Mermaid: The Lake of the Dead

2018 [RUSSIAN]

Action / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Romance / Thriller

37
IMDb Rating 4.4/10 10 2007 2K

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Plot summary

An evil Mermaid falls in love with Marina's fiancé Roman and aims to keep him away from Marina in her Kingdom of Death under water. The Mermaid is a young woman who drowned a few centuries ago. Marina only has one week to overcome her fear of the dark water, to remain human in the deathly fight with the monsters and not to become one herself.

Director

Christopher Bevins Photo
Christopher Bevins

Top cast

Efim Petrunin Photo
Efim Petrunin as Roma Kitaev
Vladimir Koshenkov Photo
Vladimir Koshenkov as Extra
Olesya Komarova Photo
Olesya Komarova as Extra
Tatyana Kaprivina Photo
Tatyana Kaprivina as Extra
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
743.47 MB
1280*534
Russian 2.0
NR
Subtitles ru  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 2
1.39 GB
1920*800
Russian 2.0
NR
Subtitles ru  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by borgolarici 5 / 10

Kinda caotic

While the Russian folklore angle is interesting and refreshing, the pacing and the action are kinda caotic and there are too many plot twists that don't really help the cause.
Reviewed by Coventry 5 / 10

If she ain't got a tail, she's not a mermaid!

The first thing my buddy said when I borrowed his DVD-copy of "Mermaid: Lake of the Dead" was that, technically, the girl in the film isn't a mermaid. True that! She doesn't have shells to cover her boobs, or doesn't use a fork to comb her hair like Ariel does in Disney's "The Little Mermaid". Heck, she doesn't ever have a tail, which I think is the bare minimum to qualify as a mermaid. However, this doesn't mean the film isn't worth seeking out. Quite the contrary, the girl - Lisa Grigorieva - is an aquatic creature from the Russian folklore, so her background story and particularities are probably more original than any other horror movie about mermaids and sea sirens (with the exception of "The Lorlei's Grasp", that is a brilliant film).The plot is intriguing, for sure. Shortly before their wedding, a young couple threatens to be torn apart by the interference of a mysterious water nymph who lures the boy - Roma Kitaev - to his family's lakeside vacationing house and seduces him with her gentle whispers and supernatural powers. The nymph's slowly unraveling backstory is great, and while the lead characters are amiable. So far for the strong points. Unfortunately, the makers of "Mermaid: Lake of the Dead" still believe the best way to make a horror film is to stuff it with jump scare moments and hideous digital effects. What they have here is a potentially atmospheric and petrifying concept, but they choose to throw in a sudden scare or a nasty face every couple of minutes. None of the BOO-moments have an effect, resulting in a chaotic and infantile second half and climax that easily could have been much better.
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