The Lake on Clinton Road

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When six friends from Massachusetts travel to the jersey shore, they end up on Clinton road at a house on a lake. They're not alone, one by one they disappear, who will survive.





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Director: DeShon Hardy

Writer: DeShon Hardy (Screenplay)

Starring: India Autry, Aram Bauman, Alan Benich, Anthony Grant, Brianna Jamison, Collin Jamison, Leah Jones, Tina Krause, Stephanie Marrone, Matty Poslunsy, Richard Ryker

Plot: When six friends from Massachusetts travel to the jersey shore, they end up on Clinton road at a house on a lake. They’re not alone, one by one they disappear, who will survive

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Verdict: Spooking Slow Building

Story: The Lake on Clinton Road starts with a lady being questioned by the police about her dead seven year old son. The story being based on true events shows us a string of new stories about what has happened in around the Lake. Move to our group of teenagers/ young adults getting ready for a weekend away, Alex (Ryder), Jillian (Jones), Mark (Grant), Stacy (Autry), Jamie (Poslusny) and Amber (Marrone) are al there to celebrate Alex’s birthday.

As the friends reach the beach house which is no where near a beach but it is next to a lake much to the disappointment of the constantly complaining Stacy. Time for a montage of the night of drinks and partying between the friend. After Jillian spends a short time in the lake she starts noticing strange things happening which leads her to find an old photo of herself that simply couldn’t be there. With the second night f partying over events really start to happening when the people in the house start hearing things, feeling things and strange events haunt there dreams.

Night three increases the terror after Stacy disappears and Jillian starts acting very strange, the friends continue to see the hauntings but once you are affected you end up being taken by the spirit.

The Lake on Clinton Road is being sold as I Know What You Did Last Summer meets Evil Dead, while I do think it will be has elements of the Evil Dead I don’t really understand the Summer references. I don’t think the film looks enough into the history of the cabin because I do think that was very important too the final story. The craziness inside the cabin all works for an Evil Dead reference though. I did find the story very slow building because next to nothing happens in the first half of the film with the party, party time. Once the action does start I have to give this film the praise it deserves, it keeps you guessing to which character will be attacked next and keeping everything all very edge of your seat with the creepy level throughout. I do think this film get the pacing of the story wrong but saves itself with a nice ending.

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