Thursday, February 18, 2021

Alpine Lake (2020)


A group of college friends rent a cabin for the weekend. Kat is a boxer, Monica is going to med school, Jim used to date Monica, Travis is a snob who is constantly putting everyone down, and Amanda is in an abusive relationship with Travis.  Why would anyone spend time with, let alone date, Travis? 

The group hangs out doing nothing and later that night a bloody girl ends up on their porch and soon after passes away. They assume the creepy caretaker killed her.  Their cell phones are missing, the cabin phone doesn’t work and their car won’t start.  Then the lights go out and people start making stupid decisions, such as going to look for the caretaker.  Dude, if you think a murderer is outside, lock yourself inside, arm yourself, and stick together. 

Travis is the biggest loser. He abuses his girlfriend, insults the others, and thinks the cabin is a dump (it’s gorgeous). When they want to go to the police about the dead girl, he refuses. He thinks the police won’t believe what happened and it will impact his future law degree.

Watching this is like watching someone’s home movies. It’s just a bunch of people in a cabin talking, and not about anything particularly interesting. If you were at this gathering, you would be thinking, what excuse can I come up with so I can leave. So it’s even worse because it’s a movie  where you’re looking at uninteresting people chatter.

Before I viewed this, I watched the trailer.  There isn’t one line of dialogue in it, which was really concerning a far as how bad the acting could be.  When I read reviews, they were all one star so I guess I knew what I was getting into. It’s a rough one to get through though.  The best thing about it is the cover.

There were so many questions about this actions in this movie, but the biggest one is why did the college professor have a full grown baby in a jar on her desk?  Seriously, she’s worried about hiding some red stuff in a jar, but she’s fine with a dead baby on her desk? What the heck.

Cringeworthy dialogue

Hey lady, me and my buddies are going to a cabin. Do you know where that would be?

You’re a good screw....count yourself lucky that I even talk to you. - Travis to his girlfriend

She keeps a full grown baby in a jar on her desk, but
doesn’t want anyone to see what’s in the little jar

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