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User Rating:
4.5/10   1,686 votes
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Director:
Alex Chandon
Writer:
Alex Chandon (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
4 July 2001 (UK) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
It's Not If They Die... It's How
Plot:
A gruesome homage to the cult Amicus anthology Asylum, Cradle of Fear unfolds four screamplays all linked... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
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Cast

  (in credits order)
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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Sean Boru ... The Coroner

Tony Hickson ... Skinny man
Neil Keenan ... Thomas
Gian Sessarego ... Zombie
Tony Taras ... Policeman
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Directed by
Alex Chandon 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Alex Chandon  writer

Produced by
Ciska Faulkner .... co-producer
Ciska Faulkner .... line producer
Eddie Kane .... producer
Paul Luke .... executive producer
Nico Rilla .... co-producer
Andy Skivington .... executive producer
 
Cinematography by
Sebastiani Bontempi 
 
Film Editing by
Alex Chandon 
 
Art Direction by
Marcus Raven 
 
Makeup Department
Wendy Deaton .... makeup department head
Tristan Versluis .... special makeup effects artist
 
Production Management
Alex Dhaliwal .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Adam Miller .... first assistant director
Mat Russell .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Misty Buckley .... assistant art director
 
Special Effects by
Adrian Banton .... special effects
Alan Hedgcock .... special effects makeup
Ian Morse .... special effects makeup
Tristan Versluis .... makeup effects
Cliff Wallace .... special effects makeup
 
Visual Effects by
Adrian Banton .... visual effects supervisor
 
Transportation Department
Rob Woiwod .... runner driver
 
Other crew
Emma Clark .... runner
Patrick Comerford .... puppeteer
Cheryl Duncan .... runner
Carl Mandy .... runner
Margaret Milner .... production assistant
 

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Additional Details

Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
120 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Ireland:18 (re-rating) | Australia:R | Germany:18 | Iceland:(Banned) | Ireland:(Banned) | New Zealand:R18 | UK:18 | USA:Unrated
Filming Locations:
London, England, UK
Company:
Pragmatic Pictures Ltd. more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
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. more
Goofs:
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. more
Movie Connections:
References Dawn of the Dead (1978) more
Soundtrack:
At the Gates of Midian more

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10 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Better than the majority of horror movies these days, 31 October 2004
9/10
Author: the12inchwonder from Rainham, England (the worst place on earth)

When one of my friends lent this to me I didn't really know what to expect. I knew that it was low budget and extremely gruesome. But in my eyes, low budget horror movies are better than high budget ones (Resident Evil anyone?). The storyline as a whole, I think, is really good (although a little disjointed at times) and the characters were really diverse, the acting wasn't the best I've seen but when is it in a horror movie! although Dani Filth played 'The Man' brilliantly, I couldn't have thought of a better person for the job. It makes you wonder though whether he was really that evil because the people he killed were not exactly nice people. Another thing that added to it's horror movie quality was the low budget special effects, they weren't awful, but you could tell at times that they looked fake. This just makes it better though in my opinion. So on a whole I think this movie is brilliant and it makes a change from the really poor horror movies that have been coming out recently.

9/10

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