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[SOLVED] Horror movie about infected lake water that turns teens into fish?


I can't remember the name of this movie and it's driving me crazy. It was made around 10 years ago and was a British horror about these teens who hang out at a hazardous lake/river and get infected with something that causes them to mutate. The main character is a boy with a strong Scottish accent. At one point his sister gets a rash/wound on her back after being exposed to the water, and when her friend tries to clean it for her the wound opens up because what's happening is that she's growing gills like a fish. At the end you see her floating in a tank, and she's changed into some type of mermaid/fish thing. It wasn't a very good movie but it's really annoying me that I can't remember the name or find any trace of it. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

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Maybe "The Barge People" (2018) ?

"Set on the canals amid the glorious British countryside, two sisters and their boyfriends head off for a relaxing weekend away on a barge, unaware of the flesh-eating fish mutants lurking in the water, ready and waiting to feed."

https://www.darktemple.co.uk/single-post/2018/01/03/the-films-that-influenced-the-barge-people

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No that’s not it unfortunately. This movie would have been made about 10 years earlier, and the characters were younger. Thanks though.

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And maybe "The Bay" (2012) ?

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Definitely not The Bay either I’m afraid.

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OK. Third time lucky - perhaps it is "Beneath" (2013)

"Six high school seniors celebrating in the middle of a lake find themselves trapped on a rowboat due to a man-eating fish."

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Sorry, no, that’s not it either. Appreciate the help though, I’ve been googling this for days and can’t find any trace of it, it’s infuriating.

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And maybe "Beneath Still Waters" (2005) ? Do you remember something more?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371572/plotsummary/?ref_=tt_ov_pl

"Two boys make a pact to do something brave, crazy and dangerous. They will see their town one last time before a man-made lake floods it forever, burying it under the deep lake. Everyone's been evacuated - just the church, the homes, the abandoned shops remain. Only the eerie buildings...still hiding secrets that no one suspects. The two boys walk through the doomed ghost town. But the boys discover that the town isn't quite deserted. And they are trapped as a massive wall of water crashes down on the town. Time passes, and the whispered secrets of the town have been long forgotten. But now, fifty years after vanishing, the sunken town comes alive again. A boy vanishes swimming on a moonlit night while his girlfriend looks on. The very shoreline turns hungry, pulling people into the water. And below-below where it's incredibly cold and dark, the sunken town waits. Because beneath still waters something ancient now stirs. A forgotten legend lives again. Half a century ago they thought they had buried this horror forever. But you can't kill what was never really alive. And the massive stone walls of the Dam must soon burst and what was an incredible myth, will become a deadly reality."

Other possibility is "Weaverfish" (2013).
"After spending the night partying at a condemned river creek, the atmosphere is soon lost for quiet teenager Reece and his friends. Headaches and heartaches give way to a terrifying race back to civilisation as a grossly disfiguring virus takes hold on the most vulnerable."

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Oh my god it’s Weaverfish!! You did it, thank you!!

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I'm glad I could help :-)

It was possible only thanks using of advanced IMDB search engine.

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I gave IMDb a try but I’m obviously not as good of a searcher as you, thanks so much for finding it for me!

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Beneath Still Waters sounds awesome - submerged towns fascinate me!

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