The Blackwaters Of Echo Pond

I had the very good luck to catch this when it had it's almost no theater release over a year ago. The story is about a group of friends that get together after a long separation. They decide to play a board game in the hope of relieving the tension in the group with horrible consequences. Dark things lurk in the night and the game has released them. Great performances from James Duval, Electra and Elise Avellan, Danielle Harris, and a great cameo from the T2 Terminator himself Robert Patrick. This film for some inexplicable reason has taken almost 3 to 4 years to get this release and it is very much overdue.

Entertaining B horror movie that has some decent special effects. The Movie is based on a ancient game that twits and manipulate your emotions and beliefs to Kill everyone. The acting is not superb but it does the job as far as character development. The story gets a little shaky and not quite clear as to why certain things happen but the special effects help with the story and keep you somewhat interested. Like I said its good for a one time spin around the DvD player and then its time to walk away.

great little movie...... ive seen some of the actors before in other horror flicksgreat plot good acting too and some blood and dead bodies for good measurethis movie reminded me of another movie called open graves mbam-setup-2.0.2.1012

The trailer was absolutely awesome, and the concept ("Jumanji meets Evil Dead") piqued my interests in this movie like nobody's business! *BUT*... it seemed as if "EVERY" review I'd ever come across about this movie (it's "stupid story," its "dull acting," its "gaping plot holes," etc.) were enough to put me off from making one of my classic "Impulse Buys" of a movie I'd been unfamiliar with and knew next to nothing about. So for the past couple of years I'd waited... and waited... and waited... and waited for an opportunity to actually watch this movie in some form or manner in which I would not be required to part with so much as a single dime, just so I could see with my own eyes whether the trailer was somehow misleading me or if perhaps all of the "angry reviewers" were really on top of their game or if they had all just been smoking from the same bong. Well... I'd just very recently had that opportunity to finally catch this movie in its entirety in one of the "No Pay to Play" methods I use to determine whether or not a movie is going to be good enough for me to consider adding to my own personal DVD library... and it turned out that the almighty "reviewers" were in fact attempting to dissuade me from something that was so intense and so deep that I have to wonder in all honesty if they'd even watched the same movie as I had?Yes, we all know how easy it is to pan a movie (no pun intended) when you've viewed it as a "freebie" and have invested nothing in it financially; it's something else entirely when after watching a movie under such circumstances you declare, "HELL YEAH! I'm DEFINITELY going to go out and *BUY* that one for myself!"No, many of the "negative" reviewers are not entirely incorrect in some of their assessments -- the story can get a bit "formulaic" at times, and it *CAN* seem confusing and full of plot holes if one is mere "casually viewing" and not paying particularly close attention to the details of the story as it unfolds. One of the biggest complaints, re: the physical representation of the "Pan" character, is such a lame diss to me that I fear that these folks probably would've preferred that the thing had been done in some gaudy CGI effect rather than in the raw and very surreal way in which they presented it in this film which actually fits the mood and the tone of the movie. As for any problems I might have personally had with the movie, my biggest and only real complaint with the movie, as some others have already mentioned, was its tacked-on ending which while not anything that totally destroyed the movie still played like a safe-escape puss-out that leaves us with the sort of ambiguous ending that forces us to draw our own conclusions (a severely overdone staple in modern horror movies) rather than just letting the movie end on its raw & gritty note... in other words, they chose to go with more of a "Jumanji" type ending than one that evoked more of its "Evil Dead" element.So there's my dilemma: recommend a movie that I think gets short shrift unjustifiably only to set myself up for flaming missiles of hatred should someone accept my recommendation and winds up agreeing with the common concensus? ...or just keep my opinion to myself and enjoy all the fun trappings this movie has to offer in the peace of my own home but feel guilty that there are others out there who might likewise have the same appreciation for this movie as I but who have been made apprehensive about wanting to take that chance on something so universally frowned upon? (sort of like how the game in the movie challenges you to bear your soul honestly... and suffer the consequences of what you've just shared with everybody -- a classic "No Win" situation)

What has become of a true horror flick? They should have saved all the blood and donated it to the Red Cross. Horrible acting! Horrible script...every other word was fu---! This should have been a 30-minute short on how not to butcher people. A total waste of time and money. I've taken notes and will never watch or buy a movie directed or acted by this crew. Granted...if you love gore (lots of it) this is for you. But it is mindless. I laughed throughout the film...and it wasn't supposed to be a comedy...I think.

Some parts are predictable, but it picks up quickly. The ending shocked me.

Started out interestingly enough, well made - then turned into a teeny bopper gore fest. A wasted afternoon and a wasted monetary investment. But can't complain, really. It's the first I've watched I haven't liked - and I'v e watched quite a few movies on Amazon!

Great movie.

DVD received in time. Pretty good for fans of Danielle Harris.

9 friends vacationing on an island in an old house,discover a mysterious board game which has fatal consequences when it brings out the worst qualities in all its players...I try so hard with Danielle harris,i really want to like her movies but this is one of the worst yet!Slow paced & boring with unlikeable characters,you would think judging by the DVD cover that this film would be just a little bit scary but its really not.This film could have been so much better,i like the basis of the 'cursed board game' plotline so its a disappointment that its bogged down with almost nothing but inane talk throughout!

Not the best movie I've ever seen, but far from the worst. I'm a huge fan of Danielle Harris, so I'll check just about anything she does. It also helps that the price wasn't too inflated. The plot is essentially one that's been used a million times before, and doesn't really bring anything new to the table. It's fine if you're a fan of the genre, but not a good option as an introduction.

The acting, music, story and special effects were all ok, it just didn't work. Just really weak all round. Everything was a 6/10 not one 8 or 9 out of 10 to lift it up to make me care about it.

Très bon drame d'horreur qui rappelle les films gore des années 1980 et 1990.