Cabin by the Lake (2000)
August 12, 2020 1:35 AM - Subscribe
A screenwriter desperate to overcome writer's block resorts to extreme means to produce a script.
Stanley (Judd Nelson) is trying to write a script for a film about a serial killer who drowns women for his underwater "garden." Unable to write, Stanley begins abducting and drowning girls to help him develop the script.
Stanley (Judd Nelson) is trying to write a script for a film about a serial killer who drowns women for his underwater "garden." Unable to write, Stanley begins abducting and drowning girls to help him develop the script.
Best part of the flick: Mallory learns that the motel bathtub is not a safe place to let your guard down.
Breakfast Club's Bender is a killer. He's the quiet type, but not like Michael Myers. He's no Hannibal Lector, either. He's just deadpan, in that bitter, nothing is serious/everything is sarcasm/no but really I'm serious kind of way. We spend less time with his character as the movie goes on—that's not a bad decision. He's not intriguing or mysterious. The movie itself doesn't disagree: Stanley argues against a deeper motivation for the killer. That meta defense against criticism is on-brand, but wouldn't it be a more interesting movie if they hadn't taken that route?
posted by Monochrome at 7:59 PM on August 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
Breakfast Club's Bender is a killer. He's the quiet type, but not like Michael Myers. He's no Hannibal Lector, either. He's just deadpan, in that bitter, nothing is serious/everything is sarcasm/no but really I'm serious kind of way. We spend less time with his character as the movie goes on—that's not a bad decision. He's not intriguing or mysterious. The movie itself doesn't disagree: Stanley argues against a deeper motivation for the killer. That meta defense against criticism is on-brand, but wouldn't it be a more interesting movie if they hadn't taken that route?
posted by Monochrome at 7:59 PM on August 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
The idea behind the film reminds me a bit of Evil Ed. That's a far better film on pretty much every level, but this movie has a special nostalgic place in my heart as I remember watching on syfy channel before everything was shark something something something.
posted by miss-lapin at 11:08 PM on August 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by miss-lapin at 11:08 PM on August 14, 2020 [1 favorite]
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posted by Monochrome at 12:32 PM on August 12, 2020 [1 favorite]