The film stars Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Jack O'Connell, James Gandhi, Thomas Turgoose, Bronson Webb, Shaun Dooley, and Finn Atkins.

[8] Jenny Greengrass and her partner Steve Taylor set off for a weekend away at Eden Lake, a remote spot in the English countryside.

They capture and tie Jenny, along with Steve's dead body, to a pile of wood; Brett forces Adam to burn them while Paige films it.

The other parents are informed of the dead gang members, all of whom are the children of the adults at the house, making Jenny realize that she is in Brett's home.

Despite her pleas, Brett lies that she and Steve murdered his friends and his rottweiller, causing Jon and two other men to violently attack Jenny.

Upon retreating to his room and blocking out the sound of Jenny's screams, Brett deletes the videos of his gang's crimes from Paige's phone and stares blankly into a mirror while wearing Steve's sunglasses.

"[11] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favourable reviews ".

[12] Dennis Harvey reviewed the film for Variety and said that it was "an effectively harrowing Brit thriller-cum-horror pic," comparing it to Last House on the Left and Lord of the Flies.

"[15] Eden Lake has been linked with other films that deal with concerns over "Broken Britain" and a fear of "hoodies," including Harry Brown, The Disappeared, Summer Scars, Outlaw, The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael, Cherry Tree Lane and Heartless.