TheRiddler16 This is the most insane horror movie that I have seen, but I liked it. The murderers are a serial killer brother and sister that are the son and daughter of a serial killer. When they were kids, their dad had them invite their friends over to the woods near their cabin and the three of them would hunt them down and kill them because their motto is that the dark sleep brings them closer to each other. They end up doing the same thing as adults while avoiding their dad who wants to kill them. This did have a lot of violence, but not very much gore compared to other R rated horror flicks which is fine with me because I care more about the plot than the amount of violence.

dbborroughs Supposedly true story of a massacre that happened around Sam's Lake. The plot has a group of friends who go to the lake in order to reconnect and get away. However when they go to a run down house in the woods where a massacre occurred years earlier (The "true" part of the tale), things begin to take a turn for the worse as they begin to be hunted.Surprisingly good horror film has a great deal of mood and few nice twists that keep things moving, once things get moving. The problem here is that the film moves in fits and starts for almost an hour before the film gets up the speed to really take off. Honestly the film at first seemed like a well made but stereotypical story of people going into the woods and running into trouble. Then things began to build once they actually got to the woods with the story sequence building a nice bit of tension. However its not until the diary scene that the film truly springs to life and begins its race to the end. The trick is getting to the diary since my that time almost an hour has passed and not much else.(Too much teasing) Still once the film gets going its pretty good. I like that the film isn't overly gory or graphic, building the fear and the tension on the basis of the characters and the events not the blood and guts.For those willing to wait it out I recommend this. Those needing instant gratification are directed elsewhere.

Bill357 Do not watch this pitiful excuse for a horror movie. There is a reason it took four years to hit the video shelves and it is not because it's good!Do not believe the DVD box when it tells you this is a supernatural horror film. It is not. It's a wooded stalk and slash picture with bad pacing. Lion's Gate also tries to trick little girls into watching this by boldly proclaiming that it's from the producers of Twilight.Sam's Lake is totally boring as hell! Literally the whole first half of the movie is taken up by insipid conversations amongst this dull assemblage of college students. The first plot point (the event that changes the direction of and gets to the meat of a film) occurs halfway through, an amazingly amateurish move on the part of the filmmakers.The second half got my eyeballs rolling as the film's revelations turn out to be both predictable and stupid.

em89072002 From the Friday THE THIRTEENTHs to CABIN FEVER this 'cabin by the lake/ teens in the woods' horror genre has been done to death.SAM'S LAKE both adds and detracts from this genre at the same time; it adds another piece of rubbish to the pile and it detracts from the few truly original and quality productions in this genre.The story is just a knock-off that pulls elements from the numerous other flicks in the genre. Instead of crazy Jason with his crazy mother, crazy Samantha has a crazy father and crazy brother. Her rag-tag band of young somewhat buff friends/victims are little more than bland stereotypes for a diversity campaign. The horror aspect is a real disappointment; the victims never really fight back and are easily killed. The horror scenes just aren't scary and the acting is bad. In an obvious attempt to pander to preteen girls and perhaps a gay following from his other so-called acting ventures, the actor who plays Sam's brother takes his shirt off and runs around in the woods half naked during the final night hunt and killing segment. Within the story this is illogical --- there's no reason for it; but, as a gimmick to keep viewers watching the practice of showing some skin is done in movies all the time --- but usually with more attractive actors.