I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

The story itself wasn't that bad, but the writing and acting was terrible; very difficult to watch. I'm not sure why someone would half-ass their dream of making a movie instead of getting the money together to do it right.

Well, the movie looks like one of those Sy-fy made for TV movie. The dialogue is not that well written, the special effect is cheap. It does have some strong feminist element in it though. Independent, single woman who purchase a big house...wonder where she got her money from. And that woman is saving the man trapped in the alternate purgatory-like dimension. On top of it, there was a scene where the female demon overpower and torture a male victim and supposedly it's for eternity too. There are also some lesbian scenes on top of it - Well, lesbian scenes is not all that uncommon in today's movies, but combine with those? All in all, it's a movie made for feminist, and got such a high rating because of feminist be propping the rating up. Otherwise, it's really just another mediocre Sy-fy-ish movie, not even the good ones at it neither.

I enjoyed Lake Eerie. I recommend it. Period.First off, I will say that IMDb is full of trolls. There are only a few people who know the ethics of writing reviews anymore. Reviews are not meant to spat idiotic, hateful garbage. It's so obvious these trolls know nothing about film-making, and apparently they want to give the film a 1 star because they want to balance the fake reviews?? What kind of logic is this? Anyway, Lake Eerie reminded me of artistic films of the 1960s. Such as Ingmar Bergman films. Oh how I would love to see the hateful, ignorant rants if the IMDb trolls reviewed Bergman films. My point is, there aren't enough smart people to discuss films in a respectful way anymore.Being a filmmaker myself, I feel bad when I see other filmmakers being attacked because trolls want to leash havoc on the internet.To me, Lake Eerie was meant to be like a dream. I didn't know what was real and I thought the actors performed according to that strategy. Similar to Bergman, the atmosphere is supposed to create dread. The other reviews (the negative trolls) speak of bad acting etc, but they don't understand that the filmmakers probably made these choices on purpose. That is the beauty of understanding film, and being able to notice intricate detail strategically placed by the Director in order to shift audiences' emotions to resemble the main character's experiences.It is amusing to read the negative reviews and know these people have no idea what they're talking about. I'm sure the trolls want to tell me that I'm crazy, but the difference is I know film.It is a shame that Lake Eerie will probably not get the appreciation it deserves because people don't understand the plot or that it is more artistic than mainstream. It is a shame that trolls are crawling all over this film for whatever reason. If you like Bergman, and are smart enough to understand films like that, you just may enjoy Lake Eerie. Especially if you enjoyed Persona!

I thought this had very similar atmosphere to horror films of the 70s and 80s, but at the same time doesn't feel retro. The house they used for filming looks amazing, it completely becomes a character itself.I will say that after my first viewing at the Horror Hound film festival I liked it but didn't love it. But for the next few days after seeing it, I couldn't stop thinking about it, it just stuck with me. So I bought it once it came out on VOD and I have to say it gets better with repeat viewings. There is quite a bit of depth to the story. It has become one of my favorite modern horror films, low budget that is.8/10