''Lake Placid'' (film series)

Lake Placid
Cover for the recent Blu-ray re-release of the original film.
Directed by	Steve Miner (1) David Flories (2) Griff Furst (3) Don Michael Paul (4)
Produced by	David E. Kelley (1) Michael Pressman (1) Peter Bogart (1) Jeffery Beach (2–4) Phillip Roth (2–4)
Written by	David E. Kelley (1) Todd Hurvitz (1–2) Howie Miller (1–2) David Reed (3–4)
Music by	John Ottman (1) Nathan Furst (2–3) Frederik Wiedmann (4)
Cinematography	Daryn Okada (1) Lorenzo Senatore (2) Anton Bakarski (3) Martin Chichov (4)
Edited by	Paul Hirsch (1) Marshall Harvey (1) John Quinn (2–4) Matt Michael (3)
Distributed by	20th Century Fox (1–2) Stage 6 Films (3) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (4)
Release date	1999 – present
Running time	355 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$27 million
Box office	$56,870,414

Lake Placid is an American series of monster horror/comedy films which started with Lake Placid in 1999 and was followed by three made for television sequels, Lake Placid 2 (2007), Lake Placid 3 (2010) and Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012), as well as a made for television crossover film with the Anaconda series, titled Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015). Each installment revolves around the presence of giant, 30-foot-long man-eating crocodiles in the fictional location of Black Lake, Maine, and the efforts of various groups to capture or destroy the creatures. All of the films reference members of the fictitious "Bickerman" family.

Films

Lake Placid (1999)

A group attempts to destroy a giant, 30-foot-long man-eating crocodile, which terrorizes Black Lake, Maine.

Lake Placid 2 (2007)

In the sequel to the feature film, man-eating crocodiles return to the lake as two males and one aggressive female crocodile, which is protecting her nest, wreak havoc on the locals.

Lake Placid 3 (2010)

A game warden moves his family to Lake Placid, once the site of deadly crocodile attacks. Locals assure him the crocs are gone, but his mischievous young son finds a few baby crocs and begins feeding them. They quickly grow into very big adults and start attacking the game warden's family and nearby town.

Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012)

Reba the poacher is back, now an EPA agent. Black Lake is turned into a crocodile sanctuary surrounded by an electric fence. When the fence gets left open one night, a high-school field trip bus unknowingly enters the park. It's up to Reba and the sheriff to save the kids from becoming crocodile chow.

Crossover

Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015)

In Clear Lake, Maine, an accident allows the two species of deadly creatures to escape. Now, a town sheriff and wildlife officer find themselves to save a group of sorority girls from a battle between crocodiles and snakes.

Cast and characters

Crew

Reception

Box office performance

Critical and public response

Video game tie-ins

Croc Drop

Croc Drop is an interactive game produced in 1999 to promote the film Lake Placid from the same year.^[1]

Lake Placid 2: Croc Alley

Lake Placid 2: Croc Alley is an interactive game produced in 2007 to promote the film Lake Placid 2 from the same year.^[2][3][4]

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