The Legend of Lake Hollow (2024) User Reviews

The song is very good.

[Otkon · 4/10 · 4 May 2024]

And the song runs over the entirety of the credits. I think there was a movie that played before the song. There were people on screen doing and saying things. A lot of the same things over and over again. Often in a goofy manner. Then there was some kind of narrative reveal/resolution. And then a denouement stolen directly from Manos: the Hands of Fate.

But don't worry, the song starts immediately after. And the song is really want you want. I sure hope the song gains traction as the song is thoroughly entertaining. I am not certain if the song streams anywhere or is available on a video distributing website from the artist.

So four stars for the "soundtrack".

This is what you get when you put up posters saying Actors Wanted.

[LordCommandar · 2/10 · 5 May 2024]

This is what you get when you put up posters saying, actors wanted.

Hey, bro! Let's spend a few days in the woods, shall we? Bring your girl! Where is this place Here! Take a look! I've got a few pics! (Hmmm...creepy house, creepy forest, probably no cell phone or internet connection, either...good place to get effed up) Hey man, thanks for the invitation but we already have some appointments...Oh...Ok, maybe a next time, yeah Hell yeah! (Hell no!) They were never seen again.....roll the credits.

I so didn't know that Lifetime was producing horror fims. They just don't make movies like they used to.

A genius story impaired by low-budget & amateur acting.

[pietroschek · 8/10 · 5 May 2024]

I wrote this after reading reviews rating the movie very low. I cannot agree, but I mean the story of the movie NOT the overall quality.

Why so? The Wendigo Myth (demonic man-eater of Native Americans) was among my research topics, when I prepared to publish an ebook about it.

In this movie here, two very decisive merits are obscured by the mediocre acting and the low budget: Not once is the story sacrificed for known movie tropes, on the contrary.

Two brothers and their attachments (lovers, friends, whatever cannon-fodder tags along) leave the big city to do some outdoor stuff like controlling measuring devices.

Weird things start happening, and step by step we realize that a group of ghosts, phantoms, or demons SEEMS to be the cause of it. Step by step the movie tells the story without messing with the audience and without red herrings totally stupid.

While clearly no masterpiece, we get a fresh take on the Wendigo Myth and the 'Cabin in the Woods´ type of horror film, which made me stay OK with the limited acting and low budget limits.

I could not do it better, and I once did try indie and fan-film production of my stories, so I at least know that silly dream of younger years.

In the final, the Wendigo itself explains some stuff, like the academic project in their ignorance having used the same hut as Wendigo hunters did before.

The screenwriting was solid, and not one actor spoiled it due to narcissism or activism that does not belong into entertainment movies. Albeit, one actor sure had butt-dildo problems, if I am asked about it.

So, if subtle but new story progress is OK with you, this may be one of the modern movies worth watching, as they no longer worship the mistakes of those before them.

Also: The Native American origins of the myth are mentioned, but the movie did so without a pathetic pseudo-need of anti-racist sermon and denial of our guilt that we so often had to endure before.

A simple, yet consistent outdoor horror movie with a classic streak and some subtle new efforts. I really think that is not trash at all. A better-funded remake could become a masterpiece.