This film is incredibly problematic on many levels, and deserves the infamy it lives in.

The premise and the general story it tries to tell isn't horrible.

But the practices and production that went into the filmmaking, as well as the leap into criticisms of unethical filmmaking that are incredibly and poetically hypocritical, leaves a very obviously disgusting feeling in your mouth when talking about this movie.

A grandparent to the found-footage genre and style? Yes.

Should it be brought…

Cruel Peter was a mixed-bag for me.

On the one hand, the set-up and general story was interesting.
On the other hand, the visual composition and characters skewed the potential the movie had.

A common criticism about the film is that many of the scenes, especially the night shots, were extremely dark. I can attest to that, as there were some moments that make me up the brightness on my screen and lean closer. I’m not quite sure why it…