Bone Lake
Bleecker Street Media | Release Date: October 3, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The GuardianCatherine BrayNov 18, 2025
It always feels as if the people making this movie are having fun, and while that’s never a guarantee that the audience will too, it’s certainly the case here. Read full review
76
Paste MagazineJim VorelSep 29, 2025
It’s not as sordid as it plays at, but Bone Lake is wickedly entertaining nonetheless. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloOct 3, 2025
While Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s newest film, “Bone Lake,” doesn’t necessarily break new gory ground in the category, it’s a fun, messed-up horror thriller playing with both familiar tropes and modern-day anxieties of love, sex, and finding out that someone has booked the same rental home for the weekend. Read full review
70
VarietyDennis HarveyOct 3, 2025
While not perfect, the psychological thriller is cleverly conceived and confidently executed enough to make for a fun ride, one that eventually takes the full plunge into bloody black comedy terrain. Read full review
70
ColliderLuna GuthrieOct 2, 2025
Bone Lake isn't heavy or particularly meditative with its themes of sexual repression, mismatched couplings, and people's absolute failure to efficiently communicate with each other, but it gives us just enough to pad out an amusing framework and make us wonder where it's all headed. Read full review
67
Original-CinLiam LaceyOct 6, 2025
Director Mercedes Bryce Morgan (Fixation, Spoonful of Sugar), working from a script by Joshua Friedlander, keeps the pace moving well and creates some undeniable fun in a shell game of the three movie genres that depend on physical reaction —comedy, horror, and erotic thriller. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerOct 2, 2025
Unabashedly warped and horny, Morgan knows exactly when to set off the depth charges lurking in the waters of Bone Lake, making its big, filthy reveal feel like the inevitable result of the characters’ urges. Read full review
60
The New York TimesCalum MarshOct 2, 2025
The only serious liability is the script, which never quite goes far enough. The provocative questions don’t have provocative answers, and though the film gestures toward edginess, it feels altogether too tame, lacking a bunny-boiling moment that would really make you squirm. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshOct 7, 2025
Bone Lake offers up an appealing surface, but it’s just too shallow to get very far. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineJustin ClarkSep 29, 2025
The horror here proves as much a dead end as the main characters’ relationship. Read full review
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