Eden Lake
Things seem to turn into a very dangerous turn for Steven Taylor and his girlfriend. One day Stephen invited his girlfriend, a kindergarten teacher, to spend some good time with each other. The duo came to a distant place called Eden Lake where they met a group of rude and troubled teenagers in that place. In the end, it soon became clear that all these holidays were unexpected, horrific and brutal on that journey.
1974, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK
7 July 1991, Derby, England, UK
1 August 1990, Derby, England, UK
11 February 1992, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, UK
21 June 1989, Nottingham, England, UK
2 April 1977, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
20 February 1983, London, England, UK
30 June 1989, Salford, Manchester, England, UK
28 June 1976, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
18 July 1977, Surrey, England, UK
September 12, 2008
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.
September 12, 2008
Daily Mail scaremongering? Possibly. But formidably well-made, all the same.
September 12, 2008
Eden Lake: pursuit, persecution, violent death.
October 18, 2008
A gruelling, grimly effective British chiller.
April 26, 2016
...it's hard to deny that the ultra-downbeat finale feels needlessly mean-spirited.
December 22, 2008
Well acted, well directed, and totally intense, 'Eden Lake' is the best horror film to come out of the UK in years.
August 28, 2015
Works exceedingly well, and will probably stick in your gut for a little while.
October 13, 2008
...while Eden Lake is effective, something feels not quite right about cheering for prepubescent kids to get their fatal comeuppance.
October 18, 2008
A well acted, smartly directed horror flick that's gory, disturbing, terrifying and topical.
September 12, 2008
The film's one major fault is that Reilly's character repeatedly acts in ways that serve the plot, but which run contrary to rational human behaviour. By contrast, the shattering downbeat ending is well earned and genuinely shocking.
June 04, 2013
A solid horror thriller worthy of a watch, if only for its insight in to how easily the hive mentality can be formed, and how merciless it can be.
November 03, 2008
An effectively harrowing Brit thriller-cum-horror pic whose yuppie protags' weekend getaway runs violently afoul of the local youth.
