Cradle of Fear (2001)

Admirable film.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

To the short: The effects are lazy and even funny, the acting are awful (reminded me of those Mexican soup-operas), the script is the worse... not even Dani Filth saved the screen.The only and one thing that COULD have been interesting was the fourth part, the one about the snuff website. I think the whole movie could have been about it, of course with decent acting and effect and WITHOUT Dani Flth (is not even a good singer, and it is worse as a actor).The plot of the snuff-site is good and the conclusion of it is very obvious but still interesting. With some treatment like the movies "Hostel" it would kick-ass.

Kemper (David McEwen) is a convicted killer sitting in an asylum. He has a satanic avenger known as The Man (Filth) on the outside carrying out revenge on those who put him there. This is the wraparound to this four part British anthology film. Mel (Booth) is a Goth girl who picks up The Man at a club. She has sex with him and gives birth to a creature the next morning fatally. The second story has Emma (Emma Rice) and Sophie (Rebecca Eden) breaking into a blind man's home in the dead of night after a large stash of cash they believe is hidden there. They kill the tenant (Al Stokes) and then Sophie back stabs Emma and kills her. She thinks she has gotten away with it until their ghosts return for revenge. The third story is of Nick (Louie Brownsell) who has the lower half of his leg missing. Wanting to be whole for his girlfriend Natalie (Daly) he kills an acquaintance and slices off his leg and has it graphed on to his. This backfires of course. Detective Neilson (Dehn) is investigating all the cases until he finds out Kemper has targeted his son Richard (Stuart Laing) for his last victim. Richard is sucked into a forbidden internet site called 'The Sick Room' where the voyeur can watch and pick how his victim is to be abused. Writer/Director Alex Chandon makes this shot on video sickie look like a bad TV show being broad casted on the net. Yes it's gory and disgusting and stars the lead singer of hardcore band Cradle of Filth but none of this is scary. The stories range from average (the first and second) to poor (the final two). Another problem the film has not including an annoying soundtrack, is that every character in this film is a f***ing A**hole. Thieves, murderers, drug addicts, Satanists, sadists are just some of the personality traits of these characters. Almost every line by all the characters starts with the word F***. There is no one to identify with or want to see come out on top. There are some cheesy digital effects of a car out of control that will make you laugh at how bad it looks. With no scares or suspense to speak of, the filmmakers make this gory bore last two hours on top of it.

I love low budget cheap horror, however it get tiresome when the storyline is the same... this was completely different. I had no idea what was going on from one moment to the next, it kept me guessing and was really really graphic, I loved it... SPOILER COMING: the scene in the sick rooms could have been more gruesome, could have chose to sever a genital or a head as opposed to what he did choose but this was saved by the fact that the rest of the film was that gory, that i am quite ashamed I wanted more. Never the less, the film was really fun to watch with the demonic faces, the crazy beast baby, and the ending.... I loved it loads! Even though I'm not particularly a cradle of filth music fan or a Goth, there is no reason why you would not enjoy it, especially if you like a little nonsensical violence and blood.

Let me start off by saying that I love Cradle of Filth, and I am a big fan of Dani Filth. So, I was excited to see a film starring him, as well as CoF's music.That being said, the movie is bad. Very bad. It is a difficult film to watch due to bad scripting, bad acting and bad special effects. Off the bat, I want to give the film a 3 or a 2 even. But, I didn't. The reason for that is the very reason that kept me watching - to find out what happens and for more laughs. Also, they managed to find some very good-looking actresses willing to take off clothes.The movie kept me interested enough to carry on watching (not the story or script, just to see how people die), something that many big-budget films occasionally fail at. Other than that, I had a great laugh. Considering I watched it alone, it would be a great film to watch with some friends and a drink - assuming you are looking for a comedy involving splattering heads.I don't want my review to say that the movie is good. It isn't, at all. The point is that I am sure even the director and Dani (who had to work together, I assume) must have had their own laughs watching this, due to their very sick and hilarious brand of bloody humor.