China Lake (1983)

Directed by

Robert Harmon

Genre

thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

34 min

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A police officer loses his grip on sanity while on vacation near China Lake. He uses his motorcycle to stalk people he believes have slighted him and takes revenge.

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What happens

China Lake is a 1983 psychological thriller film starring Charles Napier as a deranged police officer who rides around on a motorbike "targeting" people that have offended him in some way while vacationing near the film's titular location of China Lake. The short film was directed by Robert Harmon, who funded this movie personally to promote himself as a director. In 1990, the film was made into a feature-length made-for-TV movie titled The China Lake Murders, which is considered to be a remake of this film rather than an actual sequel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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