_**A group of youths go to a cabin-in-the-woods (no, seriously)**_ Several coeds retreat for some fun-in-the-sun at a vacation home in the backwoods of central Florida. Unfortunately, there’s a weird guy lurking about and suspicious things start happening. “Crazy Lake” (2016) is a dynamic-yet-traditional cabin-in-the-woods slasher that meshes “Bread Crumbs” (2011) and “The Lake on Clinton Road” (2015) with the common tropes of the Friday the 13th films. While only costing $285,000, it does not smack of a “student project,” as one critic called it (I don’t think he’s seen too many micro-…
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