As a Prelude to Fear
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As a Prelude to Fear

Monsters come in all shapes and sizes

7.0 / 10 2022 1h 37mNR English
Horror

Storyline

When a young cellist called Eve Taylor gets kidnapped and imprisoned in a dungeon-like basement, Police Detective Barnbrooke believes it is the work of the notorious psychopath the media has named "The Pied Piper". But having failed to stop him in over fourteen years and with three other girls missing-presumed dead, Police Detective Barnbrooke knows all too well that if he can’t pin down his only suspect this time, that Eve will find the same fate as the other Pied Piper Victims. Knowing the identity of the Pied Piper is one thing, but proving it in time is a different deadlier story.

Cast & Crew

Francis Magee

Francis Magee

Detective Barnbrook

Lead
Lara Lemon

Lara Lemon

Eve Taylor

Jamie Langlands

Jamie Langlands

Jamie Harris

Lucy Drive

Lucy Drive

DS Dobson

RW

Roger Wyatt

Giles Corcoran

Amelia Armande

Amelia Armande

Jo ( as Amy Sutton)

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Steph Du Melo's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. As a Prelude to Fear is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker