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Lake Eerie (2016)
Just Terrible!
I decided to watch this based on the 'awards' & the fairly high rating here on IMDb and of course because Lance Hendrikson was in it. I was already questioning 2/3 of the above within minutes.
The acting was atrocious...even worse than most b horror movies. They were acting the way people act when they are trying to make fun of bad acting. The script was brutal, sometimes so wooden it really calls attention to the fact that no one speaks like that. The effects were just groan worthy. I see better effects on Halloween costumes in bars. The story was all over the place, and the pacing was a mess.
Not worth watching, in any respect.
Thirst (2015)
The clichés are strong with this one.
I wish I could have given this movie more stars as there were some definite highlights, but too many clichés to rank it higher. Now I know that the film was low budget, but the things that took away from the movie were things that don't require money to improve on. A little more creativity would have saved this movie.
The effects were good; some really great explosions mixed with some cool looking wounds & kill scenes. The biomech alien looked really cool, and I loved it's teeth! The acting was also good, with the exception of one character (the asshole was just terrible)& the script was decent, not too many lame one liners or anything like that. The action and pacing were also really well done.
Overdone stereotypical personalities; beer-guzzling hick, geek, smart-ass jerk, come-into your own hero, even down to the token black character made this movie less interesting than it could have been. The Alien was (of course) feeding itself & it's baby, survived a bunch of things that should have killed it & then died by something a little less spectacular but also not anything new for this genre of movie. There was also, not once but twice, the extremely over used (and now eye-rolling bad) 'the car won't start' shtick.
Overall it was pretty good and I had fun watching it. I wouldn't say to avoid it, especially if you're a fan of horror/sci-fi. It definitely has some really good moments. You have to just enjoy it for what it is and not expect it to be an awards contender.