I have a soft spot for Steve Miner's 1999 giant-crocodile hijinks Lake Placid. Like its monster-movie rivals from that year, The Mummy and Deep Blue Sea, it's at times endearingly cheesy, reeking of the '90s, and just about manages to effectively balance CG and practical effects.
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Miner returned to a lake after directing Friday the 13th, parts 2 and 3. This time, a different kind of giant killer mutant emerged from the water. When a man is eaten alive by a mysterious creature, the local Game Warden and a New York paleontologist team up to investigate what exactly turned a human into a snack. Yes, it's a big crocodile with a big appetite.
The monstrous antics are supported by characters with a comedic bent, such as the foul-mouthed Betty White, which largely accounts for her renewed popularity. Bill Pullman, a typical '90s guy, does the job, with Oliver Platt and Brendan Gleeson providing spice and sarcasm (and, in Gleeson's case, a questionable accent).
While it's a fun creature feature at the height of that particular renaissance for them, it's far less beloved than the aforementioned. Yet somehow the Big Croc series has risen from the dark depths far more often than either franchise has in the years since.
