe

Janine

Mariska Hargitay

Mariska Hargitay

Myra Okubo

Meredith Salenger

Meredith Salenger

Deputy Sharon Gare

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