Lake Placid 3… Do We Really Need to Talk About This?
I’m a dork. I was totally caught unawares, until I saw promo for Lake Placid 3, that there had even been a Lake Placid 2. I mean, obviously, yeah I know. But talk about direct to obscure video/cable hell. It’s a shame, because the first movie was so good, so well done, that I truly I cringe to think of what’s become of the “franchise” just as I cringe at the need to use the word “franchise.” Seems you can’t just make a good monster movie anymore without some producer getting “II” and “III” blinking like stars in their eyes. And maybe it’s a way to recoup the money spent on special effects. You know, use that same croco-animatronic-odiles again and again.
Lake Placid 3 seems to have all the same ingredients, the same pacing as the first film, plus nearly nekkid teens, for that extra-special direct-to-video touch.