Lake Placid tries to mix two very different genres in horror and comedy but fails to be funny enough or scary enough when it counts. To be honest I get the impression that the makers of this movie were trying to be clever but it just doesn't come off. Oliver Platt is excellent as ever but the rest of the cast are left floundering like an alligator in a trap. Bill Pullman plays his trademark everyman role pretty well but it often seems like the movie is just bad for the sake of it rather than ever really being genuinely funny. Some horror b-movie buffs will find it entertaining but I never really got into what seems a film with a major identity crisis.
Tries to be clever but fails, not funny enough for a laugh, not scary enough to scream 4/10
Tries to be clever but fails, not funny enough for a laugh, not scary enough to scream 4/10