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Cabin by the Lake

2000 ·1h 31m · ★ 5.0 (32)

A screenwriter does research for his new script by actually kidnapping and drowning young girls. He then places them in his "garden" of other dead girls coming back daily to check on them. One girl narrowly escapes and the other bodies are found leading to an ingenious plot to try and capture the killer.

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2 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
43
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
66
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
43
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
20
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
36
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
67
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
33
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
0
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
83
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Setting

Underwater

Content Warnings

Child in DangerTaboo ContentDehumanizationTorture
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TMDB Keywords

dungeonfear of waterkidnappingpost modernism

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