Lake Placid vs The Dead
Lake Placid has the higher audience score (5.9/10 against 5.5/10 for The Dead). Lake Placid is the shorter watch at 1h 22m compared with 1h 45m. Lake Placid is the older of the two (1999 against 2010). Both are action, horror, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lake Placid
The Dead| Lake Placid | The Dead | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 5.5/10 |
| Year | 1999 | 2010 |
| Length | 1h 22m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller | Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Steve Miner | Howard J. Ford, Jonathan Ford |
| Main cast | Bill Pullman, Mariska Hargitay, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, David James Lewis | Rob Freeman, Julia Scott-Russell, Ben Crowe, Dan Morgan, Prince David Oseia |
Synopsis
Lake Placid
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!
The Dead
When the last evacuation flight out of war-torn Africa crashes off the coast, American Air Force Engineer Lieutenant Brian Murphy emerges as the sole survivor in a land where the dead are returning to life and attacking the living.
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