SlasherEG1: Eden Lake

Eden Lake

(James Watkins, 2008)

PRODUCED BY: Rollercoaster Films, Aramid Entertainment

DISTRIBUTED BY: Optimum Releasing, The Wienstein Company (click here to see the full list)

BUDGET: 

BOX OFFICE: $6k (USA) $5k (UK)

RATINGS: Rotten Tomatoes 83% IMBD - 6.9/10

The first thing we see is and ident for Pathe films. Then we see "Rollercoaster films present..." written in a sans serif font, and in a blood red colour. The music builds up tension with long drawn out strings. As the strings get louder, a woman's screams get louder also creating more tension. There are flashes on the screen of first a forest, then it flashes straight back to a black screen. Then this is repeated for about 20 seconds but with a close up shot of a lake, then of  a woman who has blood all over her face, and they are shown in a sepia tint which intensifies the red of the blood. The text 'In association with Aramid Entertainment is shown at the bottom of the screen in the same style of writing as the "Rollercoaster films present...". Then there is another flash of someones hands tied with rope to a wooden post, and this is also in a sepia tint.

The notes increasingly get longer as we see another shot of the woman's face crying and screaming. Next there is a white flash and a peaceful looking lake is shown. Then there is an extreme close up of the woman screaming please, then a black background with the title "Eden Lake" shown in the same font as before in the centre of a black background.