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Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys
Lamprey
USA 2014
produced by David Michael Latt, David Rimawi (executive) for Tiki Terrors, The Asylum/Animal Planet
directed by James Cullen Bressack
starring Shannen Doherty, Jason Brooks, Zack Ward, Christopher Lloyd, Ciara Hanna, Yar Koosha, Fred Stoller, Rachel True, Jeremy Wade, Susie Abromeit, Jody Barton, Nicholas Adam Clark, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Mike Jerome Putnam, Gerald Webb, Gordon Bressack
written by Anna Rasmussen, Delondra Williams, music by Steven Bernstein, special effects by Jerami Cruise/ToeTagFX, visual effects by Joseph J. Lawson, lamprey creature design by Synapse FX
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Michael (Jason Brooks), a fish and wildlife expert, hits a small
Michigan lakeside town to help them with their problems with lampreys,
small eel-like bloodsucking fish. At first it doesn't seem a big thing and
he thinks this could be easily handled ... until he witnesses the lampreys
coming over the dams meant to keep them out, killing all the local fish,
and ultimately turning on humans ... and they also make it into the water
supply. Michael and his local colleague Will (Zack Ward) try their best to
stem the spread of the lampreys, but being in the city's piping system
already, they can travel anywhere, plus they can survive on land for quite
some time ... and finally, there's the mayor (Christopher Lloyd), who
doesn't want to hear about evacuation, turning off the water supply or
whatever ... until of course the lampreys actually invade homes, murder
people in the streets and the like. Now it's upon Michael and Will to save
the city ... but not only the city, Michael also has to save his wife
(Shannen Doherty) and kids (Ciara Hanna, Yar Koosha) he has so far
neglected in favour of the lampreys and who are now in a much more exposed
position than they ought to be ... While production company The
Asylum has every now and again tackled the monster movie genre with
mixed results, with this one they get it right. Sure, the film's more than
a little reminiscent of the classic Piranha,
but it's at the same time a very tightly written and paced film that
doesn't shy away from getting gruesome at times, features some grotesque
sequences in which director James Cullen Bressack's true indie roots shine
through (first and foremost fan fave Christopher Lloyd's death scene), the
film doesn't try to throw self-irony in the place where it isn't needed
(à la Sharknado), and it
features a very solid cast. Now truth to be told, this film is not the
re-invention of the wheel (nor was it meant to be), and in all probability
not even Bressack's best so far, but it's a very well done monster movie
that follows a formula without ever getting boring and really entertaining
its audience along the way!
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