Eden Gardens Fall Film Series

[Abby E]

Eden Gardens Fall Film Series includes three movies in the park in October. It's become a fun neighborhood tradition leading up to Halloween each year. Watching Frogs once again in the very place where it was filmed in 1972. Come out to relax under the live oaks at Eden Gardens State Park and enjoy the movie starting at 6:30PM!

Films are free with paid park admission. Bring chairs, blankets, coolers & bug spray. Concessions will offer popcorn, candy and drinks for sale.

Eden Gardens Fall Film Series 2023
films roll at 6:30pm
Thursday, October 12: The Sandlot
Thursday, October 19: Peewee's Big Adventure
Thursday, October 26: Frogs (Filmed at Eden in 1972)

FROGS
The film was shot in Walton County, Florida, on the Emerald Coast in and around Wesley House, an old Southern mansion located in Eden Gardens State Park in the town of Point Washington, situated on Tucker Bayou off Choctawhatchee Bay.

Frogs is a 1972 American horror film directed by George McCowan.[1] The film falls into the "eco-horror" category, telling the story of an upper-class U.S. Southern family who are victimized by several different animal species, including snakes, birds, lizards, and butterflies. Nature, the movie suggests, may be justified in exacting revenge on this family because of its patriarch's abuse of the local ecology.[2] The film was theatrically released on March 10, 1972.





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Location:
Eden Gardens State Park
181 Eden Gardens Road
Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459

 

[Abby E]

It's that time of year again!! Eden's Fall Film Series kicks off this week with The Sandlot on Thursday Oct 12th at 6:30pm. Films are free with paid park admission ($4 per car).

Chairs, blankets & coolers are welcome, some concessions will be available too.

Many thanks to the Cultural Arts Alliance, Central Square Records & Grayton Beer for their support!

 

[Teresa]

This week...
FROGS

Thursday Oct 26 @ 6:30pm
Eden Gardens State Park




Frogs is a 1972 American horror film directed by George McCowan.[2] The film falls into the "eco-horror" category, telling the story of a wildlife photographer who meets an upper-class U.S. Southern family who are victimized by several different animal species, including snakes, birds, lizards, and butterflies. The movie suggests nature may be justified in exacting revenge on this family because of its patriarch's abuse of the local ecology.[3] The film was theatrically released on March 10, 1972.

The film was shot in Walton County, Florida, on the Emerald Coast in and around Wesley House, an old Southern mansion located in Eden Gardens State Park in the town of Point Washington, situated on Tucker Bayou off Choctawhatchee Bay.

 

[Will B]

Such a classic! The young "son" was my cousin's cousin from DeFuniak. I remember my folks taking some friends to tour Eden, and on our way in we saw a broken lower window. We asked what happened, and they just said that a movie had been filmed there. We saw the film when it was released and saw why it was broken in the climax of the movie!