CinemaOSMovie · 2022 · 1h 37m
As a Prelude to Fear

Monsters come in all shapes and sizes

70%(4)IMDbHorror

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.

Directed bySteph Du Melo

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 37m
Language
EN
Released
March 22, 2022
Budget
$20,000
Studios
CASA FilmsMelomedia films

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AS A PRELUDE TO FEAR Official Trailer (2021) UK Abduction Thriller

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Featuring

Cast & crew

6 credited
Starring
Francis Magee

Francis Magee

Detective Barnbrook

Lara Lemon

Lara Lemon

Eve Taylor

Jamie Langlands

Jamie Langlands

Jamie Harris

Lucy Drive

Lucy Drive

DS Dobson

Roger Wyatt

Giles Corcoran

Amelia Armande

Amelia Armande

Jo ( as Amy Sutton)

Creative team
Directed by
Steph Du Melo
Steph Du Melo
Written by
Jacob Cohen

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