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For those craving a horror-slasher film that offers dumb fun while making you wince, chances are Bone Lake is on your curiosity. The latest chilling feature from director Mercedes Bryce Morgan debuted in theaters on the third of October with an outlandish setup and a suggestive title to match.

Heads-up: Plot details below for the conclusion of Bone Lake.

A Blend of Comedy and Horror

Considering the moniker like Bone Lake and an opening sequence featuring individuals running butt naked through the wilderness—only to be hit with a bow in private parts—you'd be right there's plenty of comic relief throughout the film. Even, the movie's conclusion, which show the main couple exhausted and injured yet laughing uncontrollably together, have a tone of macabre comedy.

One would have to find something to smile at, also, if you experienced what Diego and Sage experience in Bone Lake. A couple riddled with partnership troubles from the beginning—lack of communication, unsatisfying sex, an unfair burden of financial responsibility, and more—their relationship is put to the test when a second pair, Will and Cin, interrupt their couple's getaway.

A Sinister Change

Seemingly at the start to be a conflict of contrasts between the duos—Diego and Sage are uncomfortable and blue-collar, whereas Will and Cin have a wealthy, luxurious existence and appear to be kissing on every surface possible—takes a dark turn as the trip progresses. Will and Cin play on Diego and Sage's doubts in their partnership. They circulate falsehoods and talk about the opposite pair, alleging to know about an infidelity and other internal drama.

These anxieties erupt in the most monumental way possible when Sage and Diego learn that Will and Cin aren't just here at Bone Lake by mistake: they own it and have been attracting couples to the grounds in order to get them to be unfaithful on their significant others. Why? Because Cin and Will are actually siblings. After their taboo romance was found out by their mother and father and they were split apart unwillingly, they decided to punish all others (including their family). Since the society condemned them simply for their desired relationship, then they'll turn against the society. Cin and Will's aim is to hold up a mirror to all the pairs they finally end up killing, in an endeavor to prove that their bond is no less real (or invalid) as the connection of these other couples they try to break up.

Unexpected Resilience

Yet, what Cin and Will overlook is that Diego and Sage, in spite of their lack of communication with one another, truly love and love each other. It needed having a deadly duo try to end their relationship and murder them to see it. Though it may seem serious, it is not presented that way. Bone Lake's style is closer to satire than actual fear.

The movie ends with Diego and Sage joining forces to get away from Will and Cin's killer motives. What's interesting is that while, at the outset of the feature, you feel a huge gap in the relationship between Sage and Diego in contrast to Will and Cin, by the conclusion, Bone Lake flips it on its head. Cin and Will separate to chase Diego and Sage, but Sage and Diego are talking more effectively now. They team up to kill the character Will with a power tool. They after that confront the character Cin, who dies horribly at the floor of Bone Lake's body of water—but just before the character Diego reclaims the engagement band meant for the character Sage that Will had swiped and gifted to the character Cin.

Consequences

In the aftermath of their two killings, covered in blood and viscera, Sage and Diego sit together on the end of a vessel. Ironically, this is the nearest they've connected since the beginning of the film, since all their romantic problems have been exposed for the two to see, and all they have remaining are their injured and sore physiques. As though to reinforce their renewed intimacy and intimate understanding of one another, the character Diego reaches over to place the marriage symbol on the character Sage's finger and, when she rotates to inspect it in the light, the couple break into laughter.

One can easily to grasp the cause: When, the character Will proposed to Cin, it was a idyllic, romantic moment. However, when Diego follows suit for the character Sage, they've recently gotten away from a horrific ordeal. But still, Diego's proposal to Sage is not grounded in lies, just the awareness that they've emerged from the most terrible experience of their existence and, despite everything, they yet want to pass the remainder of their days with each other.

Director's Insight

Though, as director Mercedes Bryce Morgan notes, the finale may not lead to a fairy-tale ending for Sage and Diego.

"After enduring that scenario with someone where you face a deadly massacre, how can you recover from that? What actions do you take as a person? And so I wanted to capture all of the moments there as one where it's this elation of 'thank goodness' and 'are we receiving what we've longed for, but what in the world transpired? What the fuck do we do from here?' And then that dawning of the situation of 'what are the implications for us {now|today|from