The Greatest CROCODILE Movie Of All Time? - LAKE PLACID (1999) Movie Review
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- Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt and Bill Pullman star alongside Betty White in a thriller/comedy about a croc in Maine. A paleontologist investigates wild animal attacks in this fun 1999 movie that may not be "great" but is a fun time. Stan Winston's animatronics are also really cool!
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Ultimate crossover: Croc from Lake Placid and mutant bear from Prophecy join forces to take on humanity. The bear rides the croc around like a horse and pimp slaps everyone they come across
Lol dont give syfy channel any ideas
I mean you got Lake Placid vs Anaconda
I unironically want to see that movie
@@jurassicroom7673 yeah but the fight scenes were ruined
Loved the original lake placid!!!Special effects were great for it's time and honestly still holds up today. My favorite scene was when the croc grabbed the bear, loved that scene!!!
Man, the 90s really was a 'golden era' of 'animal attack'-themed creature features, and this is _definitely_ an entertaining, funny, and even suspenseful romp for me (😊). The crocodile itself and the late, great Betty White are easily best parts IMHO.
Betty White's character is easily the best of the movie. I love how misanthropic she's, and the care and love she shows for the crocodile. My favorite crocodile movie however is Primeval (2007), it's ending is far more satisfying for those who like animals.
That’s my second favorite crocodile movie , and i know it’s probably but i feel like lake placid deserves to have its own requeal along with the 1999 anaconda movie , because i personally feel that both films deserve a comeback and a better crossover move than the Syfyversion.
Primevals a really fun movie! I’m not sure if I can give it 100% props though as it doesn’t follow crocodile hunting behavior as well as some other competing films do.
I never watched Primeval but was interested after hearing it was based on Gustave but watched some highlights where the huge croc is running across the land and I just couldn't watch it without laughing.
That's also an extremely enjoyable movie!
Oh my God yes:
“This is where if I had a d*ck I’d tell you to suck it!” 😂😂😂
The lady was a treasure and will always be missed 💙🐊💙
The croc grabbing the bear is still such an iconic moment. Freaking love this movie!!
I always remember this movie due to the Croc smiling at the camera. Also it's a pretty solid flick.
Glad to know that I am not the only one that remembered that Crocodile vs. Bear scene. Probably not the best effects but it still stuck to me for having two dangerous animals going at it.
There's your Lake Placid and Grizzly movies crossover, hehe.
For me it was Rogue and Primeval... the second having the most brutal croc in cinema history.
This was legit one of my childhood movies. I unashamedly love this film! Though I do wish it was longer.
One of my favorite giant crocodile Movies ever! Stan Winston did an impressive job for creating the crocodile.
His creations were top notch
I do prefer Greg McLean's "Rouge" WAY over Lace Placid too. A close second is the recent 'Crawl" which has regular sized crocs and then the indie Black Water.
Crawl was alligators. With you on the first Black Water; sequel not bad either.
@@mikes5637 They're all crocodilians by phylogeny.
rouge is phenomenal
Don't forget Alligator (1980).
LOVE this film! Great writing, right pacing, superb acting, hilarious dialogue, excellent special effects . . . shame about the sequels.
I took my Auntie (74 years old at the time) to see "Lake Placid" when it opened in theaters. We went in knowing no more about it than anyone else. The stand out performance in the movie came from Betty White. Her foul-mouthed cookie-baking vengeful grannie was HILARIOUS!!!!! My aunt and I were laughing like we hadn't laughed since "Pulp Fiction" (yes, she loved that one too!!!). Unfortunately every time I run it through a search engine it's pay to see. Nope. I've got 4 services. It should be available for free at some point as long as I have some kind of streaming.
Buy a blu ray player and buy the blu ray disc
@@barsnacker I've had Blu-ray since 2009 and went 4K a year ago. I'm just not interested in the movie enough to put out money for it.
@@charlesballard5251 you could probably pick it up for around $5 at this point
The original movie is beyond my first animal attack film that I ever watched and got me into these movies it’s really great movie but can say the later films are just too much that I would not want to talk about like with the anaconda films overall Lake Placid the original is one film that I will never forget for being my first crocodile movie.
I think a big contender for best crocodile movie of all time would be the film Rogue which I think you should do a video on.
Rogue will definitely get a video someday. But we gotta talk about Alligator first!
Lake Placid (along with Anaconda and Hunt for the Blood Orchid) was one of my guilty pleasure monster movies, but the rest of the sequels and crossover were atrocious because of the godawful SyFy channel that made them bad on purpose for the sake of getting bad movie fanboys.
The hunt for the blood orchid is honestly really good it's my favourite early 2000s creature features. Cole is ICONIC
I have watched all the lake placid and anaconda sequels, I do wish that they put a little more care though
Totally agree. All the sequels suck because they didn't have the budget for the CGI. The TV VOD sequels don't have the money for good CGI.
I love watching the behind the scenes and making of this film. The 1:1 giant croc is amazing!
Always think of deinosuchus when I think of the croc in this movie, it's about the size of what the real-life animal would have been. Never seen Anaconda but that snake just gives me titanoboa vibes. Just today learning they're in the same universe kind of makes me want them to be in the same universe as Jurassic Park/World, then maybe you can have an Ingen connection, I don't know lol.
I bet those ancient behemoth croc critters were an absolute force to be reckoned with! Most of the massive apex marine predators were ocean dwelling, so it's kinda unsettling there was something as large and ferocious that could hide in fresh water and go on land easily. Same can be said for Titanoboa, and the scary thing about that snake is one was spotted and photographed in the 50s I believe and there's been many accounts of them being seen in jungles through the years.. Makes you wonder what is still out there? 👀
Crazily enough Deinosuchus dwarfed these crocs in the movie lol
@@Boss-ot1iy you think so? I'd say they're pretty much the same size. Whether said real life animal was the inspiration for this movie monster I couldn't tell you, but if someone somehow brought one of these bad boys from the movie into real life I would probably think deinosuchus. Granted, if it was coming straight for you, you probably wouldn't care if it was a modern day mutated specimen or a time travelled deinosuchus 😂
@@invisiblejaguar1 These crocs are said to be a out 30 ft. Deinosuchus was 40 and more. Some got the max of the deino up to 50 ft. Deinosuchus would eat these crocs as a snack
@@Boss-ot1iy I not long looked it up to confirm and yeah, the male croc in this movie is a tiddler compared to how big deinosuchus could have gotten. Always fun when the real life giant monster animal is bigger than the movie one. Like a jaws and megalodon situation
Stan Winston and his effects team at there best in this movie plus a fantastic cast make this one of the best creature feature movie of it's time.
What sets this film apart from others in the genre is that it doesn't take itself seriously. It's basically a comedy-horror (with the emphasis more on comedy) and an absolute hoot. Films like Rogue (which I also loved) are more straight-up scary.
The banter between Oliver Platt and the Sheriff was great! I loved the deadpan (no pun intended) one-liners.
Another movie that is under rated is a Scottish horror movie called dog soldiers, definitely worth a watch, the werewolves were almost as awesome as American werewolf in london
Dog soldiers was such a good movie
I know the whole concept of the movie, gore, realism and terror in it fascinates me, I just wish they had made two and three like they were planning but those got cancelled
@@zombylinkdc 😭😭😭 I would have killed for a sequel
Superb film, with one of the most memorable lines in movie history:
"I hope I give you the shits, you fucking pussy!" 🐺
You should check out rogue, its a fun, pretty solid movie with some excellent use of an animatronic crocodile (Which you can see the making of here on youtube) plus it features Wolf Creek's John Jarret!
Another of the movies I remember really fondly from my childhood. Watched it again recently for the first time in over a decade and was surprised how well it still holds up. The animatronics are fantastic (good old stan winston) and honestly the comedy aspects still hold up ok as well. It's also got Betty White, which needs no explaining. I also just love the poster/cover art for this movie. It's easily one of the most iconic pieces of movie artwork of the 90's for me, just permanently burned into my brain forever.
Rogue is the best crocodile film despite not being the most popular. It just bites the head off Lake Placid any day.
We should do a commentary on both back to back. Then compare.
I think this movie was awesome.
My favorite part was when the Croc grabbed that bear, that was cool.
It, along with Primeval and Rouge are my top 3 favorite killer croc movies.
Thank god the latter two didn’t get several crappy sequels on the SyFy channel of all places.
RIP Betty White, you were SO close to your 100th birthday.
Ok, you finally did this one. If there's any of the animal attack movies I truly remember and love, it's this one. Honestly, it's a simple premise movie that I don't think needed any real themes to it and I think the humor is fantastic, but I will mention that one of the jokes hit better for me then probably most people. It was the karate bit as at the time, I was only 10 or so and was in karate myself so Platt confidently stating he was a brown belt put me on my ass cause that rank color is on the low end the middle ranks, 10 year me could've beat him. Yes, Betty White KILLED in her scenes to the point I can't forget her lines and that top tier sass. I was still shocked we only got 2 human victims on screen with a 3rd only mentioned but the bear getting eaten was and still is one of my favorite animal attack scenes. The croc himself (both on screen and the animatronic) are amazingly done to the point they had blood squibs to simulate bullet impacts up close and it just truly looked real as could be, our beloved Stan Winston proving he is the patron saint of creature effects. I will say I think it was actually just long enough cause I never felt a feeling of "awww it's over already" I always felt very satisfied whenever I watch it to this day. Thanks for finally getting to this one, I'm actually eager to hear you speak on King Cobra cause I saw it only once but it's stuck in my head since then.
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I genuinely forgot to mention both the CGI and other croc movies compared to this.
The CGI was actually solid, I'm a creature movie buff and I've seen MUCH worse but also I think any issues actually help the product. The CGI gives the croc a sorta wet sheen which actually suits it cause.... it's CROCODILE, they spend lots of time in the water. So the CGI is actually fine by me.
Other crocodile movies
Oh boy I've seen MANY of them, including all the mentioned ones. Crocodile was ok, that had bad CGI as well as lack of realism (the damn thing does a spinning arching leap in the air, kills the whole horror vibe) and Croc 2 was even worse, the animatronic in both is also kinda derpy. Rouge was a surprisingly good one but I dock points for more realism issues ONLY cause the story was partially based on a real croc that actually never killed anyone and they went too hard on the fake stuff. Black Water was ok, I can't say too much cause I only saw it once as it was a "I caught it channel surfing" moment. Primeval........ honestly, I think it's easily the worst I've seen because dear GOD do they have Gustave acting more like a horror slasher then an animal, especially full on sprinting across the savanna after the cameraman. Crocs CAN chase you but come on, that was too stupid even for B-Movie junkie me, both killed my suspension of disbelief and any seriousness/horror in the movie. It should be noted the real Gustave actually rarely ate human victims, often just killing them and leaving the bodies. The only point I give Primeval is that last kill, that was VERY memorable and a good image of what'd happen to anyone unlucky enough to have their head in a croc's mouth. Blood Surf was one you missed, pure B-movie cheese, gory but kinda meh, especially when the lead male has recurring "visions" and there's no mention of psychics soooooo it looks really out of tone. Crawl was also disappointing as well as Croc. I've also seen both Alligator movies too, the first was OK, the second meh. I've seen all the Lake Placid sequels............. yeah, the first one was the only good one.
Too many films just go "make the animal a slasher" route and it loses it's punch. Lake Placid, for what I can see, has the most realistic behaving crocodile in a movie: It killed the diver cause he was in his territory, it killed the cop cause it followed the hatchling sounds and reacted defensively, it tried to kill Hector when he was in the croc's personal area and only latched onto the heli not tried to pull it down, and it killed the old man cause he got in the way when the croc was already trying to prey on the horse so it was a horrible accident.
Lake Placid stands for me to be the best killer croc movie and easily the funniest but never pulls me from my suspension of disbelief like almost every other killer croc. Yes, they ARE movies but still, there's only so far I can believe it and watching what is supposed to be a "real" animal do things they can't (run for extended times, jump FAR too high, etc) just ruin the experience and turn it into B-movie cheese (at best) instead of Animal Attack Movie.
Hey Klayton, I hope you're doing ok! I remember that scene where the crocodile jumps out and kills the bear! It reminds me of the Mosasaurus killing the Indominus Rex! I also learned that Oliver Platt was born in Windsor, Ontario; my hometown!
You're so lucky! 😍😍😍
I was about to say, "what about Alligator?" but then I caught myself and was like bruh. 😆
Oh man, Lake Placid! My family used to go camping around there when I was a kid ( the lake in New York) and after seeing the movie my brother successfully convinced me that it was based on a true story. I used to be so scared to go around the water, especially by myself. Completely forgot about it until you covered it in this video, thank you!
Ya know, if the croc animatronic was or is still around, it could be used as a deinosuchus in a jurassic park/world movie
Man I remember watching this movie back in the day. Feels so long ago now.
I grew up watching a lot of these animal killer movies, like Lake Placid, Ghost and the Darkness, James etc. Love that you're reviewing all of my favourite childhood movies!
I remember seeing this film in theaters when it came out ,I believe there is a Lake Placid 2 and 3
There's about 4 or 5 of them if you include the crossover with Anaconda
Yeah, we don’t talk about those sequels.
They’re complete and utter garbage.
Loved Lake Placid, but it suffers the curse of having incredibly bad sequels just like Anaconda. The first movie is always great, but the sequels just don't compare.
Giving all the sequels are direct to video they’re pretty easy to ignore anyhow.
@@GreaterGrievobeast55 facts
To be fair Anacondas hunt for the blood orchid is a great sequel to the original movie.
@@luisvelez1952 well, okay, that's true. Unlike the other squeals, Anaconda 2 wasn't that bad.
Even when I 1st saw it, my mind couldn't get past anacondas in asia
I absolutely love and always have, Platt's lines to the crocodile while Platt is in the water. One of my favorite movies of all time. Thank you for covering it!
Hail Sobek
One of my favorite science fiction movies
Rogue is a very underrated movie. Lake placid is I think a brilliant movie.
I personally enjoyed Rogue more than Lake Placid, but I agree this one was also fun to watch as well!
Hi Klayton :) hope you are doing well. I Saw that movie not to long ago. it was one of my Favorite Animal Attacks Movies ^^ Loved Betty Whites Character (RIP Betty).
Lake Placid was one of the scariest movies I’ve ever seen when I was a kid.
Especially when it involves giant man eating crocodiles that are in Maine.
That size though. Basically a Deinosuchus at that point xD
Living in Maine, this movie always tickled me. And I am determined to be Betty White's character when I get old lol
A criminally underrated movie that's also part of my childhood. Love this one, especially the effects, jokes, action, and Hector's and the sheriff's relationship. 😂
Lake Placid is one of my favorite films. I even love the sequels. Cloris Leechman (RIP) playing Betty White's sister in the 2nd one is a gem. Didn't care for the reboot "Lake Placid: Legacy tho"
Watching this as a kid made me horrified to go into any big body of fresh water for so long! I still don't like swimming in most lakes, ponds, or rivers.. The only other awesome movie croc I remember in recent history is the colossal mutant croc on Rampage which is a phenomenal movie 🐊
Saw the movie for the first time as a kid, when it came out on vhs..
A really cool movie, love it! 🐊❤️
I recall this opened in theaters the day Ozzfest 99 came to Vancouver. One of the greatest days of my life!
I did absolutely love this movie, the sequels are ok too
I don't know if it's me, but I do seems to remember an online crocodile computer game that may or may not seem to be based on this film (and subsequent sequels).
Somewhat agree. Rogue is really up there! Its so close it might even be better in some ways
I agree with your friend, Rogue is the best crocodile movie ever
Should try Rogue, it's another Croc movie that's fallen by the wayside, but it's surprisingly VERY good! Maybe not as extensive and elaborate, but definitely good. Pretty grounded in reality too, and keeps you guessing.
I really should watch the entire vid before I comment. Duh.
I remember this movie from my childhood. I saw it in theaters as a kid.
Love this movie. Life is stressful enough and for me to unwind and forget about the world I love a mindless action movie. If it’s about a monster of some kind? Even better
If you want an even darker version of Lake Placcid, make sure to watch Crocodile and Crocodile II
YES!!! I often comment on your JP videos and have for years, but to find out you love these creature features?! WORD! 🎉 I remember seeing this at the drive in when I was 8, and it’s a really fond memory of mine.
This was a staple feel good movie to watch with friends. my friends and I still reference this regularly.
There's another giant crocodile movie from 1989 called Killer crocodile where the Croc looks absolutely demonic. Of course it looks like junk now but back when I was a kid that shit gave me nightmares for weeks.
Dude, this movie rocked my childhood! I just wish they didn't make so many sequels, because all you really need is one movie. Also, failing the art of Sagas is what really fucks you over in the film production department. Like here's what I mean: People have said T2 Judgment day was the better than the first Terminator movie, now if the filmmakers would have taken extreme care and make a great T3 that outperforms the previous films, that would allow the flow of great installments to the franchise. So, if the second Lake Placid wasn't going to be better than the first movie, then they shouldn't have made it. It's not hard, you just need creative individuals working together to make a great sequel that would permit more sequels and not to mention, bigger production budgets.
So in short, if you plan on making sequels, then commit to making each one better than the last. The LP franchise is pretty lame, aside from the first movie, which I still love. A Lesson to future filmmakers, bless for the love of the Cinematic Gods, please stick to this lesson: if you're doing a franchise, make each film better than the previous, in story, effects, and overall performance. That and sticking to three films just to be safe. That way, you don't need to stress out about 11-20 movies better than the first three. Concentrate on making each of the sequel installments better than your first movie.
1.) Lake Placid
2.) Primevil
3.)Rogue
Klayton if haven't already heard of it I invite you to look into Rogue. It uses a really cool and realistic animatronic croc. It's currently streaming free on Tubi.
Edit: Crawl is a pretty cool modern creature feature too!
This is one of the best of the crocodile movies that has ever been maid
Check out “Rouge” an Australian crock movie from 2007. It’s great!
Not gonna lie when I was a kid I loved this movie even for it flaws and then I saw rogue 2005 or 2007 man that was the start of horror for me
I really like Rogue from 2007. I don't remember if objectively it was great, but I remember enjoying it the first time I watched it.
Klayton! I’ve been enjoying your Dragon Curve channel! So great to hear you talk about all these other movies and series as well! :)
Thank you! I really appreciate that! More Godzilla videos are coming soon! Including a big Showa era ranking/mini-review!
@@Dragoncurve omg I can’t wait to see that! I know it’s gonna be awesome! You inspire to make videos other than toy reviews :)
Unfortunately, I hate this movie. I wish I could love it, because I’m a sucker for creature features. Screenplay was just annoyingly terrible, which usually doesn’t bother me. But the action with the croc felt extremely weak and didn’t live up to its potential.
Rogue from 2007 I think is the best giant croc movie.
Trust me, you'll hate the sequels way more than the original.
Yeah, I'm not big on this film either. It's trying to be both a killer animal horror movie with a jokey comedic tone in certain points and lacks any sense of danger. I much prefer Rogue, Black Water, Crawl (I know that ones with alligators) and even Primevil over Lake Placid.
The original is an Oscar worthy movie compared to any of those direct to TV movies that came out on sci-fi lol
Rogue is an AMAZING and super hidden gem of a gator film
Keep up the great work👍👍
Absolutely the best. Love this movie. Classic. You don't need anything else in it. It's a perfect creature feature. No the ending is just fine.
God I love your videos! You introduce me to new films I want to check out!
3:30 I think only in India and Indochina can bears and crocs have an encounter of something like this in real life.
Stan Winston studio already posted the animatronic in the making and test videos on Instagram and man it's a huge thing and it works underwater too
I saw this as soon as it came out on VHS and my biggest complaint as a kid was "how does a croc survive the winters in maine they are cold blooded?" then watch the movie several times over until I had to ride my bike back to the local blockbuster to return it. Ah the 90s
You also forgot to mention it has one of my favorite actors Brendan Gleeson.
Another childhood gem
Oh man I remembered this film, I do like the film and I do love when the crocodile appeares on screen and I think Stan Winston the a awesome job the Crocodile 🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊
I love this movie more than the other crocodile movie's too , the old classic Alligator that came out in the 80s is one the scariest for its day , your to young to know about that one .
Best croc movie ever….
Best gator movie ever….
Hands down, no doubt!
Lake placid was one of my favourites, definitively the best crocodile movie imo despite being so short. However it's laughable how bad the sequels are
Loved this movie
Absolutely love this movie, one of the reasons why I’ve grown to love crocodilians so much
Jurassic Park, Tremors , Lake Placid, Congo that was my childhood movies
I still love the movie Lake Placid but my second favorite is Blood Surf
I love this movie great croc effects! Betty White oliver Platt and Brendan Gleeson were very funny in it.
5:02/5:03 Speaking of which, what are your thoughts regarding the trailers of its so called "spiritual successor/sequel"?
I'm of course referring to Prehistoric Planet.
I know that JWD cast member Dichen Lachman is genuinely interested.
I’m interested but not as much as most people. I may do a video or two on it eventually but only with the help of some paleontologists I know.
@@Dragoncurve I feel the same.
I vote Rogue as a better film. Plus great animatronics.
As popular as this film is, I honestly prefer 1980’s Alligator. It’s more suspenseful and has some genuinely likable characters.
If there is one crocodilian movie that's the definitive animal movie done right, it's "The Crocodile Hunter Collision Course." I highly recommend it to everyone.
This used to be my favorite croc movie, then I watched Rouge and while I grew up with Lake Placid... I think in the end I prefer Rouge.
That film is fantastic
I absolutely adore Lake Placid!
Have you ever thought of talking about classic horror movies like nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, GhostFace, the Texas chainsaw massacre, and even the child’s play franchise on this channel
I definitely rank this gem of a movie right at the top, but as for the best giant croc movie ever my candidate would have to be "Rogue". Terrifying animatronics from the guys who brought the dragons to life in "Komodo", taut pacing, tension you could cut with a knife. And not everyone has "kill me" immediately legible on their foreheads. That is nightmarish survival horror in the extreme.
That crocodile animatronic is amazing.
This is still a favorite of mine. One of those movies that if I'm channel surfing...I have to stop and watch the rest of it. I really like the comedy between Platt and the sherriff. I agree also that two other movies that are actually better as serious movies is PRIMEVIL and ROGUE. Those two are better made and scarier in my opinion.
Saw this in the theater. Loved it.
Lake Placid is nearly perfect. The story is straightforward. The characters are who they are and are clearly defined. The shots are beautiful. The soundtrack is good. The pacing is correct. The sheriff plays his role perfectly, being the butt of the jokes but never actually being diminished by them, he's very Zen.
The violence and the gore is intense, but it's not overdone.
Nobody persists on denying the fact that there's a crocodile once given evidence. The characters have friction but there's not really any conflict.
And, best of all, like Tremors or The Ghost and the Darkness, it's a monster movie where daylight does not mean that there's a respite from danger.
The movie's lack of broader meaning is one of its strengths: its pure. There's no evil. There's no significant mystery. There's no irrational caricature of a character creating drama for drama's sake. There is a clear, well defined problem with a simple, yet challenging solution, and whatever drama there happens to be is based on the approach to solving the problem, rather than trying to define the problem.
I've watched this movie start to finish over 20 times, at least. It is a well constructed, well executed story.
Oh this is an amazing film! The gatorland around my home has autographed posters from the cast! I’m _slightly_ partial to the rouge movie as best crocodile movie though!
Nice, I'm familiar with the Syfy sequels and crossover with Anaconda. Also kudos on working on Dino Defenders Extreme. 🙂👍🐊