It was premiered on October 11, 2009, as part of the Freak Show Horror Film Festival at the yearly Spooky Empire horror convention.[8] and the limited theatrical release was on April 9, 2010.[9]
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 22% based on 18 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 3.5/10.[10] On Metacritic, 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".[11]
Marc Savlov from the Austin Chronicle 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."[12] Dennis Harvey from Variety 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".[13]
Soundtrack
The score was composed by the Italo-American jazz-soloist and film composer Harry Manfredini.[14]
