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Lake Placid

1999 ·1h 22m · ★ 5.9 (1,234)

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!

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7 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
28
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
17
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
0
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
73
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
0
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
100
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
0
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
66
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Content Warnings

Animal Harm
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TMDB Keywords

animal attackanimal horrorbear attackb-horrorcampfirecrocodilecrocodile attackdecapitationdeputydivinggiant crocodilelakemainepaleontologistremotescientistsevered headsevered toesherifftoothtorso cut in half

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