Cry Baby Lane

Cry Baby Lane is a made-for-television horror movie that was shown once on Nickelodeon. Only once. It's claimed that there were too many parental complaints regarding its creepy and disturbing content, leading to its one-night-only fate (and Nickelodeon's own denial of the film's existence). Because it was only shown once in 2000 and never released on DVD/VHS, it was assumed that there were no copies of it floating around.

That was until August 2011, when somebody asked about it on Reddit and a user by the name of "firesaladpeach" claimed to have recorded it on VHS. The Redditors got it up and streaming on YouTube, confirming that yes, Cry Baby Lane existed. It was soon taken off of YouTube, but has been put back up by multiple people to ensure it doesn't become a lost film.

The plot revolves around a legend of a pair of Siamese twins who were separated at death. Predictably, one of the twins was good, and the other was evil. The good twin was said to have been buried in the town cemetery, and the evil twin was buried in a grave near the farmhouse where he was born. Two brothers decide to hold a seance on the good twin's grave, but it turns out that the good twin was actually buried at the farmhouse and they've awakened the spirit of the evil twin. The evil twin then goes around possessing everyone, including the older of the two brothers. It's up to the younger brother to set things right again.

After more than a decade, Nickelodeon sister channel Teen Nick finally re-aired the film for the second time ever on its The 90s Are All That block on October 31, 2011.


 * Big Brother Bully: Carl
 * Cool Old Guy: Mr. Bennett, who is all-too happy to share his ghost stories.
 * Demonic Possession: The modus operandi of the Evil Twin.
 * The End - Or Is It?: The evil twin is heard laughing as the movie fades out.
 * Evil Twin: The basis of the plot.
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: Frank Langella as Mr. Bennett.
 * Hive Mind: What the town becomes under the evil twin's possession.
 * Keep Circulating the Tapes: Still has yet to be released on any form of home media.
 * Lost in The Maize
 * Monochromatic Eyes: The possessed have blank white eyes.
 * Monochrome Past: The opening scene telling the story of Cry Baby Lane.
 * Missing Episode: Until 2011.
 * Nightmare Fetishist: The infamous Creepypasta painted director Peter Lauer as this.
 * Polar Opposite Twins: The conjoined twins.
 * Spiritual Successor: This story would've been right at home on Nick's Are You Afraid of the Dark, which aired its last episodes a few months before the airing.
 * Spooky Seance: Carl pulls one to scare some of the local girls, but his actions lead to stirring up the evil twin's ghost.
 * Unreliable Narrator: Mr. Bennett when telling the stories of the twins. He did this on purpose, though - omitting certain details to try to prevent anyone from stirring up trouble.
 * What Could Have Been: Director Peter Lauer originally wanted singer-songwriter, composer, and actor Tom Waits to play the role of Mr. Bennett, but Nickelodeon insisted on Frank Langella in hopes that the movie would garner extra publicity.
 * What Happened to The Mouse?: