Eden Lake

R

Released Oct 31, 2008

1h 31m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

List

81%

Tomatometer

31 Reviews

66%

Audience Score

25,000+ Ratings

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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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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Kristy Strouse

Wonderfully Weird and Horrifying

A survival thriller with no shortage of cringe inducing moments, Eden Lake hurts to watch at times, but the way Watkins creates such sustaining tension, is impressive.

Oct 14, 2021

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Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

Strong performances from a talented cast help lift this British horror's so-so script to the point where it can be looked back on as an early outing for some notable British and Irish talent.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 17, 2021

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Audience Member

Don’t understand why people hate the ending. Although far-fetched in coincidence, it’s the best part of this flick (yes, this is a flick… not a film… not even a movie). Some “vacation”, camping on the dirt beach of a muddy pond. Dude way oversold that place, and didn’t even know how to pack an ice chest to boot.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/26/24

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Zachary B

Tense and foreboding all the way through. I heard about this movie for years, took the plunge, and will recommend to everyone.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/02/24

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Joe H

Doesn’t make sense, from the plot to the characters and the environment they are in, none of it goes together. Which makes this film just violence for the sake of violence, don’t get it.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/26/24

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Mo C

Not worth it at all, those kids are terrible and the couple is miserable, and? The only thing we get from this movie is an increase in blood pressure, nothing else.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/24/24

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Zach G

This movie is dumb. Not worth the watch at all.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/22/24

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Aaron D

Closer to a 3 than a 5. Frustrating and annoyingly verbose with a score that takes itself far to serious, you will find yourself constantly rolling your eyes senseless at the convenience, bad character decisions, and 'chance' encounters.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/12/24

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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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