A family—a mother, father, daughter, and her boyfriend—escapes to a cabin on Lake Alice in Wisconsin for Christmas, but their holiday getaway quickly turns dangerous when an unknown killer appears. "Lake Alice" (2018) is an independent slasher film that follows the familiar conventions of the genre, including a masked killer who doesn’t say much. The filmmaking itself is pretty good overall, aside from a few probl…

To be upfront, there weren’t many reasons to watch _Lake Alice_. My motivations were pretty simple: the promotional image looked interesting, and my roommate's name happens to be Alice. That was honestly the extent of what I anticipated going in. And somehow, it still managed to fail spectacularly. None of the characters are enjoyable to spend time with, almost every choice they make seems illogical, the poste…