Eden Lake

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Eden Lake

R

2008

1h 31m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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33 Reviews

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25,000+ Ratings

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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

10/01/2024

2/10

This is grossly irresponsible, deeply unlikeable filmmaking.

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Casey Chong

Casey's Movie Mania

09/09/2024

4/5

[An] uncompromisingly bleak film about a vacation goes awry.

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blunder .

@RT56406877 Apr 12

shit movie,! 90 mins of my life i'll never get back. who tf comes up with this kind of garbage?? atleast put a spoiler at the start that this movie doesnt have a satisfying ending!

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Saad A

@RT03872760 Apr 5

Anyone giving positive reviews to this movie is either profiting or a sadist. It builds tension only to throw it away with a pointless, unsatisfying ending. Not worth it. I feel sorry at the state of mind of the makers.

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Shoham C

@Chara331 Mar 21

It isnt insanely low because the story is bad, its fantastic, its that the teenagers are so realistic its maddening, would like to see a different version of this film not as this stupid teenager horror movie.

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Stanny R

@StannyMC Mar 9

Quite a good film, terrifyingly possible scenario. The ending is good but the morbidity of it deters me from a rewatch.

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Steven F.

@SteveGotScored Mar 7

One of the most powerful thrillers I’ve ever seen!

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Rohit R

@RT41221724 Mar 3

Great horror. Funny that Jack O'Connell in Sinners as Remmick is the friendly one compared this and the bone temple.

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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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