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Ghost Lake

2004 · 112 min

A quiet, eerie lakeside mystery that builds slowly, mixing grief with ghostly dread.

Directed by
Jay Woelfel
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Tagline
Evil Rises.
Overview
Rebecca Haster blames herself for the death of her parents and decides to spend sometime alone in the lakeside cottage of her parents in Rushford Lake. She meets Stan James on the road and gives a lift to the stranger. Later they become friends, while Rebecca sees supernatural events with drowned people in the lake. While searching the accidents in the library, she finds that mysterious deaths happen in the spot every thirteen years.

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Directed by
Jay Woelfel
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • guilt
  • isolation
  • mystery
  • death
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism5
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
horror, mystery, thriller
Directed by
Jay Woelfel
Written by
Jay Woelfel
Starring
Tatum Adair, Timothy Prindle, Gregory Lee Kenyon, Azure Sky Decker, Chuck Franklin, Damian Maffei, Dan Metcalfe, Linda Brown
Music
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Cinematography
Paul Deng
Runtime
112 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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