Eden Lake (2008)

Directed by

James Watkins

Genre

horror film, thriller film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

R

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 2,119 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young couple goes to a remote lake for a relaxing day. They are terrorized by a group of violent teenagers who hunt them through the surrounding woods.

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What happens

Eden Lake is a 2008 horror-thriller film written and directed by James Watkins in his directorial debut. The film stars Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Jack O'Connell, James Gandhi, Thomas Turgoose, Bronson Webb, Shaun Dooley, and Finn Atkins. Its plot follows a young couple spending a day at a remote lake, only to be confronted and hunted by a group of hostile youths. The film is a co-production between the United Kingdom and the Cayman Islands. Eden Lake premiered at the Fantasy Filmfest on 12 August 2008 and was released in the United Kingdom by Optimum Releasing on 12 September 2008. It is among a group of roughly contemporaneous films that deal with moral panic over "Broken Britain" and "hoodies". Some of the close up scenes were filmed at Frensham Small Pond. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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