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  • 2010
  • R
  • Parallel Media
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2010
  • R
  • Parallel Media
  • 1 h 29 m

Summary Nine friends take a holiday at a Victorian home on a private island and uncover a game that when played brings out the worst in each of them. Jealously, greed, hatred, lust, all of the things they keep buried deep inside themselves rise to the surface and come to a boil. The Black Waters of Echo's Pond shows those who look into it what t...

Directed By: Gabriel Bologna

Written By: Michael Berenson, Sean Clark, Gabriel Bologna

  • 2010
  • R
  • Parallel Media
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2010
  • R
  • Parallel Media
  • 1 h 29 m

The Black Waters of Echo's Pond

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Nine friends take a holiday at a Victorian home on a private island and uncover a game that when played brings out the worst in each of them. Jealously, greed, hatred, lust, all of the things they keep buried deep inside themselves rise to the surface and come to a boil. The Black Waters of Echo's Pond shows those who look into it what t...

Directed By: Gabriel Bologna

Written By: Michael Berenson, Sean Clark, Gabriel Bologna

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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14% Positive
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14% Mixed
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71% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
31
14% Positive
1 Review
14% Mixed
1 Review
71% Negative
5 Reviews

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67
A solid, intermittently excellent, and extremely exsanguinatory take on what Stephen King famously referred to as the "Spam in a cabin" genre.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW
60
Bloody and gory, but in a friendly way, this is a movie for old-school horror fans who understand that, sometimes, bad is good.
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30
Poor word of mouth should doom it for a quick ride to DVD oblivion.
By Pam Grady FULL REVIEW
20
Director/co-screenwriter Gabriel Bologna, working vigorously at hokey predictability, wastes little time getting us to wish his obnoxious characters (why do people who seemingly hate each other always vacation together?) would find their inner maniacs already.
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20
This generic horror meller would be most at home debuting on Syfy -- perhaps double-billed with "Pinata: Survival Island."
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
20
Watching people play a board game ain’t ever going to be scary, and that’s essentially what we have here.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW
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In 10 years, this movie could easily take its place among cult classics like “The Room.’’ For now, it’s better left in the bowels of a Turkish cave.
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Production Company Parallel Media, Project 8 Films, Golden Ring International
Release Date Apr 9, 2010
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating R
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Website http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Black-Waters-of-Echos-Pond/202846752576
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