As a Prelude to Fear
“Monsters come in all shapes and sizes”
2022•1h 37m•7.0•Released
Horror
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.
Director
Steph Du Melo
Writer
Jacob Cohen
Budget
$0M
Languages
English, French
Studio
Melomedia films
Cast
Francis Magee
Detective Barnbrook
Lara Lemon
Eve Taylor
Jamie Langlands
Jamie Harris
Lucy Drive
DS Dobson
Roger Wyatt
Giles Corcoran
Amelia Armande
Jo ( as Amy Sutton)
Production
Company
Melomedia films
Company
CASA Films
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