K-122019
“When the bell rings, you must be in your assigned seat…”
Directed by Melanie Martinez
The premise
Cry Baby, a strong and sensitive girl, is sent off to a disturbing sleepaway school that’s hidden underneath a grandiose façade. Luckily, she has a sweet and unapologetic best friend who sticks up for her when she gets bullied by the other students whose brains are under control by the Principal and his wicked staff. With the help of the magical friends they meet along the way, as well as an Angelic Spirit Guide, they are able to gain the strength they need to fight off the school’s belligerent patriarchal conditioning.
Horror Vault's take
A visually lush musical horror fantasy following Cry Baby, a gifted and emotionally perceptive girl who arrives at a sprawling boarding school that conceals something deeply sinister beneath its polished surface. The institution's staff wield an insidious influence over the student body, and Cry Baby must lean on her fierce best friend and a handful of extraordinary allies to survive. Equal parts fever dream and feminist allegory, the film wraps its dark themes in elaborate production design and original songs. Fans of Melanie Martinez's music will find this companion visual album expands her mythology into genuinely unsettling territory.
Content: Bullying And Emotional Abuse, Depictions Of Psychological Manipulation And Brainwashing, Stylised Violence, Themes Of Institutional Control And Coercion
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