US EditionMovie Review: Horror Thriller ‘Bone Lake’ Stranded in the Shallows
Bone Lake blends psychological tension and graphic violence in a weekend getaway gone wrong, with director Mercedes Bryce Morgan pushing boundaries on nudity and gore.
- The horror thriller Bone Lake directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan opened in theaters on October 3, 2025, featuring two couples at a double-booked lakeside mansion.
- The plot follows Sage and Diego, a couple coping with financial strain and relationship tension, while guests Will and Cin unexpectedly arrive, sparking escalating manipulation.
- The film develops from a slow-burn psychosexual thriller into a blood-soaked finale, incorporating suspense, dark humor, and a prologue showing a violent guest couple's fate in the woods.
- Critics noted the strong performances and creative camerawork enlivened the small cast and setting, but many found the climax overly campy with insufficient motive in the major twist.
- Bone Lake grossed mixed reviews for its clever psychological elements and atmosphere, suggesting a modest success that could interest fans of slow-burning horror-thrillers focused on relationships.
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'Bone Lake' Review: A Self-Aware, Sexy, Yet Superficial Horror-Thriller
Bleeker StreetIt’s wild that a double-booked vacation rental remains such an unexplored frontier after Zach Cregger’s Barbarian. However, it wasn’t the first to tell a scary story in the dark corners of a shared space; the 2022 film capitalized on the dread and the “WTF”-inducing weirdness of Airbnb in ways no other horror film had. That said, it quickly spirals into a premise much deeper than two people forced to share a bed and breakfast. Bone…
Horror thriller ‘Bone Lake’ stranded in the shallows
Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s horror film “Bone Lake” announces itself with a startlingly cheeky opener and closes with a shockingly bloody gore-fest, the song “Sex and Violence” by U.K. punk outfit the Exploited spelling out the thesis of the film for us. It’s about the intertwining of sex and violence, you see. But what unfolds between these naughty, viscera-drenched bookends is less of a traditional horror film and more of a psychosexual thriller, …
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Movie review: Horror thriller ‘Bone Lake’ stranded in the shallows
By Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s horror film “Bone Lake” announces itself with a startlingly cheeky opener and closes with a shockingly bloody gore-fest, the song “Sex and Violence” by U.K. punk outfit the Exploited spelling out the thesis of the film for us. It’s about the intertwining of sex and violence, you see. But what unfolds between these naughty, viscera-drenched bookends is less of a traditional horror film …
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