Eden Lake

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Eden Lake

R

Released Oct 31, 2008

1h 31m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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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

An effectively harrowing Brit thriller-cum-horror pic whose yuppie protags' weekend getaway runs violently afoul of the local youth.

Nov 3, 2008

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

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.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 12, 2008

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

Metro Newspaper (UK)

It's the latest proof that, when it comes to scary movies at least, the British film industry is alive and screaming.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 12, 2008

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

This is grossly irresponsible, deeply unlikeable filmmaking.

Rated: 2/10

Oct 1, 2024

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Casey Chong

Casey's Movie Mania

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

Rated: 4/5

Sep 9, 2024

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Joe Muldoon

Battle Royale With Cheese

To call Eden Lake ‘bleak’ would be to undersell it. Characters and audience alike, very little reprieve is offered from the lurking terror, the tension often hitting the ceiling but never settling back onto the floor.

Nov 27, 2023

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Yannis M

A great film with an epic ending

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/11/25

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Kevin M

This was overall very well directed with mostly believable characters and action. The acting was all very good, with Ms. Reilly as the obvious standout. But, I am pretty disappointed. SPOILERS BELOW: This film lost me with its ending. The whole thing is brutally bleak and really makes the viewer feel for what Jenny is going through and how tough she is to keep going and keep trying. And then it ends with the strong implication that the bad guys win and get away with it all. Luckily we do not see Jenny's final moments but this twist just turned me off on the whole thing. I understand the desire to present a film that does not end on a happy note but this was going too far. It makes everything we watched prior to that ending not much more than an exercise in showing a strong likeable character being treated horribly and surviving for no reason. This character that the viewer comes to like and root for gets a very dismal end just for the sake of a shocking ending that left me wishing I hadn't watched it after all.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/10/25

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Geoff M

More people should be talking about this film. Wonderfully executed

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/07/25

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Robyn M

Edge of your seat with a great ending

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/07/25

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Wyndham M

Once it starts moving, it doesn’t let up

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/05/25

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Menew A

An outstanding thriller with a horrific outcome for the characters. One if my favourite of all time

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/03/25

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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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