House by the Lake 2017

3.8 / 10   9 vote(s)
Horror Thriller

The Morgans, a loving yet troubled family, go on vacation with intentions to reconnect with one another. However, when their autistic 10-year-old daughter begins to fixate on a mysterious friend who may or may not be real, and retreats further into her own world, family tensions start to rise to the surface.

Release Date 2017-10-10
Runtime 1h 17m
Directors Adam Gierasch, Dylan T. Sherman, Lizbeth Chappell, Mitchell H. Anderson Jr.
Producers Mike De Trana, Gary King, Jace Anderson, Josh Burnell, Brian Cooperman, Joey Burnell, Brad Lavery, Anne Dudek, Danielle Aufiero, James Callis, Amber Horn
Writers Josh Burnell, Mike De Trana, Josh Burnell

Really very bad plot. It's based on clichês like going to live on a beautiful isolated house to find a killer monster, and a child with her imaginary friend who's not imaginary.

All characters act strangely, forcedly. A guy who wanna approach a child won't talk directly to her and just ignore her mother. A young woman working as nanny won't be in bikini alone with the father when the mother is clearly jealous and hysterical.

And they don't even bother to explain the monster. They barely show it, clearly saving on the costume. But I mean, they don't even care to explain what the monster is and why it lives there, as in lack of imagination.

It's worth only to watch Natasha Bassett and Amiah Miller.

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