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The Lake

The Lake

A nurse returns to her home town to care for her dying father, and finds everyone she knows there has undergone a bizarre personality change.

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Overview

Jackie Ivers is a Los Angeles nurse who returns home to the small town of San Vicente to find that her friends and family have taken on bizarrely different personalities. Jackie notices that everyone who goes into the town's lake come out different...

Directed by David Jackson
Written by J.D. Feigelson, Alan Brennert
Produced by Andrew Gottlieb
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Top Cast

Yasmine Bleeth

Yasmine Bleeth

Jackie Ivers

Linden Ashby

Linden Ashby

Dr. Jeff Chapman

Stanley Anderson

Stanley Anderson

Steve Ivers

Haley Joel Osment

Haley Joel Osment

Dylan Hydecker

Susanna Thompson

Susanna Thompson

Denise Hydecker

Dewey Weber

Dewey Weber

Officer Gary Reed

Matt Beck

Matt Beck

Officer Mills

Caroline Lagerfelt

Caroline Lagerfelt

Mayor Louise Terry

Robert Prosky

Robert Prosky

Herb

Marion Ross

Marion Ross

Maggie

Themes & Keywords

small townlakenursealienparallel world

About The Lake

The Lake is a science fiction, mystery, thriller, tv movie, horror film released in 1998 exploring themes of small town, lake, nurse, alien, parallel world. Directed by David Jackson, it stars Yasmine Bleeth, Linden Ashby, Stanley Anderson. Jackie Ivers is a Los Angeles nurse who returns home to the small town of San Vicente to find that her friends and family have taken on bizarrely different personalities. Jackie notices that everyone who goes into the town's lake come out different...

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