Bone Lake

There are times during Bone Lake when the thought goes through the mind that The Most Dangerous Game has (yet) again been mined for a film.

Couple Diego (Marco Pigossi) and Sage (Maddie Hasson) have hired out a huge country retreat to get away from things, hoping that it may have a stimulating effect on their relationship and Diego’s writer’s block. However this is thrown into turmoil when Will (Alex Roe) and Cin (Andrea Nechita) turn up.

There’s clearly been a mistake but the size of the house should determine that they wouldn’t have to interact very much. Not a chance. They are soon chatting away drinking and then swopping personal stories that later on get thrown back at Diego and Sage, as Cin and Will begin to test the others boundaries and characters.

Directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan and written by Joshua Friedlander, Bone Lake ploughs the psychological horror furrow with its classic set up and character manipulation.

Not that the characters are that well developed. There’s just enough to provide their strengths and weaknesses (Diego comes over particularly weak) for what is more of a narrative drive. The flirting and testing are there to take the story forward. As such there’s not much empathy generated for any of them.

However the various scenarios and twists do keep the viewer engaged with what is going on and a level of interest is sustained as to how this is all going to turn out. As regardless of who are the bad guys, it’s not that certain how this will end due to the various elements that come to light during the film.

Bone Lake had its UK premiere at London FrightFest in August 2025.