![]() Soon after, he abducted two teenagers, Amanda Berry (Samantha Droke) and Gina DeJesus (Katie Sarife), and imprisoned them alongside Michelle, who then became a friend and sister figure to her fellow victims. 2015 crime thriller Cleveland Abduction has been causing quite a stir since it was added to US Netflix, with viewers across the Atlantic having. Produced by Sony Pictures Television, Cleveland Abduction told the true story of Knight, who was abducted by Castro on Augin Cleveland and held captive in his home for more than 11 years. Published: Thursday, 21st April 2022 at 4:24 pm. Cleveland Abduction also followed the Angela Bassett-directed Whitney, which pulled in 4.5 million total viewers in its January premiere, and notched just below November 2014’s Aaliyah: The Princess Of R&B, which drew 3.2 million viewers and 1.7 million in the demo. Flowers In The Attic, which aired last year, drew 6.1 million total viewers and 2.4 million in the key demo. As one of Lifetime’s top kidnapping movies, Alex Kalymnios’ is based on a true story. ![]() Three women were kidnapped and abducted by an 11-year-old kidnapper in the film. The movie, starring Taryn Manning as Knight and Raymond Cruz as Ariel Castro, also averaged 1.3 million adults 25-54, 1.2 million adults 18-49, and 1.1 million women 25-54 viewers in its 8 PM time slot.Ĭompared with earlier Lifetime biopics, Cleveland Abduction did not fare as well. Cleveland Abduction (2015) The cast of Cleveland Abduction includes Taryn Manning, Raymond Cruz, Samantha Droke, Katie Sarife, Joe Morton, and Pam Grier. ![]() Despite his sentence, Castro committed suicide in his prison cell just one month after he was found guilty.Lifetime original movie Cleveland Abduction, based on Michelle Knight’s bestselling memoir of the Cleveland kidnappings, averaged 3.1 million total viewers in its world premiere Saturday night, according to Nielsen Fast Cable Ratings. The deviant offender was eventually sentenced to life imprisonment plus 1,000 years in prison, without the chance of parole. Michelle lived through captivity until 2013, having only been rescued after Berry managed to escape and alert authorities. She also went on to give birth to Castro’s child while still imprisoned by the criminal.Ĭastro's last victim was 14 year old Gina DeJesus who went missing the following year in April 2004. The synopsis from Netflix says: "Abducted and imprisoned, Michelle Knight finds the will to survive amid the most horrific and heartbreaking of circumstances in this true-crime drama." Only 21 years old at the time, Michelle had been scheduled to appear in court for a child custody case for her son before her abduction.įollowing the incident, Amanda Berry, who was 17, was the second person to be abducted, in April 2003. There’s some sick freaks in this world."Īnother added: "Watching Cleveland Abduction and I'm currently deeply disturbed." A third shared: "But the thought of it actually being a true story disgusted me so much I can’t even imagine how traumatising it must have been for those girls." One Twitter user wrote: "Cleveland Abduction is one of the most disturbing things I’ve ever watched. People have taken to social media to air their shock at the show's scenes. Read: Two people die in A39 crash, man arrested Her ordeal is showed in "realistic" fashion and is not for the faint of heart. Michelle Knight was the first of Castro's victims, imprisoned at his Cleveland, Ohio, home in August 2002. The "horrific" scenes, however, from the film have left some more scarred than fascinated. The film centres around Michelle Knight, one of three people kidnapped by Ariel Castro in 2002. Cleveland Abduction, the 2015 film about a series of kidnappings in the early 2000s, recently came to Netflix. A true crime film recently added to Netflix has been dubbed the 'most disturbing' thing to be added to the platform.
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