Eden Lake
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| Directed by | James Watkins |
| Written by | James Watkins |
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| Cinematography | Christopher Ross |
| Edited by | Jon Harris |
| Music by | David Julyan |
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| Distributed by | Optimum Releasing |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million |
| Box office | $3.9–4.3 million |
Eden Lake is a 2008 British 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.
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.