The Lake(2022)
2022 · Lee Thongkham · 104 min
A little girl brings back the big egg she finds by a nearby lake to her home. However, the egg belongs to a mysterious and dangerous creature, and it soon starts searching for it.
Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller
5.9128 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
1/5
Stays with you
How The Lake scares
It opens quiet and small-scale, following a family and a strange discovery, before widening out into a string of attack set-pieces as the creature closes in. The back half turns into a chase-and-survive structure, with the monster showing up again and again rather than lurking in the shadows. This leans more toward physical danger and destruction than mind games or dread, playing like a monster-attack thriller more than a slow scare. It's the kind of horror movie you watch for the creature carnage and tension of being hunted, not for something that stays with you after the credits roll.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Lake rates psychological 2/5, visceral 4/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 1/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 1 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 55 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 30 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 25 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
Starts with a slow, everyday calm before easing into rising scares that build to a nonstop, high-intensity back stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is The Lake?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Lake rates 3/5 — solidly scary, balancing creeping dread with well-placed shocks. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be moderately gory and fun-first. The dread fades once the credits roll.
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