Lake Placid. 1999
A Fish and game officer, a palaeontologist from a New York Museum, the local sheriff and a mythology professor try to stop a gigantic crocodile in Black Lake, Maine.
A bit of tongue in cheek salute to the 50s B movies, it is a bit of a rip-off from the Jaws movies mixed in with a lake that's roughly the same length as Loch Ness but this one does have something big floating in it.
Stan Winston climbs on board for the design of the creature effect and and does his best to make it look realistic as possible although some of the effects don't seem to be taken seriously. There is some good humour between sheriff Brendan Gleeson and professor Oliver Platt who seem to hate the way each other go about their jobs and try to act professionally. Bridget Fonda and Bill Pullman manage to be the referee's to the squabbling. Who would have though sweet old Betty White would have such a insulting potty mouth on her. Still a laugh and enjoyable film.
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