Lake Placid vs. Anaconda

Lake Placid vs. Anaconda
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Screenplay by Berkeley Anderson
Directed by A. B. Stone
Starring
Music by Claude Foisy
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Producer(s)
  • Jeffery Beach
  • Phillip Roth
Cinematography Ivo Peitchev
Editor(s) Cameron Hallenbeck
Running time 92 minutes
Production company(s) UFO International
Distributor Destination Films
Release
Original network Syfy
Original release
  • April 25, 2015 (2015-04-25)
Chronology
Preceded by Anacondas: Trail of Blood
Lake Placid: The Final Chapter
Followed by Lake Placid: Legacy

Lake Placid vs. Anaconda is a 2015 American comedy horror television film directed by A. B. Stone, written by Berkeley Anderson and stars Corin Nemec, Yancy Butler and Robert Englund. The film premiered on April 25, 2015 on Syfy.[1] It is a crossover between the Anaconda and Lake Placid franchises and the fifth installment in both their respective series. The film is also the last installment in the Anaconda series. It is followed by Lake Placid: Legacy (2018).

Plot

In Black Lake, Maine, mercenary Beach and Jim Bickerman (who survived from an attack by a crocodile in Lake Placid: The Final Chapter, now lost his eye, hand and leg, replaced with a eye patch, hook and wooden leg) capture a female giant crocodile. They take it back to their truck, where two scientists crossbreed with a female giant anaconda to perfect the Blood Orchid serum. However, the crocodile escapes and kills a scientist, and frees the female and two male anacondas before causing the truck to explode and destroying part of the electric fence, keeping the crocodiles in Black Lake, though Beach, Bickerman, and the remaining scientist survive. However, a small group of crocodiles also escape.

The crocodiles search for food, and one kills Daphne Mailer and her boyfriend, while another kills the remaining scientist, and multiple baby crocodiles kill a poacher. The crocodiles eventually make their way to nearby Clear Lake, along with the anacondas.

Sheriff Reba calls U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officer Will "Tully" Tull to help recapture the escaped crocodiles. Meanwhile, a group of college sorority girls from Delta Gamma, led by Tiffani and Amber, and two fraternity boys from Sigma Phi, Brett and Andrew, arrive at Clear Lake to initialize some new members, including Margo and Tully's daughter, Bethany.

The crocodiles kill multiple sorority girls along with Amber (whom Tiffani pushes towards the crocodiles), Brett, Andrew and Heather (the latter three who were wakeboarding). The survivors run into the forest to get to the cars. However, the girls left the keys on the beach. Cassie is then eaten by the crocodiles and Tiffani's car is crushed by an anaconda with Jennifer still inside. A crocodile kills Tiffani and the others flee.

Deputy Ferguson, Reba's son, discovers one of the surviving sorority girls hiding on a boat. The traumatized girl, Melissa, is taken to a hospital, while Tully and Reba continue to search for Bethany. Clear Lake is evacuated by Ferguson.

Sarah Murdoch, daughter of the late Peter "J.D." Murdoch and CEO of Wexel Hall Corporation in New York, leads a team of herself, Beach, Bickerman and two mercenaries and go to capture the female anaconda before it lays its eggs. However, one of the mercenaries is attacked by a crocodile, and Beach is forced to shoot them both.

Tully and Reba are attacked by a crocodile, which is in turn attacked by an anaconda, which crushes the crocodile until it explodes. The anaconda then escapes. Sarah's group steals a boat, but Bickerman falls off and is dragged underwater by a crocodile. After landing, the other mercenary is killed by an anaconda. Tully and Reba kill the other anaconda and rescue Bethany, Margo and Jane. They regroup along with Ferguson until Sarah and Beach arrive. They discover two crocodiles eating a male anaconda. The female anaconda appears and kills a crocodile, and a crocodile flings the male anaconda into a helicopter, containing Sarah's extraction team, causing it to crash. The female anaconda kills the crocodile and eats Beach alive, who sacrifices his life by detonating a grenade and killing the anaconda that swallowed him. Sarah is arrested, and Bickerman emerges from the lake, laughing maniacally.

The film ends focusing on the nest of eggs laid by the female anaconda; one hatches to reveal a baby anaconda with crocodile-like attributes.

Cast

Reception

The film received mostly negative reviews.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Syfy Spring 2015 Schedule Includes 'Olympus', 'Lake Placid vs. Anaconda'". Geeks of Doom. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
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