I don't know what to say about this one. It's an original approach which is great, but I felt that the execution didn't really work that well. I think the first plot twist should have been the only one and should have happened much later, like...in the last scene.
Even if the production values and the acting are positive things to mention, I don't think the film did something particularly well (except the existence of the first plot twist). The first act was a bit lame and not that exciting (ok, the build-up on these films is always very similar but this wasn't one of the most exciting), then the suspense and slasher elements of the 2nd act run for no more than 10/15 minutes (the best part of the film) and after that we have the 2nd plot twist that doesn't need to exist and it's not that interesting ending on a low note.
Lake Bodom
2016 [FINNISH]
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Plot summary
Every camper’s worst nightmare came true at Lake Bodom in 1960 when four teenagers were stabbed to death while sleeping in their tent. As the years passed and the case grew cold, the unsolved mystery turned into an urban legend, a creepy campfire story passed from generation to generation. Now, a group of teenagers arrives at the same campsite, hoping to solve the murder by reconstructing it minute by minute. As night falls, it turns out that not all of them are there to play. Tonight… it’s girls against boys. Let the killing games begin.
Uploaded by: FREEMAN
April 19, 2022 at 01:47 PM
Director
Top cast
Tech specs
720p.BLU 1080p.BLUMovie Reviews
Not that good
Its stylish but dumb
Postives
- The cinematography
- The editing
- Effects
Negatives
- The acting for the most part
- The plot
- The dialogue
- The lighting it looks like midday when they are in the woods at night
- whos idea was to make the most unlikable persons as their main leads for the rest of 45 mins of the movie?
- The soundtrack is really really generic and annoying. The part where a pop song comes when they go to swim is the funniest thing ever.
- sound desing/editing. Sometimes you can hear footsteps while nobody is moving. And ADR is really obvious at times.
- full of plot holes and conveniences. Like they have no cell phones even tho its modern day? Etc
Skip this one.
nothing to do with the real events
Based on the real Bodom murders in 1960, friends are going back to the lake to go camping but of course things go wrong. I thought it was going to be a slasher because so many are talking about this flick as being a slasher.
I can agree on some parts but to be called a slasher therefor it doesn't fit in the terms to be called a slasher. You known, nudity, pov shots, the heroin...but still it does deliver on some nasty parts but you have to watch it closely to understand it all because the story goes everywhere and back.
It wasn't as nasty as some said it was going to be because some 'slashing' is done off -camera, a no go in the slasher genre.
On the other hand, the camera did a nice job, well shot and edited but for me the worst thing was the story itself. The red stuff is there but no gore.
Gore 0/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2,5/5 Comedy 0/5.