upon orders issued remotely by The Man. As his body is found and identified, Richard is revealed to be Neilson's son. Determined to avenge his son and end the streak of killings, Neilson goes to the facility where Kemper is held and forces the staff to take him to Kemper's cell at gunpoint. He shoots Kemper in a leg and arm, but is immobilised by reinforcement guards before he can kill him. The Man, disguised as one of the guards, uses a machete to kill the director of the facility and the remaining guards, and is now revealed to be Kemper's son. Neilson shoots The Man, blowing half his head off, then delivers the fatal gunshot to Kemper. The Man however gets back on his feet and, with claws and tentacles emerging from the remaining half of his head, supposedly kills Neilson off-camera. Cast Dani Filth as The Man Emily Booth (as Emily Bouffante) as Mel Stuart Laing as Richard Edmund Dehn as Inspector Neilson Eileen Daly as Natalie Rebecca Eden as Sophie Louie Brownsell as Nick David McEwen as Kemper Willie Evans as The Short Man Emma Rice as Emma Melissa Forti as Nikki Al Stokes as The Old Man Barry Lee-Thomas as Chief Inspector Roper Sara Kunz (as Sarah Kunz) as Dr. Ross Mark Rathbone (as Mark Rossi) as Pringle Production Release Cradle of Fear has a chequered release history. Aside from the festival and convention circuit, the film never saw a cinema screen, and was released straight to video. The UK distributors initially made it available as a mail order VHS title, on the grounds that this would allow the release of an uncut and unrated version, posted out from Europe and circumventing the BBFC (the assumption being that the BBFC would not pass the film without significant alterations). After long delays, these tapes were finally sent out, but, much to the producers' embarrassment, the film was passed completely uncut by the BBFC barely a month later, and picked up for exclusive distribution on DVD by the Blockbuster chain, who immediately sold it at a fraction of the price of the mail order tapes. In 2006 the HMV chain signed an agreement with Pragmatic Pictures for UK distribution of the DVD version, which subsequently entered HMV's DVD Top 10 chart. The film is now widely available on DVD. Reception Critical reception for the film has been mixed