[citation needed] It aired again on July 8, 2017 and October 20, 2017. It's a little bit more psychological than that, which is more haunting and unnerving than it is scream-out-loud terrifying. Fart jokes, Lord of the Rings references (years before Peter Jackson) and cracks about 2000's-era pop-culture abound (mostly, pro wrestling).This is what dates Cry Baby Lane most, and really drags it down in the modern context.
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Even for adults, that can be spooky, and Cry Baby Lane doesn't pull very many of its punches. It was produced by Albie Hecht and Jerry Kupfer.
But that hasn’t stopped people from coming all over the state in an attempt to hear and see the ghostly baby.
When I answered, it was just weird static and stuff. Not sure if that has anything to do with ghosts, but it’s weird! One night he tells the tale of a local farmer whose wife gave birth to Siamese twins, one being good natured while the other was clearly evil. Location The Big Book Of Ohio Ghost Stories. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Also known as "Crybaby Lane," this tree-lined country road is where people report hearing the cries of a baby at night. Ohio Exploration Society It’s interesting to note that up until the early 1990s, the legend was simply referred to as “Euler Road”. Eventually the twins got sick and died together, so the farmer sawed them in half and buried the good twin in a cemetery and the bad twin in a shallow grave near the house. That says enough by itself that it's kind of cringeworthy, but it suggests a whole host of other problems with the movie's tone that aren't exactly progressive.
[11], The reaction from Reddit, as well as the success of The '90s Are All That, prompted TeenNick to re-air Cry Baby Lane on the night of October 31, 2011. The whole “Crybaby” part seems to be a more recent addition to a long-standing legend.
However, during the time Andrew and Carl journey into Cry Baby Lane, the evil twin intervenes and possesses Carl who then tries to attack his brother. He's practically a secondary villain and never has to answer for that. Legend has it that a mother hung her baby on one of the tree branches that hang over the roadway and that the cries are from the ghost of the infant.
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It's not fun to watch.There's a lot of potential in Cry Baby Lane, and some genuinely spooky ideas.
The farmer, ashamed of them, kept the twins locked in their room.
I don't want to say that it's bad, because if you come at it from a certain mindset and consider the era it was made in, I think you'll still get something out of it. Add the first question. In doing so, it turns into the sort of thing that struggles to find an audience -- it's too adult for some, too childish for others, and still more will be turned off by its outdated ideals. Learn how your comment data is processed.
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The farmer, ashamed of them, kept the twins locked in their room. The Story.
Until, almost 11 years later, someone on Reddit discovered a copy of the movie, and with renewed buzz, Nickelodeon dusted it back off and began airing it again.The truth of the matter is... yeah, actually, there are a few scenes in Cry Baby Lane that are probably way too dark and intense for a made-for-TV movie aired on a kids channel.
Written by But it's sort of hard to recommend, otherwise. Director Peter Lauer was interviewed soon after and said that he was surprised and flattered by the attention his film had gotten 11 years after its original release, being unaware of its supposed banning by Nickelodeon: "I just assumed they didn't show it again because they didn't like it! Andrew then picks a flower from the grave and gives it to Kathy as they leave Cry Baby Lane.
With so little to go on, it’s almost impossible to verify any of the facts in this case/legend. It reran again on March 31, 2015, as part of a week of specials on The '90s Are All That. Cry Baby Lane was thought to be a lost film and gained a large cult following due to its obscurity.
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One night in 1958 a terrible fire swept through the dormitories of the orphanage, claiming the lives of several of the children and irreparably scarring many of the others. The evil twin disappears in a flash of light and everybody returns to normal. As the story goes, Cry Baby Lane was so scary that Nickelodeon only ever aired it once, after which it was locked away in a vault forever -- becoming something of an urban legend. The director originally wanted Tom Waits for the role of the caretaker, but Nickelodeon insisted on Frank Langella in hopes that it would garner extra publicity.
[3][4][5], Cry Baby Lane was filmed in Kingston, New Jersey, with a few scenes in Tontogany, Ohio.
Take me home, please.
Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Cry Baby Lane also became the centerpiece for a creepypasta of the same name. That might explain why it can be legitimately creepy when it wants to be, but I think the creators also probably realized their movie was a little too intense for the television crowd. Andrew (Jase Blankfort) and his older brother Carl (Trey Rogers) enjoy listening to ghost stories that the local undertaker (Frank Langella) tells them. Later, Carl and his friends decide to hold a séance in the cemetery where the good twin is buried, but they unintentionally awaken the bad twin instead. [1], After its 2000 broadcast, Nickelodeon never released the film or re-aired it for over a decade. [11] It was promoted as being banned from television.