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Cradle of Fear

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I have been collecting horror movies for quite a long time now, and I'm happy to say that London's "Cradle of Fear" is a relentless cult film that will undoubtedly offend conservative viewers and titillate all sex fiends! A must warn you all, however, that this low-budget flick isn't perfect: the film was shot entirely on video and includes alot of soft porn dialogue, amateurish acting, and cheesy gore effects. Still, with enough blood, topless girls, and vomit to spill over the exploitation genre, "Cradle of Fear" can easily make Rob Zombie's "House of 1000 Corpses" look tame. And of course, rock screecher Dani Filth is given his first starring role. What I can say in absolute confidence is that this anthology is a black metal blood feast guaranteed to satisfy every occultist's desire for the terminally sick!
Kemper (David McEwan), a crazed child murderer and Satanic hypnotist, is imprisoned within the concrete walls of Fenham Asylum. Despite this, he calls upon his own son and follower, "The Man" (Dani Filth), to wreck havoc on society by painting the streets with blood and death. "The Man," by the way, is sort of like "The Crow," except he has supernatural powers and an insatiable lust for killing. Meanwhile, an embittered Detective Neilson (Edmund Dehn) is forced to investigate the crimes. As each twisted tale unfolds, Neilson becomes hellbent on destroying Kemper by any means necessary.
Story #1: Melanie (Emily Bouffante) is a sexy Goth chick who meets "The Man" in a rave club. Anticipating a hot night of passion and drugs, Mel gets more than she bargains for as her partner gives her a monstrous one-night stand. The very next day, after seeing several hallucinating images of demons walking up and down the sidewalk, she dies of a nightmare pregnancy as a grossly deformed child with spider legs bursts out of her stomach!
Story #2: Sophie (Rebecca Eden) and Emma (Emma Rice) are a pair of tough street girls who attempt to rob a rundown apartment. While discovering a huge sum of money under the bed, the two are suddenly attacked by a crazed old man (Al Stokes). Together, the terrified Sophie and Emma bludgeon him with a candlestick and stab him in the face with a knife. Then, Sophie murders Emma to snatch the money all for herself. As you horror fans might have guessed, both Emma and the Old Man return to life as zombies and give poor Sophie an eyeful of their wrath!
Story #3: Nick (Louise Brownsell) is a rich and greedy businessman who lost one of his legs in a car accident (undoubtedly because he and his lover Natalie (Eileen Daly) snorted cocaine behind the wheel). Determined to be a whole man again, he sinks to new lows with both a gun and a knife. He shoots Thomas (Neil Keenan), a local slob and former friend, carves off one of his legs, and forces a doctor to perform the surgery. At first, all seems well in Nick's physical therapy. However, as he and Natalie go out on a drug-infused joyride, Nick's new appendage takes on a life of its own, refusing to accept its current owner.
Story #4: Detective Neilson's own son, Richard (Stuart Lang), is an office employee who develops a dangerous addiction to Internet snuff and porn. Knowing this was his weekness, "The Man" entices Richard with -The Sick Room-, an interactive website where members can torture and kill their victims with just a few clicks of a button. After losing his job and his home to this perverse obsession, Richard searches for the site only to be led down a trail of madness... and his execution is ready to be broadcast.
With cannibalism, dismemberment, and Devil imagery at every turn, "Cradle of Fear" is quite campy at some moments, although the movie overall was intended to be serious. Viewers will definitely laugh, of course, at the scene where where Dani Filth stabs a pussycat and swallows its mutilated organs in one gulp! Yes, it's THAT over-the-top! Both disturbing and fun at once, the DVD is worth the money. Get it when you can, creeps!

Cradle of Fear is a movie of its own. It may not be shot on film but the movie itself makes up for it. Alex spat down a great story that has plenty of twists and turns followed by huge blasts of crimson and body parts. The movie basically is told by the sick and metally twisted Kemper, a child murderer and eater (You can see him in Cradle Of Filth's "Her Ghost In The Fog" video) and how he uses his demonic friend the Man (Non-Other than Dani Davey/Filth himself) to get back on those related to and those who acturally had him incarcirated to a padded room in a huge insane asylum. Chopped full of gore and skin to satisfy even those who crave old 80s horror films.

OK, I am a COF fan so I may be a bit biased, but this is a pretty good(and gory as hell) film that will fit into your horror collection nicely. Taking a cue from "Creepshow", it follows 4 different stories that all have one basic connection, that being "the man"(Dani Filth). Apparently all of the stories victims have relatives that have imprisoned some crazy child murderer so to extract his revenge he calls upon the man - chaos and carnage ensue.

While this is low budget, it is far from the junk I have spent my money on in the past. I mean it's uncanny - the plot makes sense! It's not boring! The F/X are well done! It doesn't pull any punches either!

I wish Hollywood would take a cue from this movie and start making horror movies with umm, "round things" again.

I own this movie on VHS I got it from a friend of mine who is a bigger CoF fan then i am (he gave it too me cause he got the DVD). After the first time i watched it i fell inlove with it. This is a GREAT movie if you HATE alot of the new stuff that Hollywood has been putting out that is all cheesy and nothing good to it like horror flicks use to be. This is Full Frontal Gore. If you LOVE violence and b-movie graphics then this is the movie for you to get. So sit back with a big bowel of popcorn and a tall beer, and hell even a Joint and enjoy the non-stop violence this will give you the dose of!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

several things about this movie...if you are not a die hard cof, fan there's a good chance you wont like this. Alex chandon has worked with them several times on videos such as her ghost in the fog, from cradle to enslave, and has helped in other videos, and dvds. I loved this particularly for the all around underground feeling to it. If you are interested in it: "dont have pre-assumptions about it, keep up with cradle of filth, and alex chandon". That would be my advice to any one thinking about buying this movie.

The first things people who watch this will notice is that this movie is shot on video(maybe due to not having alot of money to make it). It looks a little like a horror soap opera. Now on to the film itself. It stars Dani Filth(from the band cradle of filth) as a demon who goes around killing for his father who is in jail for multiple murders. The acting in this movie ranges from really bad to just average. The gore and effects are pretty well done with a few exceptions(watch the dolls get thrown from the car crash scene to see what i mean,among others). Plenty of blood,guts and nudity to go around. Not the best horror out there but you could do alot worse then this movie. It is a fun ride while it last just dont expect a masterpeice of horror cinima. I got the feeling if the director wouldve had more money to work with this movie would be an easy 5 star horror. Dani Filth was not as bad as i thought he would be.

This movie is really there for cradle fans(like me) who treasures anything wit dani in it, i personally enjoyed the movie, i even have it on my 60 gig iPod video,very gorey,very brutal, very good

First of all i'm going to say...this movie flat out rules! If you like Cradle of Filth, you must own this, along with all of their 3 official DVD workings.(Those being Heavy Left Handed and Candid, Pandaemonaeon, and Cradle of Fear.)
Cradle of Fear, the simply put title for this bloodbath of macabre horror, is a B-movie constructed by director Alex Chandon (whom also directed From the Cradle to Enslave, [Cradle of Filth's first promotional music video.] Pervirella, Bad Karma..etc.) and a well constructed B-movie it is.
As the DVD package indicates, this movie has "enough blood and guts to satisfy even the most terminal gorehounds." If you're squeemish, don't like the sight of violence and blood and gore, or can't stand Cradle of Filth...forget this movie, its brilliance isn't for you.
But for those of you whom are hungry to see Dani Filth go at it with his Sadistic mind and his ever so sharp and sweet looking Finger Armor...get this DVD, it's great!
The movie consists of 4 stories, revolving around the ex-child rapist/cannibal/hypnotist, Kemper. The movie is basically about him getting revenge upon those whom had him thrown in the Insane Asylum. He does this through "The Man" played by none other than Dani Filth. So as indicated, Dani (The Man) literally has all these people destroyed..in seriously violent ways.
I'm not going to give anything away as to how or why, anymore..but just know, this movie is seriously violent when it comes to Dani Filth killing people.
The movie lacks in graphics and acting...those are its only flaws. While yes theres ALOT OF F**KING GORE in the movie, there lacks alot of realism. You can tell alot of it is fake, but remember, this IS a B-movie (movie with a low budget, for those whom didn't know what a B-movie was.) and the fact it has a low budget shows.
The movies sound effects are also really cheesy, it sounds like they took kick and punch and blah blah...right out of the Power Rangers TV show and used them on this movie. I'm not one to complain when it comes to Cradle of Filth or the genius work of Alex Chandon unless necessary but those sound effects were childish and definantly weren't necessary.
The acting is remotely crap...Dani Filth doesn't even seem like he's even acting throughout this movie. He seems to be more like the "look around, and gawk, and stare, and stalk people" kind of person in this movie, if you ask me. But i'll tell you, he can do a badass job at acting like he's killing someone! The acting of other characters at times can also be cheesy, and the sound effects sure don't help them along. (i.e. girl puking in toilet..bleh stupid.)
Other than these things, if you can get past them, the movie is a top notch macabre, campy horror film that all fans of B-movies, and maybe fans of british director Alex Chandon will definantly enjoy. I'd give this movie 10 stars if I could...
Heh, can't wait for the sequel, Cradle of Fear 2..hopefully it'll be better than this is.

Now the main reason many of you would hear about this movie would most likely be because Cradle Of Filth frontman Dani Filth has a prominent role in the film (it's ok that is how i heard about it too). Furthermore, the rest of the band has cameos throughout the movie too, but that is beside the point. Let it be said that this film has a lot of blood and guts, which is just grand! However, some of the dialogue and acting seems quite cheesy, which could be the desired effect. Either way, if you enjoy campy and gore-filled horror flicks, then this movie is right up your alley. It is certainly worth the money, as the comes in just a few seconds under 2 hours in length. The story is decent one to follow, and this movie is good if you want to have a fun romp through murder and mayhem without having to do too much thinking. I will say this though, and this is purely my opinion only: this movie is not all that scary (maybe its because im desensitized beyond redemption). If you're looking for a horror movie that will actually scare the life out of you, i urge you to look elsewhere. However, as i said before, if you want a good time filled with lots of blood, and at times, some really funny and corny dialogue, then this movie is for you! Either way, i found it to be pretty enjoyable, and deserving of 5 stars for being such an underground effort with a limited budget.

Alright Cradle of Filth fans you might respect the work that it took to make this film. Its not some trashy horror film that is just a bunch of teenagers running around naked and gettin killed. It really has some good twists and turns witch makes it good. The acting is good for a bunch of musicans better than rappers doing acting thats for sure. So i gave this movie a 4 cause it has some cheesy parts but other wise well done Cradle of Filth well done. but they should stick with music ROCK ON!!