Comments on: Eden Lake – James Watkins http://www.directorsnotes.com/2008/09/02/eden-lake-james-watkins/ The What, How & Why of Independent Filmmaking Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:03:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dexter http://www.directorsnotes.com/2008/09/02/eden-lake-james-watkins/comment-page-1/#comment-17729 Dexter Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:07:40 +0000 http://www.directorsnotes.com/?p=961#comment-17729 I thought it was the blackest comedy I'd seen in ages... Tense, sick, Kids VS adults - rich VS poor... Sometimes gray... sometimes not What should a horror film due - exploit fears and it does it in spade... NO ONE got angry about the representation of sharks in JAWS. Eden Lake is like the Sister to Wes Craven's The People Under the Stairs where the rich sickos are the villains... I thought it was the blackest comedy I’d seen in ages…

Tense, sick, Kids VS adults – rich VS poor… Sometimes gray… sometimes not

What should a horror film due – exploit fears and it does it in spade…

NO ONE got angry about the representation of sharks in JAWS.

Eden Lake is like the Sister to Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs where the rich sickos are the villains…

]]> By: MarBelle http://www.directorsnotes.com/2008/09/02/eden-lake-james-watkins/comment-page-1/#comment-14915 MarBelle Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:03:42 +0000 http://www.directorsnotes.com/?p=961#comment-14915 Yeah he wishes he was being that clever! Yeah he wishes he was being that clever!

]]> By: El Vez http://www.directorsnotes.com/2008/09/02/eden-lake-james-watkins/comment-page-1/#comment-14911 El Vez Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:35:47 +0000 http://www.directorsnotes.com/?p=961#comment-14911 Maybe it's like art and it doesn't care what reaction it gets, as long as it provokes one...........or maybe not! Maybe it’s like art and it doesn’t care what reaction it gets, as long as it provokes one………..or maybe not!

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