• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
 Netflix viewers left in tears after watching ‘most disturbing’ movie yet

Home> Film & TV> Netflix

Published 09:32 4 Jul 2024 GMT+1

Netflix viewers left in tears after watching ‘most disturbing’ movie yet

Based on a true story, the movie follows three women who were kidnapped and imprisoned in Cleveland, Ohio

Joe Yates

Joe Yates

Warning: This article contains discussion of rape which some readers may find distressing.

Netflix viewers are 'disgusted' and 'crying their eyes out' over a horrifying film based on a true story, which has been dubbed 'the most disturbing movie ever'.

Subscribers to the streaming service get served up plenty of chilling true crime tales, such as unsettling new documentary Tell Them You Love Me, and they'll soon be treated to a follow-up to the Emmy award winning Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.

But despite all the spine-chilling true stories on Netflix, viewers say this one is the most disturbing.

Advert

The film is based on a horrifying true story (Lifetime)
The film is based on a horrifying true story (Lifetime)

Cleveland Abduction is a 2015 crime drama TV movie for Lifetime

With it being based on a true story, the crimes played out and depicted on screen have left those who watched it utterly 'disgusted'.

One person took to X, formerly Twitter, to say: "Watching a movie called Cleveland Abduction, I'm so disgusted & disturbed by it & the fact that it's actually based on a true story makes it even more terrifying.

"How could anyone be so inhuman?"

It follows the lives of three women who were kidnapped from the streets of Cleveland, Ohio, and imprisoned by Ariel Castro in his home on Seymour Avenue, in the city's Tremont neighborhood.

In the film, single mother Michelle Knight, played by Taryn Manning, is walking to court in 2002 for the custody case of her five year-old son Joey.

She realizes that she is late and accepts a ride from acquaintance Ariel Castro (Raymond Cruz).

He then lures her inside and in consecutive years kidnaps and imprisons Amanda Berry, who has a child with him, and Gina DeJesus.

The Lifetime movie hit a nerve with viewers (Lifetime)
The Lifetime movie hit a nerve with viewers (Lifetime)

The one-hour-28-minute movie had a lasting impact on those who watched it, including on person who wrote on X: "The Cleveland Abduction is such a sad movie. Bro was f***ed up. Then [sic] girls went through hell.

One person said: "Watching this Lifetime movie called Cleveland Abduction and crying my eyes out. This girl got kidnapped and no one looked for her. Just thought she was a runaway.

Raymond Cruz plays Ariel Castro in the 2015 crime drama. (YouTube/Lifetime)
Raymond Cruz plays Ariel Castro in the 2015 crime drama. (YouTube/Lifetime)

"They adopted off her kid and the adoptive parents basically told her no contact whatsoever."

And when one person asked, 'What is the most disturbing movie you've ever seen?', someone replied: "No doubt Cleveland Abduction."

So, will you be watching it?

If you've been affected by any of the issues in this article, you can contact The National Sexual Assault Hotline on 800.656.HOPE (4673), available 24/7. Or you can chat online via online.rainn.org

Featured Image Credit: Lifetime

Topics: True crime, Netflix, Golden Globes

Joe Yates
Joe Yates

Joe is a journalist for UNILAD, who particularly enjoys writing about crime. He has worked in journalism for five years, and has covered everything from murder trials to celeb news.

X

@JMYjourno

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

3 hours ago
14 hours ago
16 hours ago
3 days ago
  • Hasbro
    3 hours ago

    Peppa Pig's brother George will face new health diagnosis in landmark episodes

    The exciting new storyline will follow George's journey from diagnosis through to navigating life with his new condition

    Film & TV
  • Djavan Rodriguez/Getty Images
    14 hours ago

    Netflix series with rare 100% RT score renewed for second season after being binged for 40 million hours

    Viewers binged the 'refreshing' drama in quick succession

    Film & TV
  • Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images
    16 hours ago

    Netflix pays tribute to Catherine O'Hara by quietly adding Eugene Levy comedy with 87% RT score

    Four of O'Hara's films have also joined it on the streaming platform

    Film & TV
  • Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images
    3 days ago

    Harry Potter star calls out JK Rowling's ‘inexplicable’ trans views as they defend role in upcoming series reboot

    The author has written anti-trans messages on social media

    Film & TV
  • Netflix docuseries is so disturbing that it left viewers unable to sleep 'for weeks'
  • Netflix viewers left sobbing after watching ‘incredibly powerful’ series based on a true story
  • Netflix viewers rocked by 'disturbing' movie based on true story that's 'every parent's worst nightmare'
  • Huge breakthrough revealed as FBI 'review new suspect' in two of America's most disturbing murders