Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys is a 2014 American made-for-TV horror film produced by The Asylum (Sharknado; Zombie Night) directed by James Cullen Bressack (Pernicious; Squeal: Blood Harvest) from a screenplay by Anna Rasmussen and Delondra Williams. It stars Shannen Doherty, Christopher Lloyd (Piranha 3D; Piranha 3DD; Dead Before Dawn 3D), Jason Brooks, Zack Ward, Ciara Hanna, Rachel True, Susie Abromeit, Jody Barton.
The film premiered in the US on the Animal Planet channel on May 25, 2014.
Plot teaser:
After chomping through the fish population, thousands of starved lampreys begin attacking the citizens of a sleepy lake town, and the community scrambles to stay alive…
Reviews:
“Since I do believe Blood Lake is the very first film ever made about killer lampreys there is a freshness to the carnage and a definite yucky vibe watching these slimy little suckers drip out of faucets, slither out of toilets, swarm the swimming pool, latch onto people like vampiric serpents. A fisherman unintentionally ripping out his own eyeball trying to pry off a biting lamprey and a scene of swimmers fleeing the bloody lake waters coated in the blood of hundreds of fish getting slaughtered in a lamprey feeding frenzy are delightfully gory, surprisingly so for an Animal Planet flick. The ick factor has the potential to get so high it’s a bit of a shame budgetary and made-for-TV restrictions forced more campy yuks than nasty yucks.” Dread Central
“The story for this one is nothing new. In fact, this story is the same as the 1978 film Piranha. Which is kinda funny since Christopher Lloyd had a role in this one along with the Piranha remake. Finally, the film does have a great deal of on screen kills but the visual effects and CGI are horrible. This is something I have come to expect from The Asylum. Even though I expect it, it still doesn’t help my movie viewing experience. Overall, Blood Lake is a fun ‘when animals attack’ flick that has the blood but skips on the special effects. Check it out, it deserves at least one watch!” Horror Society
Choice dialogue:
“Nice pet, Michael – it looks like an anus with teeth.”
