''The Black Waters of Echo's Pond'' is a 2009 fantasy

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directed by the Italo-American film maker Gabriel Bologna. It stars

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, and

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Plot

A groups of friends vacation in a plush mansion, where they find a mysterious board game which draws out the nastiest qualities in all of its players.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in the United States in

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, Malibou Lake, Agoura, Topanga Canyon, California and finally in

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. On 20 March 2010, Parallel Media released the official six-minute theatrical TV advertisement. The film is based on a screenplay by Sean Clark (the author of ''Bloody Disgusting''), Michael Berenson and the director himself. In the lead roles, Bologna cast

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Release

It was premiered on October 11, 2009, as part of the Freak Show Horror Film Festival at the yearly Spooky Empire horror convention. and the limited theatrical release was on April 9, 2010.

Reception

On ''

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'', the film holds an approval rating of 22% based on , with a

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rating of 3.5/10. On ''

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'', which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 31 out of 100, based on seven critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Marc Savlov from the ''

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'' awarded the film three out of a possible five stars, writing, "Far better (and, freakishly, more subtle) at recalling the tone and spirit of Eighties teen moviegoing than the faux-dopey slapstick of Hot Tub Time Machine, Bologna's homage to exsanguinations past is a bloody good updating of past arterial spurters." Dennis Harvey from ''

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'' gave the film a negative review, writing, "Silly, scareless ''The Black Waters of Echo’s Pond'' finds yet another group of disposable youths unleashing yet another ancient evil something or other, to their inevitable detriment. Though this generic horror meller would be most at home debuting on Syfy — perhaps double-billed with ''Pinata: Survival Island''".

Soundtrack

The score was composed by the Italo-American jazz-soloist and film composer Harry Manfredini.The Black Waters of Echo's Pond Sounds Strangely Familiar
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References

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