Cruel Peter2020
“He was the cruellest of all”
Directed by Christian Bisceglia
The premise
It is Christmas 1908 in Messina, one of the richest merchant cities of the Mediterranean. Peter, the 13 year-old son of a rich English family is notorious for his cruelty to children, animals and servants. One night he is ambushed and wakes up in a coffin underground in the city's Gothic cemetery, buried in retaliation for his callousness by a servant boy from his mother's estate. When a powerful earthquake razes Messina to the ground, Peter is trapped and his whereabouts are forgotten. Until a century later an English archaeologist and his daughter arrive in the city.
Horror Vault's take
Set against the opulent and doomed backdrop of 1908 Messina, Cruel Peter follows a vicious young aristocrat whose reign of torment earns him a uniquely harrowing fate — sealed alive beneath a Gothic cemetery on the eve of one of history's most devastating earthquakes. A century later, the arrival of a modern-day archaeologist and his daughter in the ancient city stirs something that should have stayed buried. The film weaves period-set horror with a creeping present-day mystery, leaning heavily on atmosphere and historical dread. Fans of slow-burn Gothic horror will find its crumbling crypts and long-festering malevolence deeply unsettling.
Content: Depictions Of Cruelty To Animals And Children, Themes Of Child Peril And Live Burial, Disturbing Imagery Involving A Minor
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