I watched the Lake Placid series
(how it made it to six flicks in this series , i will never know)
it popped up on my plex share and I was like , "fukk it"
Lake placid (1999)
Fun Movie. all the characters are Snarky as hell, which made their interactions hilarious.
CGI could have been better , but its an entreating movie.
Actually has a solid cast ( Bill Pullman, Betty White, Oliver Platt, Bridgette Fonda, & Steve Miner of Friday the 13th directed and the FX was solid
Lake placid 2 (2007)
the start of the syfy channel run
tremendous drop off in Quality from the first
Got racist a$$ Bo Duke as the lead
it damn near a remake of the first , with the exception of adding kids in distress to the mix
this seems to be the main plot point throughout the SYFY series of flicks
CGI is laughable
Lake placid 3 (2010)
Solid Cast - decent flick
Colin Ferguson - (must have owed him a favor for Eureka being cancelled)
Drunk a$$ Yancy Butler
Michael Ironside _ grossly underused in this flick
More Kids in distress , more bad CGI crocs
trapped in a cabin trope
Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012)
They tried to add to the lore with this one
Robert Englund shows up in this one ( that Freddy money must be stretched thin)
Yancey Butler's drunk a$$ is back yet again
this one is actually decent
Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015)
competent cast
Robert Englund and Drunk a$$ Yancey Butler return, with a Corin Nemic sighting to round out the cast
second best of the series to me just because of the fukkery
Sorority girls in distress for this one ( or WWID - White Women in Distress)
bloodier than i though it should be
Lake Placid: Legacy (2018)
This is actually a TV movie that really had nothing to do with Lake Placid that Syfy bought and re packaged as a Lake Placid flick
It Tried:
the rebooted the croc - different origin story - experiment with ancient reptile DNA gone wrong
decent kills , but the movie is just so damn........DARK
like some scenes you cannot see a damn thing
the original will always be the best
will probably never watch any of the sequels again unless they are on TV and absolutely nothing else is on