Devil's Pond (2003)

What starts out as a romantic honeymoon on a deserted island turns into a horrible nightmare as Julianne discovers that her new husband is psychotic. Trapped on the island, he has no plans ... See full summary »

Director:

Joel Viertel

Writers:

Alek Lev, Mora Stephens,

Stars:

Kip Pardue, Tara Reid, Meredith Baxter

Cast

Cast overview:
Kip Pardue	...	Mitch
Tara Reid	...	Julianne
Meredith Baxter	...	Kate
Dan Gunther	...	Priest (as Daniel Gunther)

Storyline

What starts out as a romantic honeymoon on a deserted island turns into a horrible nightmare as Julianne discovers that her new husband is psychotic. Trapped on the island, he has no plans of ever returning to civilization, or even of letting her go. She slowly realizes that only one of them may ever leave the island.

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Plot Keywords:

island | honeymoon | barefoot | wet t shirt | aquaphobia | 

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Taglines:

Till death do us part.

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 March 2005 (United Arab Emirates)

Also Known As:

Heaven's Pond

Filming Locations:

Kalispell, Montana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Davis Entertainment Filmworks, Splendid Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

A special Commendation Plaque was presented to Shari Hamrick from the State Of Montana, for her fire fighting efforts on the set of Devil's Pond, when a freak forest fire broke out.

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Soundtracks

"Wherever You Go"
Written by Brad Kane
Performed by Brad Kane
Courtesy of Atlantic Records

User Reviews

A GUILTY PLEASURE

It's more of a lake than a pond, and if you expect quality you'll have a devil of a time trying to convince yourself that its worth the rental price, but for me its just the type of bad movie that's a real guilty pleasure.

Imagine what might happen if a former A&F model playing a redneck psycho stalker manages to get the local hick Britney Spears lookalike, played by an alumnus from "American Pie," to marry him and go on their honeymoon for two weeks to a log cabin on an island out in the middle of a VERY isolated lake somewhere within a few hours drive of the podunk town they live in. It can be reached only after miles of travel over dusty logging roads. And the cell phone doesn't work out there either. You know there's gonna be trouble.

When Britney, still in her wedding dress, climbs into the truck immediately after the ceremony and tells her new cutie to "get us the f*ck outta here," you also know you're in for some wonderfully bad dialog, hammy overacting, bad direction and writing, and lots of lowbrow by the numbers fun. And this flick does not let you down. After a few days when Britney runs out of birth control pills, and A&F starts to get weird about wanting to make babies, she might want to end the marriage as quickly as the real Britney did hers, but boy does she have her work cut out for her to do it.

This movie is something a community college drama student from say, northern Minnesota, who had seen a lot of Hitchcock movies and decided he could make one just like them might turn out. Cary Grant or James Mason our leading man ain't but the disconnect between his obviously angelic mallrat looks and the manly deer hunting, wife beating, obsessive character he is asked to portray is most of the fun. The rest is laughing at how dense the chick is for winding up out there in the first place, and how once her brain cells start sparking a little she manages to get herself "the f*ck" out of the mess she is in. Enjoy. I did. :-)