Refusing to let anything spoil their romantic weekend break, a young couple confront a gang of loutish youths with terrifyingly brutal consequences.Refusing to let anything spoil their romantic weekend break, a young couple confront a gang of loutish youths with terrifyingly brutal consequences.Refusing to let anything spoil their romantic weekend break, a young couple confront a gang of loutish youths with terrifyingly brutal consequences.
- Awards
- 9 wins & 8 nominations
Eliza Elkington
- Child in Classroom
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaShaun Dooley, who played Jon in this movie, has some experience with disruptive teens. He starred as Greg, an ASBO in the British Channel 4 drama Episode #3.8 (2011)
- GoofsWhen Bonnie the Rottweiler sneezes over Jenny (during the beach scene), Brett the animal's owner, shouts "come here girl". Either he's thicker than thick or the Rottweiler has an identity crisis because it is clearly a boy dog.
- Alternate versionsIn order to get the "Not under 18" rating from the FSK, the German video releases were cut approx. by 2 minutes. An uncut version was later made available in Germany with SPIO/JK approval. Only in 2022 was the uncut version granted a "Not under 18" rating following its deletion from the SPIO/JK index list.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Bad Movie Beatdown: Christmas Special: While She Was Out (2010)
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Frustratingly cruel, not easy to watch.
It's been a long time since I've seen this film, during the time when I still didn't bother to rate and review every Horror film I watch. Lately I've been re-watching some of those I liked especially, but as for Eden Like - I'll pass. Not because it isn't good, but because nobody in their right mind would define it as "fun to watch", that much I do remember.
However, what I remember most vividly is my utter sense of frustration, disgust and despair with humanity. Throughout the film I've kept feeling the urge to be there, so I could knock some hard painful sense into those no good hoodlums, and their sad excuse for parents! Very much like this decade's streak of "torture porn", Eden Lake plays on these emotions in the audience. Pity for the victim, rage against the assailants, and despair/helplessness.
Acting and cinematography are good enough, nothing special worth mentioning as far as I can remember (bear in mind it's been a while), but the story and some of the scenes are what sticks with you afterwords. Personally, I can't call the sensations I get out of watching these kinds of films "fun", but they are definitely, in a way, rewarding. Eden Lake isn't easy to watch, and seeing as how this is obviously its goal - it's a success. My relatively low rate is only on account of my personal experience with it.
However, what I remember most vividly is my utter sense of frustration, disgust and despair with humanity. Throughout the film I've kept feeling the urge to be there, so I could knock some hard painful sense into those no good hoodlums, and their sad excuse for parents! Very much like this decade's streak of "torture porn", Eden Lake plays on these emotions in the audience. Pity for the victim, rage against the assailants, and despair/helplessness.
Acting and cinematography are good enough, nothing special worth mentioning as far as I can remember (bear in mind it's been a while), but the story and some of the scenes are what sticks with you afterwords. Personally, I can't call the sensations I get out of watching these kinds of films "fun", but they are definitely, in a way, rewarding. Eden Lake isn't easy to watch, and seeing as how this is obviously its goal - it's a success. My relatively low rate is only on account of my personal experience with it.
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- Also known as
- Little Terrors
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $7,321
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,824
- Nov 2, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $3,984,669
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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