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The Mermaid: Lake of the Dead

2018 · 87 min

A slow, waterlogged folk-horror romance that trades jump scares for a creeping, mournful dread.

Directed by
Svyatoslav Podgaevsky
Genres
Horror, Fantasy, Romance
Starring
Victoria Agalakova, Efim Petrunin, Nikita Elenev
Overview
An evil Mermaid falls in love with Marina's fiancé Roman and aims to keep him away from Marina in her Kingdom of Death under water. The Mermaid is a young woman who drowned a few centuries ago. Marina only has one week to overcome her fear of the dark water, to remain human in the deathly fight with the monsters and not to become one herself.

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Directed by
Svyatoslav Podgaevsky
Genres
Horror, Fantasy, Romance
Starring
Victoria Agalakova, Efim Petrunin, Nikita Elenev
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • love
  • death
  • survival
  • fate
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror7
Humour2
Realism4
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
horror, fantasy, romance
Directed by
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Written by
Nataliya Dubovaya, Ivan Kapitonov, Svyatoslav Podgaevsky
Starring
Victoria Agalakova, Efim Petrunin, Nikita Elenev, Cécile Pleuge, Sofya Shidlovskaya, Igor Khripunov, Dariya Yartseva, Dmitry Yartsev
Cinematography
Anton Zenkovich
Runtime
87 min
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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