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Cruel Peter

  • 2019
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
3.5K
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Cruel Peter (2019)
Horror

Peter has been cruel to children, animals and servants for a long time. One night he is ambushed and wakes up in a coffin, trapped after an earthquake, in the city's Gothic cemetery.Peter has been cruel to children, animals and servants for a long time. One night he is ambushed and wakes up in a coffin, trapped after an earthquake, in the city's Gothic cemetery.Peter has been cruel to children, animals and servants for a long time. One night he is ambushed and wakes up in a coffin, trapped after an earthquake, in the city's Gothic cemetery.

  • Directors
    • Christian Bisceglia
    • Ascanio Malgarini
  • Writer
    • Christian Bisceglia
  • Stars
    • Angelica Alleruzzo
    • Antonio Alveario
    • Aran Bevan
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.5/10
    3.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Christian Bisceglia
      • Ascanio Malgarini
    • Writer
      • Christian Bisceglia
    • Stars
      • Angelica Alleruzzo
      • Antonio Alveario
      • Aran Bevan
    • 46User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Angelica Alleruzzo
    Antonio Alveario
    • Domestico
    Aran Bevan
    • Peter Hoffman
    Alessio Bonaffini
    • Padre Alfredo
    Terence Booth
    • Rod
    Claudio Castrogiovanni
    • Calarco
    Arcangelo Ciulla
    • Niccolò
    Matteo De Gregori
    • Sconsacrato
    Henry Douthwaite
    • Norman Nash
    Rosie Fellner
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    Elisabetta Fusari
    • Jane
    Lorella Galvani
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    Katia Greco
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    • Bianca
    Giuseppe Marino
    Alberto Molonia
    • Giuseppe
    Zoe Nochi
    • Liz
    Biagio Pelligra
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    • Directors
      • Christian Bisceglia
      • Ascanio Malgarini
    • Writer
      • Christian Bisceglia
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    2dellerin

    It's too dark.

    The film is too dark. Not thematically, not figuratively, but literally *visually* too dark. Everything is too dark. It is so dark that it should be called 'Dark Peter.' The nighttime scenes are too dark; the daylight is too dark; interior and exterior shots alike are equally sodden with a filter of synthetic dusk-like gloom.

    Perhaps the grader deliberately made it so dark to hide the plodding story, or the lugubrious tone, or the somnambulant editing. It was nice to see characters using BSL - a shame their doing so was obscured by a permanent shroud of (presumably) unintentional murk.

    If you like looking at the world thru tights, or sunglasses at night, or a tea-hued gauze, you might enjoy this. But, even then...
    5borgolarici

    Why must things be this way (visually dark)?

    I would have liked to talk about the plot more but the screen is almost completely black most of the time. It's barely watchable.

    I love the idea behind the plot, the characters were interesting and the Italian setting was refreshing, but It was literally impossible to discern what was happening on screen most of the times.
    5Tweetienator

    Solid Snack

    Some nice settings and visuals (manor house, old cemetary, Italian landscape) and a decent production make this one an okay movie - if your are interested in haunted house and evil spirit stories. The weak side of Cruel Peter is the story - more or less your typical story without any great surprises. Anyway, for the decent production and the good actors I rate this one a well deserved 5. Recommended for the hardcore lover of the genre who is in great need for a little snack.
    4kuarinofu

    Just squint

    Cruel Peter is a very flawed film that probably had some potential.

    Its upsides are the production quality (except the CGI), music, and a couple of creative scenes.

    Everything else is either underdeveloped for reasons unknown or suggests a kind of indifferent attitude towards the film.

    For example, the film ignores important details and small things, which, by the way, are the building blocks of a good story. Like accents, looks, and at least, in some sense, some historical background.

    The film is also overloaded with scenes that don't contribute to anything, some of these are 2-3 seconds long, and nobody says a word.

    The acting wasn't so good either. Probably result in the direction. Richard Armitage-looking lead was constantly overacting, while his daughter mostly looked confused. Good effort by the Italian cast though, I wish the film had more of them.

    While the visual style was interesting and added some flavor, for about 80% of the film, you can't even see it too much. The film is very, very dark. You can barely see anything at times. Half of the time, I wasn't even sure if it's day or night in a particular scene.

    Overall, if the story was more creative and actually could get me hooked, I could turn a blind eye to the above problems. But in its current state, it just doesn't work.
    3johnbthomasiii80

    Might get a better review if the entire film wasn't so dimly lit

    There's a lot of potential here with this movie it's got sort of a unique take on the bad child theme it's a combination of the exorcist the omen and a couple other films that deal with similar but it's quite hard to tell what the heck is going on since everything is so dark there are times when there's action happening on the screen and the screen appears to be completely black if this was intentional it was a poor choice it's just so darn I see anything that it's hard to get too involved in it

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      At about the 11 minute mark the father finds a book under his daughters (liz's) bed called Le Livre Des Espirits or "The Book of Spirits" and although this is a real book by Allan Kardec, the contents have been modified for the film. The first page seen shows a ghastly image of a figure in white with a large open mouth. This image is actually from the 1989 film "Begotten".

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    • Release date
      • March 13, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Мама: Гостья из тьмы
    • Filming locations
      • Sicily, Italy(Filming locations)
    • Production companies
      • Makinarium
      • Rai Cinema
      • Taadaaa Entertainment
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $199,356
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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