ghost lake start at the funeral of ruth ( linda brown ) and richard haster ( raymond suriani ) a their distraught daughter rebecca ( tatum adair ) look on and not feel that good about thing rebecca decides to head to her parent cottage in a small town near rushford lake . on her way rebecca pick up a hitchhiker name stan james ( timothy prindle ) who also live near the lake and they quickly become friend a rebecca still feel bad about her parent and need a shoulder to cry on . however and thing take a turn for the worse a a terrifying set of event happen to rebecca and first she find the body of a dead fisherman in the lake and she see zombie walk around and a strange girl keep pop up . sheriff dobbs ( gregory lee kenyon ) reveal that rushford lake have a dark and sinister past that rebecca feel be the cause of her trouble . a rebecca unravels the truth about the ghost and zombie and body and the lake history she discover great evil . write and direct by jay woelfel who also appear in the film a a hadowy figure and if that wasn not enough he also compose the music and be there no begin to this mans talent . ok and maybe that be a bit harsh but i personally think ghost lake be a pretty dire film all round . the script take itself extremely seriously and to be fair start off alright a it build reasonably well and it have a certain something about it that keep me interested but once all this nonsense about the 13th month and 13 victim and various other thing that contain the number 13 kick in it all start to become confusing and muddle and far too complicate . i do not think ghost lake make itself particularly clear and that have to be down to the script and woelfel and i do not think ghost lake come across a a straight horror film a instead of go for scare and gore it try to develop a complex mystery which just isn not that interest or engage and imagine a low rent the x file ( 1992 2002 ) episode . there be a good film try to get out but unfortunately it fail and it different and try to surprise but i think it predictable and i think twist need to be clever and relatively simple to work and be effective and ghost lake twist be none of those thing . forget about any horde of zombie rise from the lake a suggest on the dvd or video artwork and it doesn not happen a this be a straight face ghost story rather than a zombie film . director woelfel be obviously work on a low budget so i will cut it a little slack . have say that it still look cheap and bland and forgettable and flat and extremely dull . forget about any scare and atmosphere or tension a there isn not any . there isn not any gore either and there a few ghost or zombie and a few rotten corps but nothing else and this be really tame stuff all the way . technically ghost lake isn not too bad consider it low budget shot on video origin and the best thing i can say about it be that it competent . the act do not impress and i do not like any of the character particularly . ghost lake be a pretty bad film overall and it have virtually no horror element and the various twist be dull and just do not work out in any sort of satisfy way and the artwork on the box really be very misleading . not recommend .