“Bone Lake”
Genre: Horror/ Thriller
Rated: (R)
Released: October 3, 2025
Running Time: 1 hr 34 minutes
Trigger Warning: strong bloody violence, grisly images, sexual content, graphic nudity, language throughout, and some drug use

Rating: 2/10

Many films tend to be mediocre and forgettable rather than timeless classics. This new horror/ thriller is no different. 

“Bone Lake” was a bizarre movie from the get-go. The premise is that a couple books a huge lakefront mansion for a weekend, but supposedly, there is a mistake, and another couple also booked it. They all decide to stay in the house, but things start to take a turn just a day into their vacation.

 The main characters are Sage (Maddie Hasson), Diego (Marco Pigossi), Cin (Andra Nechita), and Will (Alex Roe). The movie has extremely prominent sexual scenes and is more thriller than horror. It runs about an hour and a half, with the only real horror being in the last half of it. 

The only thrill viewers will get out of the movie is at the end when they are trying to get away from the antagonists, which is dragged out because they wasted time in the rest of the film.

The choices for actors were well made. Sage and Diego felt like your average, run-of-the-mill couple that’s lost the passion in their relationship. And similarly, Cin and Will seemed very out of touch and open to an uncomfortable degree. The latter couple adds the edge to the whole movie that keeps one at least a bit attentive. Not to mention that they were irritating, as all villains should be. 

Marco Pigossi also did a good job embracing the gullibility and airheadedness of his character. Besides that, the artistic choices, including the way it was filmed, the color schemes, and the music choices, were unmemorable. Although the mansion it was filmed at was gorgeous and charming, it contributed to the little posh atmosphere the movie had.

No manner of scenery would save the film from the fact that the sex aspect was way more prevalent than anything else. 

Despite having tension-building details like the unusual locks on specific doors, the car at the bottom of the lake, and the general odd behavior of Cin and Will, the director put much more focus on everyone banging all the time. 

The star of the movie was practically all of the weird noises these people were making constantly. 

In the middle of the film, there’s a scene where, at night, Cin and Will are really going at it. Sage and Diego can hear them from downstairs and laugh about it while discussing whether they should say something or not. It’s obnoxious how much noise they make, and one could go as far as to say it’s unnatural. 

It enhances the creepy vibe coming from Cin and Will, because no normal person would be that loud when they know strangers are in the house with them. Not to mention the fact that they are in this situation to begin with. 

It’s difficult to understand the decision by Sage and Diego to let them stay in the mansion in the first place, and why Sage or Diego wouldn’t check their phones to ensure they weren’t lying about booking as well. Being overly nice with strangers is never a good thing when you’re in a horror movie, and even in real life. 

There is some level of distrust and speculation that a person should have, which is almost lacking with Sage and Diego. On trusting, both Sage and Diego readily take in whatever lies Cin and Will feed them about each other. 

Supposedly, the former couple has been together for quite a few years, and it’s interesting to see how quickly they are to believe the things strangers say about their partner. 

After the first day at the mansion, Cin tries to seduce Diego, fails, then goes and tells Sage ‘Hey, I didn’t want any bad blood between us since Diego put the moves on me, gasp, did he even tell you about that?’ Like, what are we, 15? And Sage just believes her, as if she hasn’t known Diego for a much longer time, and would trust him over some random chick that puts off predator vibes. It takes away from the thriller tension because the decisions are so mindless that it’s impossible to think of anything beyond it.

By the end of the film, viewers spent more time cringing and giggling at the stupid decisions or oddly placed sexual scenes than being enraptured by the mystery or scared by the horror. 

It was completely forgettable and not worth watching again. 

“Friday the 13th” combined sex and horror in a way that made it a timeless classic. The sex was a part of the story, but not the main point, as it was in “Bone Lake.” 

In “Bone Lake,” it’s overbearing, in your face, and at some points feels like you’re just watching a bad porno. 

At least the end credits fit with the horror theme.