Stephen Taylor invites his girlfriend, a kindergarten teacher to spend some quality time with each other comes to an almost remote place called Eden Lake. They met a group of rude and somewhat troubled teens. Soon it all turns out to be an unexpected, horrifying and brutal holidays ever.
20 February 1983, London, England, UK
11 February 1992, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England, UK
1 August 1990, Derby, England, UK
18 July 1977, Surrey, England, UK
21 June 1989, Nottingham, England, UK
28 June 1976, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
1974, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK
30 June 1989, Salford, Manchester, England, UK
7 July 1991, Derby, England, UK
2 April 1977, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
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.
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.
April 26, 2016
...it's hard to deny that the ultra-downbeat finale feels needlessly mean-spirited.
November 03, 2008
An effectively harrowing Brit thriller-cum-horror pic whose yuppie protags' weekend getaway runs violently afoul of the local youth.
August 28, 2015
Works exceedingly well, and will probably stick in your gut for a little while.
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.
October 18, 2008
A well acted, smartly directed horror flick that's gory, disturbing, terrifying and topical.
October 18, 2008
A gruelling, grimly effective British chiller.
September 12, 2008
Eden Lake: pursuit, persecution, violent death.
October 13, 2008
...while Eden Lake is effective, something feels not quite right about cheering for prepubescent kids to get their fatal comeuppance.
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.
