Lake Placid vs. Anaconda

Cinephile deep dive

The take

A.B. Stone directs. Ivo Peitchev behind the camera. Claude Foisy scores. Cameron Hallenbeck cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 11 years ago.
• 2Part of the "Lake Placid Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
• 3Directed by A.B. Stone, shot by Ivo Peitchev. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 4Original score by Claude Foisy. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 5Editor Cameron Hallenbeck shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 6Yancy Butler and Corin Nemec and Skye Lourie carry the top of the cast.
• 7Marketing tagline: "Crocs on the dock. Snakes on the lake.".
• 8IMDB entry: tt4497416 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 9Classified under 14 themes, including "sheriff", "monster", "experiment", "crocodile".
• 10Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography

Ivo Peitchev

Original score

Claude Foisy

Editing

Cameron Hallenbeck

Production design

Borislav Michailovski

Costume design

Olga Mekikchieva

Makeup / hair

Desislava Alexieva

Sound

Jason Gaya

Stunt coordinator

Parvan Parvanov

Runtime

92 min · 1h 32m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

R

IMDB

Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015) ↗

Part of

Lake Placid Collection

Lake Placid is an American series of monster horror/comedy films created by David E. Kelley. It is a campy throwback to the old creature features. Produced and distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, the series began with Lake Placid (1999) directed by Steve Miner. This was followed by five television sequels, Lake Placid 2 (2007) directed by David Flores, Lake Placid 3 (2010) directed by Griff Furst, Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012) directed by Don Michael Paul, Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015) directed by A. B. Stone and being a crossover with the Anaconda series, and Lake Placid: Legacy (2018) directed by Darrell Roodt. Each installment revolves around the presence of giant, 30-foot-long man-eating crocodiles in the fictional location of Black Lake, Maine, and the efforts of various groups to capture or destroy the creatures. All of the films reference members of the fictitious "Bickerman" family.

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  Lake Placid

  1999
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  Lake Placid 2

  2007
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  Lake Placid 3

  2010
• 
  Lake Placid: The Final Chapter

  2013
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  Lake Placid vs. Anaconda

  2015 · this one
• 
  Lake Placid: Legacy

  2018

Also by

A.B. Stone

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  Cozmo's

  2016

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Official Trailer

  Trailer · Official

Community reviews

What people are saying

• Gimly2018-01-25
  ★ 3/10

  Lake Placid is an odd one to give the "VS" treatment. Firstly it's just the name of the movie, not the creature. Secondly (and more importantly) the only thing that's noteworthy about the crocs in the franchise is that they're in Maine when they normally wouldn't be. Other than that they're just regular ol' crocodiles. So bringing them up to face anything as if it were an actual adversary is a weird choice. Doesn't help that this is some SyFy channel garbage either. Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible.

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Production companies

Who made it

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  Syfy

  US

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  Curmudgeon Films

  US

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  UFO Films

  BG

Key crew

• ProducerJeffery Beach
• ProducerPhillip J. Roth
• EditorCameron Hallenbeck
• CastingGillian Hawser
• Associate ProducerDean Loftis
• Executive ProducerCherise Honey
• CastingJeff Gerrard
• Line ProducerJohn Cappilla
• Production DesignBorislav Michailovski
• Costume DesignOlga Mekikchieva
• Makeup ArtistDesislava Alexieva
• Makeup ArtistAtanas Temnilov
• Supervising Sound EditorJames Miller
• Visual Effects ProducerNikolay Atanasov
• Script SupervisorStefania Velichkova
• Makeup ArtistRalitsa Roth
• Music EditorThomas Andrew Gallegos
• Underwater CameraMartin Chichov
• StuntsMiroslav Petrov
• Special Effects CoordinatorGeorgi Kraev
• StuntsPavel Gavrailov
• StuntsValentin Stojanov
• Special EffectsLyudmil Nikolov
• Special EffectsLudmil Ivanov

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• sheriff
• monster
• experiment
• crocodile
• giant snake
• sequel
• creature
• campy
• anaconda
• police investigation
• hook for a hand
• giant crocodile
• awful leader
• sorority girls

Release history · US

When it landed

• TV2015-04-25R

Also known as

International titles

• Озеро страха: АнакондаRU
• Pânico no Lago: Projeto AnacondaBR
• Mandíbulas contra AnacondaES
• Τα σαγόνια του κροκόδειλου εναντίον ανακόνταGR
• A szörny az anakonda ellenHU
• Aligator kontra AnakondaPL
• Anakonda: Lake PlacidPL
• Pânico no Lago vs. AnacondaPT
• Озеро страху. АнакондаUA
• Cocodrilo vs AnacondaUY
• アナコンダvs. 殺人クロコダイルJP
• 巨鳄战狂蟒CN