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Eden Lake

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During a romantic weekend getaway, a young couple confronts a gang of youths, and suffers brutal consequences.
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Critics Consensus

A brutal and effective British hoodie-horror that, despite the clichés, stays on the right side of scary.

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Dennis Harvey Variety 11/03/2008
An effectively harrowing Brit thriller-cum-horror pic whose yuppie protags' weekend getaway runs violently afoul of the local youth. Go to Full Review
Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard 09/12/2008
3/5
It is impossible not to admire the way Watkins ratchets up the tension in his debut as director (he wrote My Little Eye) and keeps his tale strictly to 90 minutes. Go to Full Review
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh Metro Newspaper (UK) 09/12/2008
4/5
It's the latest proof that, when it comes to scary movies at least, the British film industry is alive and screaming. Go to Full Review
Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Sep 12
2/5
Gets points for the gut-punch of an ending, but the journey to get there isn't entirely fulfilling, despite the talent involved. Go to Full Review
Grant Watson Fiction Machine 10/01/2024
2/10
This is grossly irresponsible, deeply unlikeable filmmaking. Go to Full Review
Casey Chong Casey's Movie Mania 09/09/2024
4/5
[An] uncompromisingly bleak film about a vacation goes awry. Go to Full Review
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T. S @Goumania 19h Je*em ma**r reziseru, za misfortunes scene koje su totalno nerealne, za sakacenje glumaca do te mere da su nesposobni po 10 minuta da naprave logican potez, koji bi svako ljudsko bice u ovakvoj situaciji napravilo. Totalna debilana od filma koja te tera da psujes, ne zbog radnje filma, vec retardiranog scenarija. Pa IT i Znam sta ste radili proslog leta bih dala 5 zvezdica u odnosu na ovo djubre. Gospode Boze, zali potrosenih sat i po vremena na ovo i sve zivce. See more Lauren M. 2d This movie could be renamed Dumb White People with Zero Survival Instincts. I wanted to like this movie, but when the main characters lack common sense and awareness of their surroundings, it just became so annoying and frustrating. Bad decision after bad decision. The only redemption of this film would be a young Jack O’Connell, playing a very troubled and villainous local teenager and gang leader, showing early on his career that he can really act. This could have been so much better of a thriller if the leading characters had a hint of street smarts, which I blame on the writing and direction, and not the acting. The plot, location and scenery could have made for a great film, but sadly, this ain’t it! See more Naïra F @Naira540 Jan 15 Disgusting end. The plot is horrible. See more Alan F @SamOM Jan 13 You often hear stories about directors flirting with alternative endings during production. I feel like this director picked the wrong ending here, and there were so many possibilites.. A brave movie, but not something I could recommend See more Jersey H @Jersey718 Jan 10 The ending sucks. When I encounter them I'll take their skulls for the yautja. See more VITALII H @freakynickison Jan 4 Although it’s a low budget movie I don’t remember the last time I was so much worried about the main characters’s lives in a movie in a long time. A romantic couple went to a lake for a little escape and then found out that the local gang of teenagers stole their car and it gets very ugly from there. It turns into a realistic and graphic hunger games episode. I really liked the plot, the actors were good and I think that the movie is worth a watch. The creators did their best with what they got simply put. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis During a romantic weekend getaway, a young couple confronts a gang of youths, and suffers brutal consequences.
Director
James Watkins
Producer
Christian Colson, Richard Holmes
Screenwriter
James Watkins
Distributor
Third Rail
Production Co
Rollercoaster Films, Aramid Entertainment Fund
Rating
R (Pervasive Language|Brief Drug Use|Some Nudity|Strong Brutal Violence)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 31, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$5.8K
Runtime
1h 31m
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