The Black Waters of Echo's Pond

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The Black Waters of Echo's Pond

R

Released Apr 9, 2010

1h 32m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Nine vacationing college friends play a board game that releases a ghoul.

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

Pacing remains flat, exacerbated by bad dialogue, some subpar f/x and variable perfs.

Apr 9, 2010

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Like Jumanji on bad acid, it's pretty much game for anything.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 9, 2010

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

There's relief in this type of poorly acted claptrap's adherence to movie mathematics, since each slain character is a sign that the movie is that much closer to a credit roll.

Rated: 1/5

Apr 9, 2010

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Unimaginative and surprisingly lacking in suspense and horror.

Rated: 1.0/4.0

Sep 3, 2020

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Pam Grady

Boxoffice Magazine

Derivative and about as exciting as a checkers tournament (albeit one where the inevitable chainsaw makes a blood spattering appearance), this pallid horror movie is bloody but not even remotely scary.

Rated: 1.5/5

Apr 16, 2010

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Andrea Chase

Killer Movie Reviews

the ongoing slaughter is just so much screen time that passes so dully as to qualify as audience torture worse than anything these characters suffer, and their suffering involves a chainsaw at one point

Rated: 0/5

Apr 11, 2010

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I'll give it some credit for somewhat originality.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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This B-Movie Horror Film Is For Fans Of Classic Horror Only. For An Average Movie Fan May Be Better To Avoid This. This Film Takes The Basic Sub-Plot Of Jumanji And Mixes It With Teen Horror. This Is The Second Time (That I Know Of), This Jumanji Type Plot Has Been Used For A Teen Slasher, So It's Still Pretty Original. The Film Focuses On A Group Of Teenagers Who Plan To Spend A Weekend On An Isolated Island. They Find This Ancient Board Game And Arguments Occur While Answering The Questions On The Cards. However When The First Player Reaches Echo Pond On The Board, Supernatural Events Begin To Occur. This Is An Almost Original & A Great Idea For A Horror Flick And It Works We Are Presented With An Enjoyable Slasher Flick. Fans Of Classic Horror Will Love This As It's A Great Plot, Gory, Inventive Death Scenes & The Classic Horrible Acting & Script.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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It looks like it's going to be a sci-fi original budget type of flick and follows through expertly. So boring but a cool game they created. Acting and dialogue are stupid and go nowhere. Like if you and your friends sat around trying to read this script out loud. Shame on you Robert Patrick.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Horrendous, amateurish, waste of time and talent.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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hooooo weee! that was bad. holy sh.t

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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An entertaining if somewhat stupid film featuring scream queen Danielle Harris, Robert Patrick, and the babysitter twins from Planet Terror, The Black Waters of Echo's Pond features nothing remotely original or scary but is an enjoyable little horror movie nonetheless

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Synopsis

Nine vacationing college friends play a board game that releases a ghoul.

Director: Gabriel Bologna
Producer: Jason Loughridge, Raymond J. Markovich
Screenwriter: Michael Berenson, Gabriel Bologna, Sean Clark
Rating: R (Some Sexuality|Gore|Drug Use|Bloody Horror Violence|Language|Nudity)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 9, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 17, 2015
Runtime: 1h 32m

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