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Alex Chandon (writer)
Release Date:
4 July 2001 (UK)
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Tagline:
It's Not If They Die... It's How
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A gruesome homage to the cult Amicus anthology Asylum, Cradle of Fear unfolds four screamplays all linked...
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Mr. October: Dani Filth
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(From pretty-scary. 3 October 2009, 1:30 PM, PDT)
New Trailer, Poster Artwork For Timo Rose's The Beast!
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An over rated but enjoyable horror
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Dani Filth | ... | The Man | |
| David McEwen | ... | Kemper | |
| Edmund Dehn | ... | Detective Neilson | |
| Emily Booth | ... | Melissa (as Emily Bouffante) | |
| Eileen Daly | ... | Natalie | |
| Rebecca Eden | ... | Sophie | |
| Melissa Forti | ... | Nikki | |
| Louie Brownsell | ... | Nick | |
| Emma Rice | ... | Emma | |
| Stuart Laing | ... | Richard Neilson | |
| Barry Lee-Thomas | ... | Chief Inspector Roper | |
| Angela Kay | ... | Nurse McAllister | |
| Mark Rathbone | ... | Pringle | |
| Al Stokes | ... | The Old Man | |
| Willie Evans | ... | The Short Man |
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120 min
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Ireland:18 (re-rating) |
Australia:R |
Germany:18 |
Iceland:(Banned) |
Ireland:(Banned) |
New Zealand:R18 |
UK:18 |
USA:Unrated
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The doctor that Nick visits is Dr. H. West, a probable reference to H.P. Lovecraft's "Herbert West-Reanimator." H.P. Lovecraft was also responsible for writing other Gothic works such as Call of Cthulhu which were inspirations to Cradle of Filth.
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Continuity: Near the beginning of the film, when the photographer is taking pictures of Melissa and Nikki's corpses, Melissa's eyes are open. But, in the scene where Melissa stabs herself, she dies with her eyes closed.
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References Dawn of the Dead (1978)
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Lord Abortion
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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.