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:

11 October 2009 (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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Connections

References Friday the 13th (1980)

User Reviews

Echos

I was surprised when, after some time with effective atmosphere,a very weird, silly occurrence changed the film's tone. However...

1 - When its scary, its actually scary, featuring atmospheric scenes that build tension very well.

2 - When its funny, its actually funny, perhaps because of the contrast with the serious scenes, and actually handles the switch very well - usually it takes itself as seriously as any individual scene needs to be, which occasionally resulted what just happened, so perhaps this film isn't for everyone - it's very weird.

3 - I was considering actually dropping the rating of any horror film focusing on teenagers - fortunately these ones are fleshed out somewhat, and aren't nearly as annoying as the ones found elsewhere in the genre,