Lake Placid: The Final Chapter

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Lake Placid: The Final Chapter
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DVD cover
Written by David Reed
Directed by Don Michael Paul
Starring Elisabeth Röhm
Yancy Butler
Robert Englund
Theme music composer Frederik Wiedmann
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Producer(s) Jeffery Beach
Phillip Roth
Cinematography Martin Chichov
Editor(s) John Quinn
Running time 90 minutes
Release
Original network Syfy
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  • September 29, 2012 (2012-09-29)

Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (also known as Lake Placid 4 or Lake Placid 4: The Final Chapter) is a 2012 made-for-television horror comedy film. It is a sequel to the 2010 film Lake Placid 3 and the fourth installment in the Lake Placid series. The film premiered on September 29, 2012 by Syfy and was released on DVD on February 19, 2013. As the title suggests, it was intended to be the final installment in the series. However, in 2015, it was followed by Lake Placid vs. Anaconda, which was released as a crossover film with the Anaconda franchise.

Plot

Reba, the poacher who managed to survive the battles with the crocodiles in the store in the third film, is now an EPA agent who attempts to exterminate the crocodiles in Black Lake. The lake has been corralled by the Army Corps of Engineers with a 10,000-volt electric barrier to lock the crocodiles in the lake to let them starve and die off. Reba and her group are scheduled to get inside the lake to capture young crocodiles for examination. However, they soon discover that the crocodiles have survived by cannibalism, which makes them continue breeding and increase their strength and aggressiveness. The problems become more serious when a group of students of Marshfield Swimming Team and an illegal group of hunters led by Jim Bickerman, who want to find crocodile eggs, decide to trespass. Afterward, they all have to continue fighting the giant killer crocodiles until the group can escape the barrier.

During the process, most people are killed, including a member of Reba's group who came inside the barrier to investigate. At the end, the group seems to have completely exterminated the crocodiles, and Reba keeps a croc head for house decoration. But later, as Jim Bickerman wakes up after being punched out by Max's father Ryan, he is devoured by one last crocodile. As the camera focuses on a jogging woman who is listening to a radio, she is attacked and devoured by the surviving crocodile right in front of the Clear Lake signboard, which means that the crocodiles will still roam the lake.

Cast

Critical response

The film receives generally mixed reviews, mostly due to its uses of unrealistic, low-budget CGI (just like the two predecessors) and an open ending that is conflicting with its name.

However, Lake Placid: The Final Chapter has been stated to be much better than both of its predecessors. It received positive reviews from some critics who praise its plot and character development. One of the critics David E. Kelley, the writer of the original film, who gave the film 4.5 out of 5 stars, says, "Is this the last one really? The ending doesn't make me think so. I am glad to see Robert Englund in this and some of the cast from the previous movie! The effects are still lame as second and third, but the story is good". Another critic, Marcie Frank said she was totally into it and couldn't change the channel. Scott Weinberg from FEARnet, who gave the film a review "Rotten", said "I've seen a lot worse "crocs run wild" movies than Lake Placid 4".

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