Lake Placid 3

"Don't forget you're lunch."

2010 1h 33m EN

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★5.0TMDB · 273

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A game warden moves his family to Lake Placid, once the site of deadly crocodile attacks. Locals assure him the crocs are gone, but his mischievous young son finds a few baby crocs and begins feeding them. They quickly grow into very big adults and start attacking the game warden's family and nearby town.

“Don't forget you're lunch.”

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Cast

Colin Ferguson
Nathan Bickerman
Yancy Butler
Reba
Kirsty Mitchell
Susan Bickerman
Kacey Barnfield
Ellie (as Kacey Barnfield)
Michael Ironside
Sheriff Tony Willinger
Mark Evans
Brett
Nils Hognestad
Aaron
Bianca Ilich
Vica

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Griff Furst
Writers: David Reed
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, Bulgaria

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Bulgaria.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Lake Placid Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Griff Furst, shot by Anton Bakarski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nathan Furst. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Matt Michael shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Colin Ferguson and Yancy Butler and Kirsty Mitchell carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Griff Furst directs. Anton Bakarski behind the camera. Nathan Furst scores. Matt Michael cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America, Bulgaria. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $2.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Released 16 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Bulgaria.
4Part of the "Lake Placid Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Griff Furst, shot by Anton Bakarski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Nathan Furst. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Matt Michael shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Colin Ferguson and Yancy Butler and Kirsty Mitchell carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Don't forget you're lunch.".
10IMDB entry: tt1499249 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Anton Bakarski
Original score: Nathan Furst
Editing: Matt Michael
Production design: Borislav Mihailovski
Costume design: Maria Mladenova
Makeup / hair: Greta Velikova
VFX supervisor: Juan Carlos Vargas
Stunt coordinator: Parvan Parvanov
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $2,500,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Lake Placid 3 (2010)

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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Gimly2018-01-25
★ 3/10
We're back again to sully the kinda-okay name of Lake Placid! Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible.
Wuchak2021-11-19
★ 5/10
Serviceable but routine installment in the amusing crocogator franchise The nephew (Colin Ferguson) of deceased Sadie Bickerman takes over her rustic estate on Black Lake, but his son starts feeding the little crocs and soon there’s a huge problem with monstrous killer crocs. Kirsty Mitchell is on hand as his wife while Yancy Butler plays an amusingly droll hunter. “Lake Placid 3” (2010) is a solid, if unremarkable, entry in the series, marred by the cartoony croc CGI. I was never a big fan of the semi-campy series since they’re throwaway horror flicks with the first movie (from 1999) being the only one released theatrically with its relatively big budget and big-name cast. I’ve only seen the first four and favor the second one (from 2007) because it has the most compelling story and best cast, in particular the lovely females (e.g. Sarah Lafleur) and John Schneider. Brunette Kacey Barnfield (now Kacey Clarke) stands out on the female front as college girl Ellie. There’s also blonde Angelica Penn as her friend, Tara; Roxanne Pallet (now Roxanne Carrion) as hitchhiker April; and Bianca Ilich as babysitter Vica. The Lake Placid series is basically Friday the 13th with killer crocs substituting for Jason, but they’re just not as all-around entertaining as any of the F13 flicks. Then, again, all the F13 films were theatrically released and therefore had bigger budgets with the exception of the original “Lake Placid.” The movie runs 1 hour, 31 minutes, and was shot in Bulgaria. GRADE: C