THAT IS TOTALLY AWESOME! Now onto the real review!
Let me first say that this might be the only movie in existence where you can see Christopher Lloyd gets killed by a giant lamprey slithering up his butthole while he's on the toilet. That scene actually happened and it was stupendous.
Probably hurt worse than when he saw how much money Foodfight made.
You guys know how much I love cheaply made monster movies that don't take themselves too seriously and this is one of the best! The plot is super simple: Lampreys in Lake Michigan are overpopulating and eating all the fish in the lake to extinction. This leads to them not having any more food, so they start attacking humans in order to survive. Then, a mishap at a local dam leads to the lampreys being able to make their way onto land through the local town's main water lines and the main characters are in a rush against time to wipe out the lamprey infestation before it wipes them out!
Now obviously based on the title and the fact that Christopher Lloyd dies the way he does, you can tell that this movie is definitely not intended to be taken seriously. The actors are all hammy, but not to the point where it's annoying. The only one I had a problem with was the child actor, who was ridiculously bad. Like, really really bad guys. Other than that, the actors all felt like they were enjoying themselves and having the time of their lives while filming.
Moooom! It's raining lampreys again!
This movie feels a lot like Razortooth, another one of my favorite "intentionally bad" monster movies. And that's a really good thing, because I loved Razortooth to death. There weren't that many kills by the lampreys in this movie, but the ones that did happen were incredible. You can tell that the director was having a blast with this movie. The CGI is out of control. There's so much CGI at so many unnecessary times and I think that's hilarious. Like, why break a real window with a real brick when you can just CGI a brick through a CGI window? Windows are expensive, guys! Instead of investing in a water-proof camera, let's just CGI all the water in the underwater scenes! How about instead of putting something that vibrates in the water pipes to simulate lampreys swimming through it, we just CGI the entire water pipe? I loved it all!
There's so many stereotypical characters in this movie and I love every one. You've got the main guy who's a workaholic, his tough guy partner, the wife who is always doubting his actions, the rebellious teenage daughter, the annoying son whose only friend is a dog, the dog (which surprisingly doesn't die), the mayor of the town who just wants more power and money, the black man who is the first to die at the start of the movie, and the hot chick who tries to intrude on main guy's marriage and gets her comeuppance later on.
I've never seen this hentai before!
Fun is the best word I'd use to describe this movie. I had a blast watching it because I knew that it wasn't trying to be taken seriously. The thing I hate the most in horror movies is a really bad movie that wants you to take it seriously instead of just taking it's stupid plot premise and having fun with it. That's why movies like Blood Lake or Razortooth are so enjoyable for me, I'm having such a good time watching it, I don't even care about how bad the plot is or how cheap the direction is. There's even a little homage to Gremlins 2 in the climax! That's awesome!
Anyway, Blood Lake: Attack Of The Killer Lampreys is a very enjoyable film for anyone who wants to just put a movie on and let their mind go for an hour and a half. I had a blast watching it and I would definitely recommend it! I give Blood Lake 7 lampreys slithering up Christopher Lloyd's butthole out of 10. Definitely check it out!
