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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Cradle Will Fall (2008)

Cradle Will Fall is a primal horror film of raw emotion which allows us to witness an uncompromising descent into the depths of a womans extreme depression.

The opening act gives us an uneasy build up of stifling tension that escalates out of control with the mother drowning her young daughter in the bath tub after suffocating her baby in its bed. From then on the film becomes a brutal, unrelenting game of cat and mouse between ten year old Jimmy, his younger sister and their psychotic mother.

It's interesting how the film plays with our perceptions of the characters. Early on in the film we are given the impression the husband is an uncaring sort. Stopping at strip clubs on his haulage tours and basically enjoying his time away from his wife and four children. This couldn't be further from the truth. As the film unravels we see him in deep regret having to miss his son's baseball game, and the strip joint match book just picked up from the counter at his depot. He's tired rather than uncaring but he has to work to support his family. His scenes come as a slight breather, showing another side to family life before its back to the unyielding savage mayhem at the family farm.

Coming in at a slender 74 minutes Cradle Will Fall or Baby Blues as it's titled in the States, is a short, sharp shock to the senses.

Recommended with a degree of caution as this isn't a film for everyone, some will find events a little too disturbing.

I've looked at this several times and seen it in shop for sale quite cheap but always in two minds if to buy and watch think I'll give it a go now .