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Cruel Peter (2020)

“He was the cruellest of all”

  • 95 min
  • Horror
  • imdb logo 4.5/10 (3442 votes)

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Plot

In the heart of the Mediterranean, in the prosperous merchant city of Messina, the Christmas of 1908 unravels a chilling tale of cruelty and retribution. Peter, a 13-year-old scion of a wealthy English family, revels in his notoriety - a young tormentor of children, animals, and servants alike. His sadistic exploits, however, meet a macabre end when he is ambushed one fateful night, waking up in a coffin, buried alive in the city's haunting Gothic cemetery. This act of retaliation, masterminded by a servant boy from his mother's estate, is a poetic justice for Peter's callousness. But the hand of fate weaves a cruel twist. A catastrophic earthquake lays waste to Messina, trapping Peter in his subterranean prison, his existence erased from the world above, and his location lost to the annals of time. Fast forward a century, an English archaeologist and his daughter, drawn by the allure of history and mystery, set foot in the now-recovered city. As they dig into its buried past, they unknowingly edge closer to unveiling Peter's forgotten tomb, a chilling echo of a bygone era's cruelty. The tale of Cruel Peter is a gothic tapestry of revenge, punishment, and the horrifying repercussions of unbridled cruelty, waiting to be unearthed.

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Cruel Peter is a horror movie featuring Antonio Alveario and directed by Christian Bisceglia.

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