Wicked Lake (2008)

   
Directed by: Zach Passero

Produced & Written by: Chris Sivertson

Starring:

Carlee Baker .... Mary
Eryn Joslyn .... Helen
Eve Mauro .... Jill
Robin Sydney .... Ilene
Will Keenan .... Palmer
Justin Stone .... Fred
Frank Birney .... Sir Jim
Michael Esparza .... Ray
Tim Thomerson .... Jake
Marc Senter .... Caleb

Special Appearance:

Angela Bettis .... Mother

Release Dates: Theatrical: April 26, 2008 (Hollywood, California) (Premiere); Fantasia Film Festival: July 12, 2008; Fantastic Fest: September 18, 2008; Weekend De La Peur Festival: October 16, 2008; Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre Film Festival: November 4, 2008

 

 

Rating:

 

After art school in which a woman named Ilene (Robin Sydney) models to do a painting is found walking home with a mentally challenged student named Caleb (Marc Senter) who asks her do a strange request while she's at the front step of her house. She complies and he runs off
Then Ilene's three hot roomates named Helen (Eryn Joslyn), Mary (Carlee Baker) and Jill (Eve Mauro) decides to plan a vacation at their isolated cabin up in the mountains near a lake the next morning but it seems that Caleb and his family lead by a nasty man named Palmer (Will Keenan) was following them wanting to party out with them but then they take advantage of them and then the family makes them do sick stuff as well as trying to torture them too.
What they don't realise was on a full moon they turn into vampiress' and are hungry for blood as they turn the tables on them.
Meanwhile a couple of cops named Ray (Michael Esparza) and Jake (Tim Thomerson) explore the confines of a basement crimes where dead bodies were exposed and killed in gruesome ways and try to track down these vampiress' but then they can be in for danger themselves since they seem unstoppable.

 

There's good shots on the character Ilene sitting nude in a class with shots on the students doing the artwork on her.
There's a real twisted discussion between Caleb and Ilene walking home after class with him acting incredibly weird.
We have a good twisted moment with Caleb entering his home with the supporting characters Palmer and Fred acting crazy along with a presence on an old man in a wheelchair going nuts too with him which makes you wonder why is this happening.
We have a nice artsy shot on four nude women taking turns at kissing one another like they're doing a cult ceremony.
There's a good shot on Mary speaking to her child very nastily about going to hell if children don't answer to adults.
We spot a fairly descent disturbing scene with Palmer trying to manipulate the girls into doing sick things but it needed to be a bit more intense but not enough to say the motivation on it was lacking.
We have a good shot on Ilene drinking blood out of Palmer's mouth while he's impaled on a door which gives you an impression that she's a possible vampiress.
There's good shots on Ilene and Fred running through the woods as well as a shot on Ilene lying on the ground laughing with a close up shot on a gothic looking necklace she's wearing and then a good camera shot looking up on Fred heaving down a rock on her.
There's a good camera shot behind Sir Jim in his wheelchair with Palmer forcing Mary to do aural on him while she's sobbing leaving a gross impression on all of this.
There's good shots on Mary hiding in bushes with Fred acting obnoxious and crazy towards her and then later on a good moment with Mary herself exposing her fangs and charging.
We spot a good shot with all three Fred, Mary and Helen acting evil and standing in the house on what to do with the people who tried to torture them.
We have many good shots on Fred being pitted against Jill, Mary, Helen and Ilene while doing a ring around the roses and taunting as well as torturing him to death as you almost cringe a little by watching.
We have a nice dark shot on Helen walking out of the dark forest naked to reveal herself speaking coldly to a couple of idiots in the scene but their freaked out actions looked quite corny.
We have a perfect close up shot on Sir Jim looking bloodied and acting out of it along with all four of the women giggling evilly showing a blurry shot on them.
There's great shots on Palmer tied to a bed with Helen, Mary and Jill all over him and then taking bites out of him.
We spot many good camera shots on Helen torturing Ray by pulling out his teeth which is another cringing moment that will psych you out.
While I started watching this film I found it very strange in an Andy Warhol type of fashion with the artsy lesbian sex scene's etc. and then when it was rolling I knew I was gonna hate it more and I totally did.
It seemed like a total ripoff on Last House on the Left but with lesbian vampiress' seeking revenge on the sick and depreved men who manipulated them into doing gross stuff for them.
The story was very weak with it's plot mainly showing the vampiress' slowly killing and eating their vicitims but the effects in the film looked really good I have to say along with the direction on the film which is the only good thing about all of this. Still the film is not saved from boming and please let's hope a sequel doesn't follow.

The acting is in fair taste but some of the performers acted a bit hokey too. Carlee Baker (Mary)seemed to do the trick as the head lesbian vampiress in the film with her evil grin and laughter too. She also does well with her crying emotions too.
Eve Mauro
(Jill) had a good look to her as one of the vampiress' and seemes to do well with her lustful words and acts off nicely for her hunger on blood
Will Keenan
(Palmer) seemed to try and pull off a David Hess type of act as Krug and barely passes but he seems too goofy at doing so but knows his stuff as an obnoxious nutcase nevertheless and leader of his crazy pack of people.
Justin Stone
(Fred) seems to really get it out of his system by acting wild and crazy behaving like someone with terrible mental issues in an evil way. Sometimes he was over the top though.
Frank Birney
(Sir Jim) totally stood out as an ex war veteran in a wheelchair and knew how to behave sick and twisted with his actions in the film making his part so real that you don't want to be around him at all as he does a good job by acting gross.
Michael Esparza
(Ray) showed some good effort and energy with his role as a deputy in the film totally showing great aggressions and intensity too along with his emotions. Does well going into the house and trying to kill the vampiress' showing good energy with him in that scene.
Marc Senter
(Caleb) seemed terribly annoying with someone who had mental issues and tried way too hard with his character in the film.

Robin Sydney is full nude during the beginning of this film with her lying upwards in an art school with people drawing her.
Sydney, Carlee Baker, Eryn Joslyn and Eve Mauro are all sitting across from one another on a bed fully nude kissing one another
All four of them go skinny dipping in a lake full breast and butt shots
Eryn Joslyn
is fully breasted walking out of a forest
There's more boob shots here and there with these actresses as this film is a definete T&A flick.

A person is impaled on a door with blood etc.
Many bloody bites through people
A persons head is chewed open
Many gobs of gore splattered around
A person is being eaten alive
A deputy is tortured half to death by having his teeth pulled out and other bloody moments too
A person's head is blown off
Tons and tons of bloodsheds
We have a nice dark shot on Joslyn walking out of the dark forest naked to reveal herself speaking coldly to bit part actors played by Luke Y. Thompson and Mike McKee but their freaked out actions looked quite corny.
We have a perfect close up shot on Birney looking bloodied and acting out of it along with all four actresses giggling evilly showing a blurry shot on them.
There's great shots on Keenan tied to a bed with Joslyn, Baker and Mauro all over him and then taking bites out of him.
We have some good shots on Michael Esparza going into the house and trying to kill the vampiress' showing good energy with the direction.
We spot many good camera shots on Joslyn torturing Esparza by pulling out his teeth which is another cringing moment that will psych you out.

The music was not very noticeable with the composing by Al Jourgensen but there is a good gothic artsy sounding theme type of song with the lesbian vampiress' standing across from one another and taking turns at kissing each other.
We mainly have some heavy soundtracks throughout alot of the storyling like a cover version of "Get It On Bang a Gong" performed by Performed by Ministry & Co-Conspirators when the lesbian's are driving up ti theri cabin which sounds good but there are some really raunchy hardcore music which I wasn't impressed by too.