Eden Lake

Another movie under the Dimension Extreme label. As everyone knows, you have to take that title with a grain of salt. At least I think you do, no real clue what that expression means. Many of the movies have simply been lame and tepid, nowhere near extreme. Thankfully Eden Lake qualifies as one of the better releases so far and although I would never describe a movie as "extreme", this one is closer to that than many of the other ones.

The plot is pretty simple, and pretty familiar. It's your typical story about a young couple being stalked by a killer/killers. However this movie does put one unique and disturbing twist on the whole thing...the killers here are a pack of young teenagers. For me that makes this thing a whole lot creepier and got me way more invested in everything that was happening.

The teenagers are actually depicted pretty realistically too. It would be so easy for this movie to make them over the top cartoony villains but they didn't. These fuckers are scary, but you believe they could exist. Hell I've ridden the bus with these pieces of shit. I wouldn't be at all surprised if I heard something like this happening in real life. In fact I've heard way worse. So I buy it man.

The movie moves along at a quick pace, which you always want with this type of movie. There is a little bit of time spent with the build-up, then once the shit hits the fan all bets are off and this time it's personal and other cliches. The rest of the movie is the chase and it can get pretty damn intense at times. There aren't a lot of those cheap fuckin' BLAH LOUD NOISE scares, which is excellent. The movie survives on suspense and tension, of which it has plenty.

I would check this one out. It's a huge surprise and a rare standout in the horror genre. Oh Dimension Extreme, you are just full of surprises aren't you?

7.5/10