The Black Waters of Echo's Pond (2009)

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.

Director:

Gabriel Bologna

Writers:

Michael Berenson, Gabriel Bologna,

Stars:

Robert Patrick, Danielle Harris, Sean Lawlor

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Patrick	...	Pete
Danielle Harris	...	Kathy
Sean Lawlor	...	Charles
James Duval	...	Rick
Nick Mennell	...	Josh
Mircea Monroe	...	Veronique
Arcadiy Golubovich	...	Anton
Electra Avellan	...	Renee
Elise Avellan	...	Erica
Walker Howard	...	Trent
M.D. Walton	...	Robert
Declan Joyce	...	Danny
Nitsa Benchetrit	...	Florence
Adamo Palladino	...	Niegel
Jason Loughridge	...	Clint

Storyline

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 they want to see... but what you want to see isn't always the truth.

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Plot Keywords:

board game | 

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody horror violence and gore, language, drug use and some sexuality/nudity

Details

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 April 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hades

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Parallel Media, Project 8 Films, Golden Ring International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

During the end credits, Richard Tyson is correctly listed as playing the character of Nicholas. However, on the very next screen he is listed again, but this time incorrectly as playing the character of Charles.

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Quotes

Pete: That had ta' hurt.

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Connections

References Friday the 13th (1980)

User Reviews

Something Went Wrong

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.

Something went terribly wrong when making this movie. It was written and produced by Sean Clark, one of the greatest human beings in the horror community. It stars James Duval, Danielle Harris and Robert Patrick... that alone should sell it to fans. Even the effects and story are pretty decent.

Despite this, something about it makes the film boring. Probably the directing, but it could be more than that. Duval in some scenes is great and in others makes no effort to act. Were not enough takes shot, or did he not have the heart? Almost as bad, the distributor (Anchor Bay) seemed to have no love for the film. Clark put together a nice package of extras (which he gives away for free) that Anchor Bay turned down. Why? A bad film is a bad film, but some features might have at least explained what happened.