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Lake Michigan Monster

Play trailer 1:33 Poster for Lake Michigan Monster Released Jul 31, 2020 1h 18m Adventure Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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An eccentric ship captain and a crew of specialists plot revenge against the most mysterious creature of the deep -- the Lake Michigan Monster.
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Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle It's a woozy, briny daydream. a gleefully idiotic antidote to everything. Lake Michigan Monster literally makes no sense, and that's why you need to just hold your breath and dive in. Dec 13, 2019 Full Review Joonatan Itkonen Toisto.net Bolstered with inventiveness, Lake Michigan Monster is nothing short of a future cult classic. A joyous experience for anyone who loves comedy and monster movies, or even just one of the two. Rated: 5/5 Jul 3, 2024 Full Review Jessica Scott Nightmarish Conjurings Lake Michigan Monster is a gloriously weird mash-up of genres and decades that revels in its low-budget strangeness and offbeat humor. Oct 17, 2022 Full Review Sebastian Zavala Kahn Ventana Indiscreta A fast, ridiculous, and undeniably entertaining experience. It does not pretend to be anything else. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3.5/5 Sep 24, 2020 Full Review Drew Tinnin Dread Central There's an absurdist dreamlike quality drenching every frame, and with a run-time of a little over an hour, the visual gags and quick zooms never tire and the film's bag of tricks is never quite empty. Rated: 3.5/5 Sep 8, 2020 Full Review Amanda Mazzillo Film Inquiry Lake Michigan Monster is an energetic, humorous, and beautifully shot independent film that expertly captures the world of B films, comedies of the silent era in a wonderfully nautical way. Aug 27, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Mike P Campy creature feature is good for a few laughs... This is just relentlessly satirizing Universal Monster movies from the 40s; a whole venerable subgenre; the kind we all used to watch on Son of Svengoolie back in the day... And the setting; Lake Michigan circa Milwaukee; is so unique for a movie setting, that's it's well nigh irresistible. This is the kind of people watch at a party and get drunk to...very trippy and silly. Recommended Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/20/24 Full Review Teddy B Ryland Brickson Cole Tews's direction and eye for stylistic pizazz go hand in hand with the anarchic sense of bombastic abandon to logic and the serious shackles of mainstream Hollywood. A visually delightful feast for the senses as well as an effective homage to 50's creature features. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/08/24 Full Review Kevin L There's goofy and there's silly; goofy is good, while silly is annoying. "Lake Michigan Monster" is overly silly w/ not nearly enough goofy. I saw it cuz the trailers for the director's next movie "Hundreds of Beavers" looked eggsalad. Now I'm thinking, that was just good editing of a trailer. Is the director's name also part of his sense of humor? Ryland Brickson Cole Tews, this was not for me. Yeah, there were a few good jokes in dialogue and visual gags. But Tews' running bit w/ his prefabricated voice is just 118 minutes of annoying-ness. Needed more use of Peters as 'Nedge Pepsi" (great moniker). She seems to have a good comedic sense. I'll give the movie's visual effects crew some recognition for their work on the appearance of the movie, and the effects used to make it look like old time film strip, including the burnt, run-out effects. Hoping "...Beavers" is better, if I see it. 2.3 stars Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/17/24 Full Review Brad P Ryland Brickson Cole Tews and his theatre company of cynical idiots are weirdly lovable and it feels like they would all be just as happy making this movie in their swimming pool with a robot pool cleaner as the monster. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/01/23 Full Review Laylabelle97 I first heard about this movie from Schaffrillas Productions on youtube. It's very funny shitpost/Spongebob esque humor. The effects are so blatantly homemade with very obvious greenscreening, and some sets that I'm positive were made out of tinfoil and crumpled up paper, which only adds to the humor. The underwater battle scenes are hilarious. It also has an interesting mystery surrounding both the titular monster and the main character Seafield. Some moments have a genuine tense and or haunting atmosphere. There's lots of clever foreshadowing in the movie. It rewards multiple viewings. This movie could easily have just focused on the absurdist humor without putting much into the plot; it's really cool to see it really think things through. Can't recommend it enough. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Kyle M "If nautical nonsense is something you wish…" Grown out of SpongeBob but miss his glory days' quirky comedy? Then this reminiscing picture of the cinema's birth years with elaborate settings is something for you but be warned it's also one of the most ridiculous pictures that ever invaded the screen, and that's a good thing because it's nonsensically hilarious with praiseworthy merits despite recognizably identified eye-rolling silliness proving to be occasionally unfunny and rather annoying. (B) Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/24/22 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis An eccentric ship captain and a crew of specialists plot revenge against the most mysterious creature of the deep -- the Lake Michigan Monster.
Director
Ryland Brickson Cole Tews
Producer
Mike Cheslik, Sebastian Johnson, Ryland Brickson Cole Tews
Screenwriter
Ryland Brickson Cole Tews
Genre
Adventure, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 31, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 3, 2020
Runtime
1h 18m
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