RogerEbert.com by Brian Tallerico
Lake of Death is a slow burn that fizzles out under the weight of its influences. The tech elements are significantly better than average B-movie fare, but the writing never matches them.
Norway · 2019
1h 34m
Director Nini Bull Robsahm
Starring Iben Akerlie, Patrick Walshe McBride, Ulric von der Esch, Elias Munk
Genre Horror, Drama
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Lillan and a group of her friends go on vacation to a secluded famlycabin near a lake, where her twin brother died mysteriously the year before. It soon becomes clear that it is not just bad memories in this cabin, as strange things begin to happen to the vacation goers.
RogerEbert.com by Brian Tallerico
Lake of Death is a slow burn that fizzles out under the weight of its influences. The tech elements are significantly better than average B-movie fare, but the writing never matches them.
Chicago Tribune by Michael Phillips
It’s hard to shake the familiarity of the premise and the set-ups in “Lake of Death The story rhythms wander instead of screw-tighten, and while Robsahm has little interest in Raimi-style pulp or dynamism, the placid surface of Lake of Death rarely gets disturbed, or disturbing.
Paste Magazine by Natalia Keogan
Lake of Death would have been better off talking less, and scaring more.
Lake of Death (De dødes tjern) is a mildly creepy Norwegian thriller.
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