10 Best British Horror Movies Since 2000

7. Eden Lake (2008)

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Optimum Releasing

Remember when hoodies were the bane of everyone’s lives? When a mere jersey cowl would send middle aged people into a spiral in the middle of a shopping centre, or cause old ladies to clutch their handbags to their chest, quivering in fear? When crime was uncontrollable and previously angelic children were instantaneously transformed into hulking thugs intent on murdering and stealing? Eden Lake remembers.

Or at least, the deadly hoodie gets its potential realised through a young couple’s brutal targeting on their weekend away. Left stranded in unknown woods and fighting against unwittingly violent youths, Eden Lake captures a moment in UK time that resonates uncomfortably with the cultural phenomenon of the hoodie. That word doesn’t even sound real any more.

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