Please murder your children.
My philosophy regarding the disciplining of children has always been simple: If they get out of line, stick 'em in the neck with a long, sharp object and let 'em bleed their troubles on the kitchen floor. Director James Watkins' socially aware survival horror flick Eden Lake tackles the issue of today's troubled youth by dropping one cozy upper-class couple (Kelly Reilly and Michael Fassbender) into the middle of a wooded landscape teeming with angry, misguided children. Before you can scream Nanny 911, our unfortunate heroes find themselves up against some of the fiercest teenage troublemakers ever captured on film, culminating in one truly shocking final reel nipple twister that will lodge itself deep inside your tender brain for days. Watkins -- who penned the highly underrated My Little Eye -- pulls no punches with his virtually seamless script; these blood-thirsty little rascals are lean, mean, and capable of cruelty beyond their years, a fact which may trouble parents, teachers, and the more sensitive viewers who seek this title out. Eden Lake is top notch, regardless of whether you approach it as a straightforward genre outing or a twisted look at the bottomless chasm between the generations. Dimension Extreme finally got something right.
Recipe For Success: Intensity In Ten Cities + A Horribly Downtrodden Finale + Thomas Gill Scares The Crap Out Of Me
Spare The Rod: Parents, please discipline your children. I'm begging you.
Otherwise I'm not going to brake at crosswalks.
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This is indeed a good, twisted little movie. This has been a surprisingly good year for horror, as long as you weren't looking for it in a US theater...
I never thought about killing myself before I watched this movie but now I am seriously considering it. If you like this movie you are a retarded monkey.
Actually, handicapped primate is the preferred nomenclature.
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