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The Lake (1998)

1998-02-01 · 1h 35m · EN
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A nurse returns to her home town to care for her dying father, and finds everyone she knows there has undergone a bizarre personality change.

Jackie Ivers is a Los Angeles nurse who returns home to the small town of San Vicente to find that her friends and family have taken on bizarrely different personalities. Jackie notices that everyone who goes into the town's lake come out different...

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David JacksonDirectorJ.D. FeigelsonWriter

Top billed cast

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Yasmine BleethYasmine BleethJackie IversLinden AshbyLinden AshbyDr. Jeff ChapmanStanley AndersonStanley AndersonSteve IversHaley Joel OsmentHaley Joel OsmentDylan HydeckerCaroline LagerfeltCaroline LagerfeltMayor Louise TerryMatt BeckMatt BeckOfficer MillsSusanna ThompsonSusanna ThompsonDenise HydeckerDewey WeberDewey WeberOfficer Gary ReedMatt BeckMatt BeckOfficer MillsRobert ProskyRobert ProskyHerbMarion RossMarion RossMaggieMarc GomesMarc GomesLt. Governor Chandler

Keywords

AlienSmall townParallel worldLakeNurse

Movie DNA

Genre affinityThriller · Horror · MysteryTheme affinityAlien · Small Town · Parallel WorldNarrative complexityMysteryDirector preference213573Actor preference11860 · 111646 · 42645Country preferenceUs

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What is The Lake about?

Jackie Ivers is a Los Angeles nurse who returns home to the small town of San Vicente to find that her friends and family have taken on bizarrely different personalities. Jackie notices that everyone who goes into the town's lake come out different...

How long is The Lake?

The Lake has a runtime of 95 minutes.