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Lake Placid (1999)

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Reviews Counted:29

Fresh:6

Rotten:23

Average Rating:2.5/10

Consensus: Faux horror schtick fails to elicit any laughs or scares.

Runtime: 82 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: ALLY McBEAL creator David E. Kelley wrote and produced this smalltown horror comedy with equal parts laughs and gore. When scientists studying beavers in a Maine lake are killed by something... ALLY McBEAL creator David E. Kelley wrote and produced this smalltown horror comedy with equal parts laughs and gore. When scientists studying beavers in a Maine lake are killed by something mysterious in the water, an investigation reveals a very large crocodile with an insatiable appetite. The cast of characters sent in to try to catch the murderous beast includes a game warden (Bill Pullman), a scientist (Bridget Fonda), and a professor with a fondness for the scaly beasts (Oliver Platt). Betty White is an elderly local woman who has a knack for disarming everyone with her saucy language. [More]

Starring: Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson

Starring: Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White, Meredith Salenger, David Lewis

Director: Steve Miner

Director: Steve Miner
Screenwriter: David E. Kelley
Producer: David E. Kelley, Michael Pressman
Composer: John Ottman

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'Ally McBeal' Goes Camping.

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Not as imaginatively campy as Tremors and certainly far from as suspenseful or unnerving as Jaws.

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