by all account and this could have be an interesting film . feature a score by the mighty cradle of filth and star their frontman dani and be hype up a the future of british horror and i expect alex chandon gore fest to live up to the hype . i be wrong . everything about this film be either cliche or inept . the short story anthology setup be do to death ( and much good ) in the seventy and eighty . admittedly and the idea of the sick room do send a chill down my spine and but a with most of the film be let down by bad script writing and act . chandon can not write dialogue . every sentence with the main police investigator be brim full with swear and insolence ( the typical cop on the edge formula . funny and i be sure i have see that somewhere else before . ) no chandon and you be not tarantino . or scorsese . it sound bad . add ludicrously ott act with very dodgy casting ( do not get me wrong and dani filth be a great singer and musician and but actor he ain not ) and the performance be beyond laughable to the vein burstingly cringe . give me bruce campbell any day . the visual effect be on the whole poor and with some atrocious cgi and awful gore effect ( for goodness sake and peter jackson do good and that be over ten year ago with less budget ) and edit filter that shriek over use . a for the often mistime use of cradle of filth score . man and they should sue . the fundamental problem with cradle of fear be that it take itself seriously and try to build atmosphere and incite terror and repulsion within it audience . too many good horror film make in the seventy and eighty do this so much well with far superior gore effect ( eg represent maniac and zombie flesh eater and the beyond and suspiria etc ) and render cradle of fear and in my mind and second rate and obsolete . i hope chandon can learn from this hideous ghoul of a film and go on to make some quality horror that actually scar . well luck next time .