Lake Bodom
At a Finnish lakeside campsite haunted by a notorious 1960 massacre, four young people discover that old violence can become terrifyingly immediate.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- eerie
- foreboding
- tense
- horror movie night
- late night viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Bodom as a polished Finnish horror film with strong young performances, visual production, dialogue, and sound design.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The premise directly draws on the 1960 Lake Bodom murders, presenting the notorious case through a horror framework.
The teenage camping group faces danger while the identity and motives of the killer remain central to the mystery.
The lake, tent, and surrounding Finnish forest confine the young characters in a remote setting where escape and help are limited.
The Finnish setting, forest campsite, cold atmosphere, and knife-murder premise place the film within a distinctly Nordic slasher register.
Films like Lake Bodom, and why
Friday the 13th
lake-set slasher horror built around teenage campers, hidden motives, and escalating knife violence
The Blair Witch Project
teen ensemble horror using an isolated wilderness setting, suspicion, and survival tension
I Know What You Did Last Summer
stylized youth-oriented slasher horror with a massacre mystery and visual emphasis
Snowtown
true-crime-inspired horror that transforms a notorious murder case into a tense contemporary genre film
Movie Details
- Director
- Taneli Mustonen
- Release Date
- 2016-08-19
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 5.3 / 10 (306)
Cast
- Nelly Hirst-Gee
- Mimosa Willamo
- Mikael Gabriel
- Santeri Helinheimo Mäntylä
- Pirjo Lankinen
- Ilkka Heiskanen
- Sami Eerola
- Otso Ahosola
- Ville Saksela
- Iiris Kankkunen
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo
- Buy
- Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Lake Bodom about?
- At a Finnish lakeside campsite haunted by a notorious 1960 massacre, four young people discover that old violence can become terrifyingly immediate.
- What is Lake Bodom like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Lake Bodom as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Lake Bodom violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Lake Bodom as graphic.
- What did critics think of Lake Bodom?
- Critics broadly praised Bodom as a polished Finnish horror film with strong young performances, visual production, dialogue, and sound design.
- Which films are like Lake Bodom?
- Films with a similar feel include Friday the 13th, The Blair Witch Project, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and Snowtown.
- How long is Lake Bodom?
- Lake Bodom runs 90 minutes.
- Where can I watch Lake Bodom?
- In United States, Lake Bodom streams on Philo.
