The tyranist's thoughts
I like zombie movies. I like the nihilistic atmosphere and the idea that we can be destroyed by our own. I like the overwhelming and relentless odds that are present. In fact, I classify most zombie movies as disaster movies. How can the world stand against this ungodly force of nature? Zombie movies are the only kind of disaster movie that I like.
I didn't like this movie.
I'm not even going to bother to try to relate the plot since there wasn't one. Zombie Lake was made specifically to exploit the popularity of zombie movies. It features the worst zombie effects I have ever seen. I state that categorically. The zombies themselves look terrible and when they killed someone (usually female, usually naked) it appeared that they were simply drooling some kind of red liquid on the necks of their victims. There was no gore. Come on people. I'm talking about the staple of the zombie movie industry. NO GORE.
On the other hand it was filled with more than its share of nudity. When was the last time that you saw a girls basketball team pull up to a lake and all decide to go skinny dipping? Well, you'll see it here. Unfortunately, the nudity is so gratuitous that it isn't titillating in the least. In the end you just feel sorry for those producing the movie because it was all a wasted effort.
There is a fifteen minute long flashback in the middle of the movie that should annoy anyone who is sane. Dialogue is sparce and even then it is bad. There is at least one subplot (involving a little girl and her long lost zombie father) that made me roll my eyes till they hurt. The end of the movie is completely unsatisfying and really doesn't offer closure. Is there anything else I can say to make you stay away?
There was one positive to the whole experience: some really nice underwater camera work. Really. It had a clarity and contrast that is unusual for a picture that obviously cost as little as this one.
Check this out at your own risk, you've been warned.