"Shackled" is a short almost 12 minutes from 2012 starring Emilia Clarke that I had the luck to see a while ago. It serves as a kind of opening and ending to the anthology proposed. Third short on the anthology I've seen it on a horror YouTube channel (I don't remember if was maybe Crypt TV, or maybe Alter). The rest of the shorts in the narrative I haven't seen but they were completely indifferent to me. Narrative in the anthology suggest a line for a guide in a Murder Manual. That being said, none of the shorts follow the 'style' suggested, therefore there's no 'connection' to the numbers in the guidelines and any short's plot. So that make all not only disconnected but also very random. Acting were good on three shorts, the mentioned "Shackled", the third one, and the crazy religious one. As for me I give it 5/10 only for the Emilia appearance. The good: some photography and camera works on 3 shorts (the ones mentioned), some good acting, and at good directing work. The bad: random plots, no explanations, no way to develop rooting for any character. Some bad camera work on most shorts. Not recommended, but everyone most see to make a critic. Watch at your own risk.

Totally, totally, and TOTALLY horrible. No plot. Impossible to follow. Lost metaphors. Tortured imagery. Awful.Awful. Awful.

It's strange movie seriously I can't understand anything!!

But i cant help it. I rarely and i mean tarely like once every ten years turn off a movue. I stick it out like no ones business. I tried to reset every when every story started. This statted terrible and artsy creepy weird... which i dont do. I equate it to perhaps how it would feel to be on too many drugs or maybe mentally ill i dunno just cant get into music and pics interpreting somethig or other .... the one i liked qas of xourse the hunter beciming rhe prwy in the house qith the girl coming home but what the heck is the whole bus ride before hand. Well i gave it a 5 because pf their ability to lure Emelia into this...maybe a friend who got a favor i dunno.. and i respect the work put into it. I dont like to trash someones dream.Thanks for the entertainment

Seriously,I am not even surprised that this was bad. The only wprd is perfect for it is "Meh", and I am not even ashamed to use itwith a matching spatting hand gesture. The movie making factory already used all of the good stories once, and now they are desperately trying to make more in every category. This specific one, is so boring, and nonsence, that I wouldn't even recommend to waste your movie night to watch such a crap like that. I only watched it because of Emilia Clarke. She is - in my opinion - a pretty good actress, but she was in the movie for..maybe 10 or maximum 20 minutes..? Anyway I don't understand why on Earth she said yes to such a bad concoction like this movie.

"Murder Manual" is a collection of short films released in the 2010 decade, grouped together with an attempt to put them in a "theme" that doesn't really work. The films are mostly supernatural in nature, and the attempt to make them connected just doesn't really succeed, especially trying to connect them as "steps in a murder." The films are of varying quality, some good some not so good. Included is a short film called "Shackled" which Emilia Clarke did back in 2012 (early on in her GOT timeline) and they rather cynically split the film into two parts to make it look like a "wraparound" story. "Shackled" is only 12 minutes in length in total, so if you're watching for Emilia, you'll be disappointed. But it gave them a big name star to use to push the film. As a fan of short horror films, I was sort of entertained. But not sure it's for everyone.

The idea: Let's string the worst, incomprehensible horror shorts together and use a known face to sell the film. Quick, easy money. Verdict: Avoid... you will never get the 92 minutes of your life back. Emilia.... why???

One of the worst movies i have ever seen. Emilia is there just to hook us into watching it.

I decided to watch this crap because of Emilia Clarke... And the question is: Where is she? Oh yeah... she appears only for about 10 minutes. Shame on the false marketing, using her name to get our attention. Well, I suppose it worked because I tried to see the whole thing, but guys... It impossible. As a "horror" anthology, it has no gore, no jumps, nothing!!! I survived until 40 minutes, then I decided to stop. It sucks big time, one of the worst things I've seen so far.

Don't waste your time. I saw that movie because Clarke, but it is really a very bad movie.