Eden Lake is disturbing. This is not a movie for your typical horror buff because it goes far beyond gore and jump scares. It goes beyond chasing dim-witted teenagers through the woods and hacking them up. It goes beyond zombies or viruses or supernatural ghosts threatening mankind. Eden Lake goes for your emotions and that’s what it’s such a fantastic movie.

Eden Lake isn’t a brainless slasher film although it does have more than a little gore. The gore and the torture is graphic, but in a way that’s necesary to the plot.

I think the thing that’s scariest about this movie is it’s so believable. Gang violence is a real problem and this movie doesn’t shy away from that. It raises a lot of questions, but of course there are no easy answers. That seems to be what bothered people about Eden Lake the most. There was no Hollywood ending. There was no real conclusion that summed everything up. It left you with the questions it leaves you with because in real life, there are no easy answers.

I can’t think of much more terrifying than that.

Quick Review: Eden Lake isn’t a movie to watch for a good time. This movie is deeply disturbing, but that’s why it’s so good. This is an instant classic and a definite, no question, must see.

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