Eden Lake (2007)



Fuckkkk. We just watched British horror film Eden Lake. A horror buff (and a touch of a snob), I didn't expect much from it. The odds are totally stacked against it. It's from the UK. It's brand new. It's got no one you've ever heard of in it. However, it has 82% on RT, so I figured, "Why not?".

Holy Shit. Eden Lake is one of the most brutal, disturbing and upsetting films I've ever seen. There's no ghost, no monster, no zombies, no masked madman. Just people. Terrible, ignorant, brutal teenagers who commit atrocities for laughs. This is no vampire cult, no Manson Family, no Jonestown. This is just a group of shitty suburban chavs out for thrills.

This film goes in the darkest direction of anything I've seen in a long time. What happens is totally unexpected, but totally terrifying, disturbing and painfully real. See this film. Download it, rent it, see in in theatres (if you live in England), borrow it, whatever. Just watch it.
- posted by Mason @ 6:32 PM