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Summary: "DANI RULES!!! A Really good story!! Good Film!!
Review: After reading some of the reviews on this film, I must admit I was a little unsure about purchasing it. Boy am I glad I did!! This Film has an excellent story-line combining several stories into 1 on-going event. In my opinion the acting is NOT bad at all, and the soundtrack is FANTASTIC!! I love Cradle Of Filth to begin with, so having Dani Filth playing a lead part was a great bonus!!(He really does a good job!!) There is PLENTY of BLOOD and GORE for you Gorehounds out there!!! The really only dissapointing thing about this film is the Production. If this film had a Bigger budget it really would be a spectacular Horror film!! I have actually heard rumors of the film being re-done with a bigger budget, but unfortunately I cannot confirm if this is true.(We will have to wait and see!!) I have shown this film to several of my friends and after watching once or twice (to get use to the camcorder style filming effect- due to low movie budget) they ALL have agreed they really LIKE it!!Cradle Fans will LOVE this movie and I think it is definately worth checking into for just the simple fact that it IS a GOOD Horror film in general.The film is directed by the same fellow who directed Cradle Of Filth's "From The Cradle To Enslave" video:Alex Chandon. I recommend giving this Film a try and form your own opinion before passing this Horror Gem up!!I REALLY hope they do go back and Re-make this film!!(with a bigger budget) Then it would be Perfect! This Is a really good film to watch ALONE IN THE DARK!! I hope my review was helpful to you!! LONG LIVE METAL!!! (PS:) GREAT JOB DANI!!!!
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Summary: PRETTY DAMN GOOD
Review: 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!!
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Summary: Sick 'N Twisted
Review: 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.
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Summary: Flawed but fun british bloodbath
Review: Cradle of Fear is a shot-on-video cheapie containing bad acting, poor special effects and lots of graphic gore. It also serves as somewhat of a vehicle for singer Dani Filth of the world's leading black metal band Cradle of Filth. Britain is a country that although very prominent in horror litterature, seems to be surprisingly devoid of quality modern-day horror films. In fact I haven't heard of any aside from 28 days later and the Hellraiser films, so I was eager to give this one a try. The film is a collection of 4 shorts interconnected together by a similar premise. A crazed hypnotist is handed a life sentence after it was found that he used his hypnotising powers to lure children, kill them and then eat them. Not content to simply rot away in jail, he calls upon his son ("The Man" played by Dani Filth) to dispatch the relatives of those who had a hand in incarcerating him. In the first story, a young woman picks up Filth at a goth club and brings him to her place. After a weird night of subliminal [intercourse], the woman wakes up feeling physically changed. As she walks the streets downtown, she is able to see what the average person can not, that some people among the crowd have horns for ears and are in fact demons (a similar premise to John Carpenter's "They Live"). She soon comes to the horrific realization that she herself is now among the undead. My personal favourite story is "The Sick Room", where an office worker obsesed with surfing porn sites stumbles upon an interactive snuff web site where "You are the Killer". The outrageously expensive website consumes the man until he is forced to be way more involved with "The Sick Room" than he would like to be. From the opening scene where Filth walks into an alleyway and dispatches a couple of thugs trying to rob him, you can see in what this direction this film is going. ... No doubt many people will be offended by this movie and anyone looking for a cohesive storyline better look elsewhere. The gore is beyond belief. It would be easy to slam this film for its horid acting and laughable special effects (the car crash the most obvious example) but that would be beyond the point. This is not meant to be horror in the traditional sense, this is meant to be trash cinema and good trash cinema this is, delivering tons of laughs and creative gore effects.
The soundtrack fits the mood perfectly, a pounding industrial and black metal score laced with EBM and darkwave sounds. As for Dani Filth's "acting", it is practically non-existent. Filth pretty much serves two purpose only; to stand around like a boogeyman and to administer gruesome deaths. He never utters a word throughout the entire movie, except in one gruesome scene where he sacrifices a cat as part of a satanic ritual. At least he does do a good job looking intimidating, just don't expect any acting. Think of it more as him playing his part in another Cradle of Filth rock video. Despite the innumerable artistic flaws, Cradle of Fear is definitely great fun. I never found myself bored throughout the film. I would recommend this for fans of the Creepshow films looking for something gorier. I do think the British critic's blurb on the front of the DVD's box is a little on the extreme side of things however. In yet another spin-off of an old Stephen King quote he says about the film and its director: "I have seen the future of horror: His name is Alex Chandon". While I did find the film entertaining in a trashy kind of way, if a movie like Cradle of Fear really is to be the future of horror then us genre fans might be in for some trouble...
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Summary: cradle of fear- the best horror movie!
Review: cradle of fear is very rare, better than all the "funny attempt to be scary" movies! cradle of fear is actually scary!!!
i don't like horror movies but since cradle of filth is my favourite band, i decided to check it out! and it rocks!!!
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Summary: Just Plain Lousy, All FX
Review: Cradle of Fear. I'll have to say this movie was VERY BAD. I thought I'd give this dvd a rental. I was curious and am a big horror movie buff, from The Hill's Have Eyes to Evil Dead series. I went in not expecting much, and hoo-boy this movie just stunk! HOWEVER the FX was top notch. After watching an hour I got to thinking thats all the movie was about, SPECIAL EFFECTS. Some disturbing, but after awhile you ask where's the storyline? I don't know much about the musican, but he was way too GOTH and not very scary. After the Man killed a cat, I thought , Wow what a waste, Trying to shock, but just plain lousy. Want to watch a great british horror movie see DOG SOLDIERS.
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Summary: Dani Filth fans will probably like this movie
Review: Dani Filth fans will probably like this movie. To be honest, that is the only reason I bought the movie in the first place. The acting isn't great, but the movie had an interesting story line to it.
You will read warnings that the movie is extremely gory, but I personally didn't find it gory enough! I was expecting some really disquisting scenes (after the first short film), but was really disappointed when there wasn't :-(
If you're a true "gorehound", this movie just doesn't cut it. But if you like Dani Filth, then it is definitely worth a watch ;-)
Also, the special effects are really lame & cheesy, but I give them credit for trying (atleast with the low budget this film had).
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Summary: This movie is definantly insane...
Review: 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.
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Summary: Wow talk about evil.
Review: Good scary movie. Great horror film with lots of twists and turns that leaves you wondering. The plot is good but movie is kinda cheasy but is very bloody and gory.
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Summary: Dani can act...
Review: Honestly, I wasn't expecting much out of this film, but I got it just because it featured Count Filth as an actor, and I knew that at least would be entertaining in itself. Well, Dani should do more horror films. He's good at killing people, and as you'll see in one part, eating cat innards (take that, ASPCA!!!). It's lots of blood and guts, and the storyline takes some time to make sense of, but if you're a fan of Cradle of Filth or you love bloody movies, then you should watch this. The snuff addict is really funny!
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