Lake Placid 3

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Tagline : "Don't Forget You're Lunch"

Following on about a year after the events of "Lake Placid 2", Nathan Bickerman (played by US TV actor Colin Ferguson), who's the nephew of the old lady from part 2 (not sure if that makes him the son of the lady from part 1?), has come to clear out the old lakeside homestead.

However, his young son Connor (Jordan Grehs) discovers some baby Crocs in the lake and decides to feed them the steroid laden meat from his late aunts freezer and soon afterwards, there's a whole new pack of giant CGI animated crocodiles on the rampage and his father Nathan, who happens to be a wildlife ranger, quickly discovers what's been decimating the local elk population.

The new Sheriff (played by noted character actor Michael Ironside) is at first sceptical about another batch of giant crocs (and is none to happy about the practical jokes certain townsfolk keep playing on him). But when one upturns his boat, he is forced to concede on the issue.

More body parts pop-up as more nubile young teens become gator bait (well, crocodile bait anyway), and Nathan, the Sheriff and a hunter named Reba ("Kick-Ass"s Yancy Butler), who's hunting party was also attacked by one of the creatures, fight for their lives trying to make it back out of the woods to safety.

As with part 2, this one was originally made for the Sci-fi channel on TV and is not exactly a masterpiece of modern cinema. But if you enjoy these cheesy, low budget horror films, and/or you enjoyed the previous film, then you should enjoy this. Fans of long running TV soap "Emmerdale" may be interested in the opening scene in which Roxanne Pallet, who played Jo Sugden in the show, goes skinny dipping. But otherwise, you might want to steer clear.

Overall Marks : 4/10.

Terrifying Trivia

• Colin Ferguson is probably best known for playing the Sheriff in the US TV show "A Town called Eureka".
• As with the part 2, although set in Maine in the US, it was actually filmed in Bulgaria. Sadie's house was the same one used in part 2, but dressed down to look more dilapidated.
• The film's budget was $2,500,000.
  
• Nathan Bickerman (Colin Ferguson) says that he spent time at the cabin with his aunt Sadie (the old lady from part 2) when he was a child. However, Sadie said in part 2 that she only took over the cabin from her sister Delores (the old lady from Part 1) after she died and hadn't lived there before.
• The films music was scored by Nathan Furst, who is the older brother of director Griff Furst.
• Jordan Grehs went on to play one of the lead characters in the 2015 British zombie film "Death Walks" (which I also appear in, as a zombie)!
• Michael Ironside can often be found playing tough guys in films and TV shows. His most notable credits including "Total Recall", "Starship Troopers" and "Terminator : Salvation".
  
• Former British soap star Roxanne Pallet's first movie role. She also appeared in "Wrong Turn 6".
• Director Griff Furst went onto direct the similarly themed "Swamp Shark" and "Alligator Alley".
• The version screened on the Sci-fi channel was cut slightly compared to the DVD release. This showed a different take on the intro scene where Roxanne Pallet's character goes skinny dipping. In this version she keeps her briefs on and re-edits the scene where she's walking into the water, so you don't see her topless. It also used different takes and re-edited some of the later scenes featuring topless girls. The US and UK DVDs were uncut, showing all the female nudity and topless scenes edited out of the Sci-Fi channel version..
  

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