Interview With "Bone Lake" Director Mercedes Bryce Morgan

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

"Bone Lake" is an American independent horror thriller film directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan and written by Joshua Friedlander. It stars Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita, and Marco Pigossi. It tells the story of a couple whose romantic getaway to the secluded Bone Lake takes an unexpected turn when they are forced to share a mansion with a mysterious and alluring couple. As tensions escalate, the retreat devolves into a web of deception, desire, and manipulation, gradually revealing long-buried secrets. The film had its world premiere at the 2024 Fantastic Fest, where it received positive reviews. Director Mercedes Bryce Morgan was kind enough to spend time speaking with us about her work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which will be released in theaters on October 3rd by Bleecker Street. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:17.7	podcast and this is Cody Derrick's interview of the director for Bone Lake,
0:22.5	Mercedes Bryce Morgan.
0:24.2	When Will saw this house on the app, he thought Bone Lake was a euphemism.
0:27.9	Yeah, I thought it was called Bone Lake because it's a secluded place where people come to
0:31.2	bone.
0:31.7	Yeah, I thought that.
0:32.8	Right, mine.
0:33.5	Mail minds.
0:34.4	Do you guys like to play games?
0:39.3	Everywhere you go and everyone you meet is playing together.
0:45.3	We have this house for the weekend.
0:48.3	Seems like we also book this house.
0:51.3	It was supposed to be just us and now we're with strangers.
0:55.0	She's pretty.
0:57.0	So is he.
0:58.0	So are you.
0:59.0	I think this is an opportunity to prove your love before the weekend is true.
1:11.6	But if you leave now, there are things about us and each other that you're never going to know.
1:21.6	It seems like someone wanted all of us here.
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