Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Lake Eerie’

Written by Scott Edwards

Following through on promises is something that people need to do more of. I will admit that I am guilty of going back on my word a time or two, but I try my hardest to honor my commitments and do it with a smile on my face. It is so easy to just not do something that you do not want to, but like someone once said, ‘you are only as good as your word’ and once you go back on it, nobody really needs to believe you will follow through with anything. It is a huge life changer for many people when they can no longer trust someone and I hope that more people take note that they are not only hurting themselves when they do this, but the people that they are not helping as well. The more follow through, the better you will feel about yourself and bit by bit the world will become a better place.
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With her life being turned upside down, Kate Ryan has moved into her new home off of Lake Eerie.  With a promise being made to her late husband John that they would retire there; Kate has decided to make the move to help honor his memory. With the house being well under market value and being fully furnished, the deal was too good to pass up. Moving away from the memories, Kate can start her life over again, but she has no idea what secrets have been hidden within the walls of her new home.

Getting a visit from one of her neighbors, Eliza, Kate finds out all kinds of things about the previous owner of the house, an archeologist named Harrison Lloyd. Being a looker back in his day, Harrison fell into a coma at the ripe age of twenty-nine without any explanation. With all of the artifacts and his personal effects still in the house, it is like he never left, and Eliza is beside herself seeing that Kate will also try to respect his wishes of keeping them all there. But Eliza has a favor to ask of her new neighbor, as her niece is a huge Harrison fan and would love to try and study what has been left behind for her own research. Agreeing to this, Kate has no idea what she is opening herself up to, but that is not the only thing she needs to worry about as the house is old and a fuse blows on the first night.

Only being able to arm herself with candles against the dark, Kate sees a figure in her house, but when it gets close enough, it disappears. Not knowing what she saw, Kate is also having vivid dreams of her widow that seem like real life. As the nights move on, the dreams get more powerful, and she is thinking that it is just her mind playing tricks on her. Finding one of the old diaries from Harrison Lloyd in a locked shelf, Kate tries to get a feeling for who the man really was. Passing on what little information she has found, young Autumn who is obsessed with the archeologist is impressed and is also wondering what else is hidden in the house. Wanting to find an ancient locket of light, Kate and Autumn begin their search around the house since it has powers that have never been seen before, but Kate finds out that her search may need to go faster as since there are beings not from this world that are looking to kill her.

What a dark little movie that has everything that you want in a horror movie. I was impressed by how the story played out and really liked seeing an alternate realm that the other side is looking to open up.  Autumn really stole the show, as she knows plenty about the house and its previous owner and the look she gets in her eyes when talking about Harrison is just silly. Kate thinks that what she is going through in the house is just her mind playing tricks on her, since her mental state has not been that good since the passing of her husband. The surprise is Harrison making an appearance in any way that he can to help keep Kate from being harmed by those who have been hunting him for so many years, that was actually the fun stroke to the story that I did not see coming. With dark figures, ancient Egyptian artifacts, a freaky house and a mystery that needs to be solved, once the story stars moving, you don’t want to look away since it does not stop until the final credits roll. Stay Scared.

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