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Lake Placid
“You'll never know what bit you.”
5.9 / 10• 1999• 1h 22m•R• English
HorrorComedyActionScience FictionThriller
Storyline
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!
Cast & Crew
Bill Pullman
Jack Wells
Lead
Bridget Fonda
Kelly Scott
Oliver Platt
Hector Cyr
Brendan Gleeson
Sheriff Hank Keough
Betty White
Mrs. Delores Bickerman
David James Lewis
Walt Lawson
Tim Dixon
Stephen Daniels
Natassia Malthe
Janine
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Steve Miner's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Lake Placid is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
