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Eden Lake (2008)

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Reviews Counted:23

Fresh:19

Rotten:4

Average Rating:6.7/10

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

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Like a bad dream turned worst nightmare, Eden Lake is a “relentlessly tense and immaculately paced” (Twitch Film) horror-thriller about modern youth gone wild. When a young couple goes to a... Like a bad dream turned worst nightmare, Eden Lake is a “relentlessly tense and immaculately paced” (Twitch Film) horror-thriller about modern youth gone wild. When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. Rowdiness quickly turns to rage as the teens terrorize the couple in unimaginable ways, and a weekend outing becomes a bloody battle for survival. Eden Lake is “fierce, thought-provoking… and genuinely shocking” (Time Out London). --© Third Rail Releasing [More]

Starring: Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Thomas Turgoose

Starring: Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Thomas Turgoose

Director: James Watkins

Director: James Watkins
Screenwriter: James Watkins
Producer: Christian Colson, Richard Holmes
Composer: David Julyan
Studio: Third Rail

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You don't watch it, you survive it. A battering experience, and the hardest Brit horror in years.

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09/09/08
Simon Crook
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if it gets people talking about youth violence, class conflict and the gulf of social inequality in Britain, then all the better - and if it does not, at least it will give them a frightening, albeit derivative, ride.

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09/05/08
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Eye for Film

Has some seriously haunting themes torn right from the headlines, giving us something thoughtful to chew on. Besides our fingernails.

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09/04/08
Rich Cline
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