Cradle of Fear
by Alex Chandon
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Actor: Dani FilthDirector: Alex Chandon
Brand: Image Entertainment
Writer: Alex Chandon
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-25
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: IMAGE ENTERTAIN
Movie Reviews of Cradle of Fear
Movie Review: Homebrewer
Summary: 5 Stars
Well if you haven't seen Cradle Of Fear, you need to buy it now and grab The Whole Family (Grandma, The Dogs, Aunts and Uncles, All Included) and sit back and enjoy this fun filled family adventure. Make sure you have the popcorn, sodas (or Beer) and the whole nine yards. This is the greatest movie any family could ask for (It's a movie that kinda brings the whole family a little closer and makes them bond together). After that intro, let's get on with the review.
Cradle Of Fear unfolds four short pieces all linked by an incarcerated child-killer wreaking vengeance on those responsible for his imprisonment. Helped by deranged Dani Filth, who leaves a trail of entrails in his wake, the cannibal convict forces two goth vamps to endure a one night stand from Hell, two tough female robbers to kill each other, a rich one legged coke-head to chop up more than a few lines and an internet junkie to descend into madness when he uncovers the ultimate web depravity.
This is an Anthology Film that links four short stories together. Now for the breakdown of the film.
Kemper is a child killer and cannibal who wants revenge on the people who sent him down (to the institution). He uses poor penmanship and blood from pricking his finger to contract 'The Man' to kill them in e-vil and satanic ways. The Man walks like a bad cross between 'The Crow' and 'Freddy Kreuger' with goth spiky rings and big black boots. We see Detective Neilson check the pulse of one victim before we see what happened (and Boy O' Boy does he have a way to check her pulse).
Story One - Nightclubbing
Two goth vamps go clubbing. Mel is in search of her 'Dark Prince' and spies him from across a crowded dance floor (The Man - Dani Filth). She doesn't have any idea what awaits her. After taking him back to her place and seducing him with her slow striptease and slipping some kind of drug in their drinks, they make the 'BEAST' (Literally) and the next scene you see Mel in the shower bleeding. Feeling used and abused she showers and pukes (and what a nasty/long puke scene), running through the streets having "Jacob's Ladder Like" visions of demonic faces. She thinks she is tripping (On Acid or Something) and runs to her friend Nikki's house. At night they both find out what can happen when you don't use contraception (With a Demon) as the room is bathed in blood after a DIY (Do It Yourself) abortion.
Story Two - Hatching Plots
Next, two girls decide to break into a house when the old pensioner who lives there is out. Stumbling around in the dark, they eventually find his money stashed under the bed. They also find out the old guy is still there as he leaps at them from his bed. After bludgeoning him to death, they realize he had his hearing aid off (Then he pops up again) this time to be stabbed, beaten again, before eventually dying. After bathing together, Sophie decides she can't trust Emma and decides to keep it all for herself. She 'Offs' Emma, cleans up and knocks herself out on the landing, only to wake up in the morning and find the bodies are gone. After running home and stripping off her clothes in the kitchen she admires the money, then toasts her success before a very dead Emma rams the bottle into her eye as the old man throttles the last breath from her body.
Story Three - Driving Over The Influence
Next, a coke snorting couple drive around London running over a drunk man before popping back (To their crib) to have rampant stumpy love. Except the husband can't go through with it, even when presented with Eileen Daly's gorgeous charms as he feels like (Half a man) with only one leg. He is convinced that a new leg could be grafted on, providing there is a donor limb. He decides to pay a visit to an old friend with the worst hygiene in England (God knows why he believes this guy's leg would graft onto anything other than fungus) and promptly shoots and dismembers him (Pretty gruesome scene here folks). After the leg is sewn on, Nick is plagued by bad dreams and decides when it is finally rehabilitated, he will show his wife how much of a man he is. They go on another coke spree to warm up before a night of passion, only to have the possessed limb spring to life and take over his driving. The car crashes after a couple Surreal driving scenes and it is a blood bath for the whole family to enjoy (Eileen, Stumpy, Policeman, Etc.).
Story Four - Final Warning
Lastly, Detective Neilsons' son is busy compiling a report on snuff and pedophilia sites for a web company. He stumbles across a snuff site called 'The Sick Room' where you can pay to have people killed in the method of your choosing. He takes one of the girls from the office out on a date, only to leave her looking like a smashed-up, stitched-up victim of punishment. His boss and colleagues are suspicious when she doesn't return to work and get increasingly annoyed by his frustrated rantings as he tries to access The Sick Room again and again. He is fired and, after he spends all his money killing someone on the site, degenerates into a homeless bum. He is obsessed by finding out about the site, eventually being lured to a cottage in North London and finding out where they get the victims for the site. The Moral Being: Make sure you pay your subscription fees or is it curiosity that killed the cat?
We don't care as we are desensitized to all violence and gore by this time (We Believe) as Detective Neilsons', intent on revenge, goes to visit Kemper. Forcing his way into Kemper's cell in the Asylum, he shoots Kemper before the room is filled with security guards in padded riot gear. The Man (Dani) enters and we realize there is still more gore in store as he lays waste to the entire squad of guards. He attends to Kemper who we realize is his father before carelessly loosing his head in a gunshot blast. Just when we think Neilson will have the last laugh, an Alien/Demon/Spider-ish thing leaps from The Man's head and the film Thankfully ends (By this time everyone looks at one another and says 'What did we just watch'?)
Bring two vomit bags when viewing this film (One for you and the other for Grandma). This is a movie 'Unlike' any I've seen before (And I've seen alot of crazy movies), it's not exactly Hollywood style and that's why I like it (And why everyone should start watching Underground Movies like this one). As the back cover of the DVD states "I have seen the future of British Horror, and his name is Alex Chandon!" This is an exceptional piece of work (Art-Like Horror), a movie that should be seen by all. [...]
Summary of Cradle of Fear
Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 09/30/2008 Run time: 116 minutes Rating: UrSimilar DVD Movies
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