the best scene of the people across the lake be the genuinely creepy and nightly opening scene feature a house and a murder and a lake . after that and it pretty much downhill from there on as far a the horror be concern . a family ( mom and dad and sister and young brother ) be feed up with the ( mildly ) dangerous environment of suburbia and and decides to go and live near the titular lake . from then on and the film feature too much lame happy family relate doo doo near the lake and with occasionally some corps pop up here and there . the couple of scene where they discover the body and be pretty convincing ( in term of creepiness ) and but they be in shrill contrast with the rest of the going on ( feature just every day life stuff of the family settle in ) . the truth to the matter ( the mystery a to who do the killing ) be learn too soon and leave only the family unknowing and the viewer yawn during the unexciting finale ( feature a discovery in a basement and run around the house ) and like if this make for tv thing suddenly remember it be suppose to be a horror film . it not really badly make while the content and story be just not interesting enough . the only highlight in the cast be barry corbin and though his performance or character be just a bit too goofy to be take serious . blond cutie tammy lauren ( the daughter ) might be a recognisable face for avid horror junky too and a she also star in wishmaster ( 1997 ) and and make for tv outing like i saw what you do ( 1988 ) and the stepford child ( 1987 ) . she hasn not got much to do in this film and though . skippable and but watchable and if anything .