The film Blood Lake:
Attack of the Killer Lampreys (2014) sounds about as exciting as the title
is overly long which is to say that it is one of those sci-fi-horror films
where the poster is more exciting than the film itself (which is a shame since
the human monster on the cover is nowhere to be found in the film).
Written by Anna Rasmussen and Delondra Williams, Blood Lake is the story of a small town
that is besieged by an aggressive lamprey population that kills everything in sight
once they’ve chowed down on the fish population. It’s up to the local police to find a way to
rid their town of the lampreys before the population threatens to grow
outrageous and dangerous to surrounding communities. The film stars Shannen Doherty, Zack Ward,
and Jason Brooks and has a guest appearance by Christopher Lloyd who all look
like they wish they had never signed on to be in the film. This (yet another) Jaws knock-off is filled with stupid characters that do stupid
things but is mostly destroyed by the horrible CGI throughout the film. No one and nothing is saved from the banality
of this film that is neither entertaining nor contain the required large
amounts of gore and sex appeal that appeal to the audience that even bothers
with these types of absurd films.
Ward, who is so good in the absurdity of Postal (2007) and Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) plays the every-man type which
goes against what he normally does so well in these types of films and Doherty
has been completely domesticated as the matriarch of the family menaced by the
killer lampreys. This is a highly
forgettable film with nothing for any audience and should be avoided.
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