Ghost Lake (2004)

Whenever I watch a movie that has boobs before the credits, I know there's going to be something lacking in quality. When Becky hesitantly goes out for the night, her mom and wheelchair bound dad are killed by a gas leak. Unlike real gas, this is visible, which makes no sense since they definitely should have noticed before they succumbed to it.

Consumed with guilt, Becky heads to the family's summer cottage and on the way almost runs someone down in a rain storm. The man turns out to be Stan, who lives in a neighboring camp.

Legend says that the ghosts of the lake come back every thirteen years to claim new victims. The lake is man made and a town in the valley was covered by water. Becky keeps seeing things that aren't there and things that haven't happened yet. When she sees a powerboat capsize, she dives into the water to save the occupants. There are four people and she has no life preservers or floatation devices - so how is she going to save all four? Luckily it was all in her head. So she just ends up wet and feeling stupid.

She becomes friends with Stan and starts dating him, but the Sheriff warns her to stay away from as Stan has a bad reputation in town. The movie is confusing as there are scenes of the past and present intercut with other scenes that are either foreshadowing, visions, or insanity. It's confusing, doesn't make sense and you aren't always sure what is going on.

The movie has midi keyboard music for the sound track and cgi blood for the effects. There are also some awkward line readings such as, "John was holding his wife, whose head was bloody in his arms." There are also several obvious mistakes such as the zombie dude whose head is not entirely covered by makeup- perhaps some of it came off in the water? Plus when Becky sees the zombies on the beach, the shots of Becky in the boat and the zombies on the shore at shot a different times of day as the lighting is completely different.

The movie can best be summed up by this dialogue:

Grandpa - "Why is all this happening?"

Becky -"Understanding it doesn't matter. Surviving it does."

Nothing like absolving yourself of providing any sort of explanation for anything that has happened in the movie.