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Originally Posted by Babayaro.
Welp I disagree. It's not that deep.
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It is when you look at it closely.
This review I found does a pretty good job.
You only have to see this review in the Mail to see what I mean too:
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It's a thoroughly credible set-up and the process of escalation whereby Jenny and Steve alienate, then anger these feral youths until they're ready to stab, torture and even burn them to death is worryingly authentic.
Unlike most horror films, in which the heroes steer themselves into danger by their own stupidity, Jenny and Steve behave with complete plausibility and a tragically unrequited sense of kindness and social responsibility.
Eden Lake delivers plenty of tension and vicarious excitement. But it's also willing to say what other films have been too scared or politically correct to mention: the true horrors we fear day to day are not supernatural bogeymen or monsters created by scientists. They're our own youth.
Uncaring or absentee parents are the true villains, mostly unseen until the unpleasant end, but an implied presence throughout.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...#ixzz4WQqZHOOs
There's no attempt at character development on the sides of the antagonists either, no explanation or implication of any social factors that may have led to their behaviour, just a very one dimensional, stereotypical portrayal of working class youths (or rather 'chavs'), positioning them as people to be feared. Compare that to something like Attack the Block (sorry it's the only film I'm used to comparing it with
This is England would be another great example, but it's not horror) which does go into the backgrounds of the gang, and the class prejudices ingrained in Eden Lake are as clear as day.
The whole thing is gross
21-01-2017, 06:50 PM
in all seriousness at a subconscious level it does play into people's ideas about the 'chav' culture and who and what to fear. As much as I loved it, something like Little Britain is guilty of the very same thing 
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