One year ago, Jamie's (Nia Sioux) brother Eric has drowned in the local lake, and since then, her mother Mia's (Sera-Lys McArthur) mental health has taken a hit, her father Adam (Seth Gilliam) has fallen into a deep depression, and the lake has become off limits for the whole town. Thing is, Eric's death would tie in nicely with a local legend about spurned love and a curse, a legend that haunts the locals even though everybody claims not believing in it. And yet, Jamie wants to celebrate her 18th birthday by the lake, probably her last party with her friends before she moves away to go to college. The party itself goes quite well actually - until the next morning when a couple (Larry Saperstein, Veronica Kelly) go out on the lake in a boat for a bit of "privacy", and the boat is attacked from below by something unseen ...

A quite unusual film for sure, as The Lady of the Lake consists in almost equal parts of coming-of-age- and horror-motives, while it's at the same time a character piece about grief and overcoming grief. And since the film moves along at an intentionally laid back pace and doesn't give into spectacle, all these diverse pieces also really fit in with one another, which is also helped by an atmospheric, alomost lyrical directorial effort. And a pretty strong cast of course only helps to make this a movie well worth a watch.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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