Cradle of Fear
Cradle of Fear
| 04 July 2001 (USA)
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A gruesome homage to the cult Amicus anthology Asylum, Cradle of Fear unfolds four screamplays all linked by the unspeakable need of an incarcerated child killer to wreak vengeance on those responsible for his imprisonment. Helped by deranged angel Dani Filth, who leaves a trail of charnel house death in his crimson wake, the cannibal convict forces two Goth vamps to endure a one night stand from hell, two tough female robbers to see through each other, an obscenely rich coke-head to chop up more than a few lines and an internet surfer to descend into madness when he uncovers the ultimate web depravity.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Scanialara You won't be disappointed!
Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.
Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
Leofwine_draca CRADLE OF FEAR is a shot-on-video horror anthology film from cinema bad boy Alex Chandon, and starring Dani Filth from the heavy metal band CRADLE OF FILTH. Filth is clearly no actor and thankfully limited to appearing in the nonsensical wraparound story, so at least the viewer can watch the four main tales collected here without his presence.This movie was described as a tribute to the likes of the Amicus film ASYLUM, but viewers looking for similarities between the two titles are likely to be sorely disappointed. Because CRADLE OF FEAR is trash of the highest order: incredibly gory trash, it has to be said, but trash nonetheless. Every cast member gives stilted and embarrassing performances, the stories could have been (and probably were) written on the back of beer mats, and everything as a whole is a waste of time.The first tale is about a one night stand that goes horribly wrong. There's ample gore in this one, and some quite extensive nudity from the willing Emily Booth, and that's about it. The second tale is about two robbers who fall out and is merely an exercise in bloodshed. The third story is about a George Michael lookalike who loses his leg and becomes desperate to get another. Eileen Daly strips off for the role and there are some incredibly awful CGI car effects. The final story is about a snuff website and is the longest and most boring of the lot. Anybody who's a fan of the classic British horror anthologies of old, or even American ones like CREEPSHOW and CAT'S EYE, should stick to them...
voronegrayde hey, OK first of all i'm rating this movie 8/10 because it's so much overlooked and despised, it's painful. i'm a huge fan of horror movies, and this one has a special place in my heart. i won't deny that i'm a cradle of filth groupie but the movie went so much far beyond my expectation. i can't reasonably consider it an extended music video, the horror here is social; when I first watched it, I was expecting a black metal imagery exhibition, but it's so much more than that... it's so much more than even a classic horror flick. it s a movie depicting every cardinal sins in a Edgar Poe novel way, but it surpasses this statement. you get the classical greed moral point of view, actually you ll get all you would have expected from a grand Guignol show, but the thing is this movie contains great, like awesome moments of acting, spontaneous gore, no one's feeling safe all around and it achieves it's goal; which at some point is delivering a Polansky like atmospheric level mixed with the joy of the first Peter Jackson movies - and not in the way you would have expected but in a book of shorts stories way. the more you get into the stories, the more you get sucked up into this introspective contemporary social horror. You re actually looking at one of the best reflective horror flicks of all time. OK, i know that i'm repetitive and kind of exited, but in my opinion Alex Chandon would have deserved at least more attentive viewers. i'm disappointed that most of the negative critics came from the cradle of filth fans, cause if satanic worshipers had a figurehead in cinema it would've been this one, in terms of ambiguous morals, screenplay troves, effectives special effects, aggressive story telling. f**k, watch this film, enjoy it, and pay some respects to this director. he deserves it way more than many others. it appears to be a B movie but is in fact a horrific deep journey into the human soul.
lastliberal It may be that the best reason to see this film is the opportunity to get a really good look at Emily Booth, who has one of the best chests in the UK. I last visited her in the nunsploitation film Sacred Flesh, but some may remember her with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in Grindhouse. Her ending in the film cannot be described in word. Let's just say it involved lots of blood and a weird creature.But, that is just the start as much more blood will be spatter through this movie, especially in the second vignette, where a robbery victim just refuses to cooperate and die.And, it is not just blood spatter. Cat lovers may wish to avoid this film.
Termin8 Empire called it "the best British gore film since Hellraiser". Allan Bryce said "i have seen the future of horror and his name is Alex Chandon". With praise like that it was bound to disappoint some. Cradle of fear is a low-budget horror anthology. Whether you will enjoy the film will depend on whether you can get past the low-budget video look, several bad performances and the at times laughable effects. However overall the most surprising thing about this film is how good it is. Alex Chgandon brings a level of directing style not usually associated with this budget, in particular in the excellent opening sequence. The gore is excellent and some off the effects are very good though at times the over the top nature off the violence is at odds with the tone off the film. In general the acting is good with Stuart Laing in the films high point the sick room segment being of special mention. Dani Filth is alright in a role that requires him to do little but kill and act cool. The actor who played Kemper was suitably deranged. Though the high point is the sick room segment , there are great moments throughout in particular the finale. Is it good as Hellraiser? No, but then not a lot of horror films are. It does however show that with a bigger budget and more time Alex Chandon could make one off THE horror films off the decade, and therefore really does introduce a new voice previously known only in underground circles. This however is not his masterpiece.