Cruel Peter 2020

Overview

Cruel Peter is a 2020 horror film set in the Italian city of Messina. The story begins during Christmas 1908, when the city was known as a prosperous merchant hub. The narrative focuses on Peter, the thirteen-year-old son of a wealthy English family who is infamous for his cruel behavior toward servants, animals, and other children. In an act of retaliation for his callous nature, a servant boy from his mother’s estate ambushes Peter and buries him alive in a coffin within the city’s Gothic cemetery. Shortly after this event, a powerful earthquake destroys Messina, leaving Peter trapped underground and his location forgotten by history. The plot advances a century later when an English archaeologist and his daughter arrive in the city, leading to the discovery of the buried boy. The film has a runtime of one hour and thirty-five minutes and was released in Italy on July 3, 2019.