Deadly Secrets by the Lake

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Good movie!

Was looking at a 7-9 rating. Loved Stefanie...but..."my life is in the city with Santos." Would that be the same Santos you just cheated on with your ex? Would this be the same Santos that observed you in a passionate embrace and kiss with the same guy, all while the same current boyfriend, Santos, was holding an engagement ring? Would this be the same Santos that I suppose went back to the city alone when you turned your car around? Her character lost all credibility and likeability when she cheated on him, while not being bothered to answer his phone calls. Ruined the entire movie. Can promise I won't be watching the sequel you obviously set up to make. Her infidelity and indifference completely ruined what could have been a pretty good watch.

In the lakeside town of Thornwood Heights, it's the 20th anniversary of the disappearance of Abby Blake which still haunts members of the community. NYPD Police detective Jennifer Riley (Stefanie von Pfetten) catches her suspect trying kidnapped another girl. She gets a call from her troubled sister Lauren Riley from jail. Lauren has been arrested for murder of Victor who has been researching Abby's case. Jennifer was Abby's best friend and has not returned home since being implicated in her disappearance. It's a Lifetime Harlequin mystery and expectations are low. So it's good to clear the very low bar. It's actually a functional mystery. It would be nice if there are better twists and turns but beggars can't be choosers. von Pfetten is functional as this hardened lead character. It's obvious that the plot should be solving the Abby mystery which leads to Victor's killer. This movie doesn't do that and I wonder if this is the first of a series of stories. It doesn't look like it and that's a headscratcher.

So the title is pretty much spoilers, but I think the public deserves to know! I caught this movie today on the Mystery/ Court TV channel. It was nice to have on in the background while I went around cleaning and, I'll be honest, it sucked me in. The movie is absolute brimming with cliches - I don't think a unique line of dialogue was uttered for the first thirty minutes, and nearly every character is an archetype. I was not surprising, upon googling, to find out that this is literally an adaptation of a Harlequin romance novel. Usually when I hear "Harlequin romance novel" it's used in the same way one uses "Kleenex" or "Band-Aid." It's the brand-name turned generic. But this is the real, over dramatized, stereotypical deal. And it was actually fun to watch. Until the last ten minutes, when they suddenly slapped together an ending! You'd think the genericized romance novel crew would know a bit more about how to write a longer climax! The ending was thoroughly unsatisfying. I was left wanting, and disappointed. But anyway, they literally didn't finish the plot. This goes beyond sequel-baiting. The whole story sets up this connection between a murder that occurred twenty years ago and the recent murder of a journalist, only to completely forget about that point! She has a raunchy affair with her old high school fling, an act of infidelity against her current boyfriend, which! He figures out about, I guess, but that isn't addressed either! The ambitious deputy out to take his father's job, who holds a grudge against the main character for some reason I must've missed - oops, he's not relevant in the end. The strange messages she's been getting the whole time? Oh those were probably from the dead girl, who isn't dead, because this is Pretty Little Liars, I guess. Imagine my shock when, instead of part two kicking up right after, my TV starts a whole different cliche filled film. What?! This is one book in a series, and it's clear that the ending will be explained in another book. But don't make the movie if we have to wait forever for the conclusion! It has to stand on its own! Ending this movie without the second half would be like ending a review in the middle of a

A thriller which kept me hooked and concerned till the end. No pumped up music, beautiful locatlons, an underbelly of anger that seems to inhabit this picturesque lakeside town, a murder and a potential villian really keeps the ball rolling The end is unexpected but is truthful tk the story I felt. The whole film seemed liked spiced up modern version of Murder she wrote. Enjoyable

We really enjoyed this movie. Stefanie was amazingly good and totally believable in the lead role. She held it all together. The twists and turns kept our interest. The reason it is not a ten is the lame way they handled the ending. A good cliffhanger and lead in to a sequel and then....go to the website and find you have to buy a book to get the ending. WE WANT A SEQUEL AND WE WANT STEFANIE VON PFETTEN IN THE LEAD!

Ok so throughout the movie she's getting threatening blocked text messages. Why didn't she change her settings on her phone to block blocked calls? Or contact her phone carrier to override the block?

In "Deadly Secrets by the Lake," the small town of Thornwood Heights has a history similar to the battles between the Hatfields and the McCoys. In this case, it is the rival families of the Blakes and the Rileys. In this chilling drama, family secrets are revealed from a cold case that originally separated the protagonist from her family. After leaving Thornwood Heights under a cloud of suspicion following the death of her best friend, Amy Blake, Jen Riley went to New York where she became a streetwise detective. Now, Jen must return home to help her sister Lauren, who has been accused of murdering an investigative reporter who discovered fresh leads on the Amy Blake case. Amy and Jen had a motto for their friendship in the acronym ARNF: "Always Remember, Never Forget." Jen vows to finally get to the bottom of the two cases in discovering who framed Lauren for the murder of the reporter and what happened to Amy Blake. Jen gets no help from the three men whose disgraceful conduct led to her exile from Thornwood Heights. Her old beau, Haden Blake, who was the brother of Amy, failed to provide an alibi for Jen at a time when they were together at the exact moment of Amy's disappearance. The patriarch of the Blake clan, Conner Blake, is the mining magnate who essentially runs the town and once blackmailed Jen's father, the sheriff. Finally, the father himself knew that Jen was innocent because Amy visited him on the night of her disappearance. The father shamelessly sent a tearful Amy away, then failed to vouch for his daughter. As it turns out, the film was disappointing in its failure to resolve the two principal plot strands. While Lauren is exonerated, the main storyline about Amy Blake is never resolved. Clearly, the filmmakers were anticipating a sequel in the ongoing saga of the Blakes versus the Rileys. But the film is still worth the watch if only to learn who has the final line of the film.

A NY detective returns to her hometown after 20 years, to help her sister who is accused of murder. The plot was certainly what won me over, combined with good story progression and good cinematography, it never gave me the chance to get bored. As far as acting goes, we get a solid performance out of the protagonist and two more characters, but after that we sink in mediocrity. Which doesn't really matter, since our main focus is the detective. The background melody wasn't always ideal and some scenes could have been avoided. (unless they were used to support the sequel if there is one) Deadly secrets by the lake was worth watching, visiting their site was fun, I hope a sequel is on the way. Overall score 6.5/10