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.
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.
...while Eden Lake is effective, something feels not quite right about cheering for prepubescent kids to get their fatal comeuppance.
Derek Malcolm
London Evening Standard
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.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
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.
