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Let Us Prey

2014 · 92 min

A grim, claustrophobic night in a remote police station where past sins surface and supernatural justice turns the screws.

Tagline
Darkness Shall Rise
Overview
Rachel, a rookie cop, is about to begin her first night shift in a neglected police station in a Scottish, backwater town. The kind of place where the tide has gone out and stranded a motley bunch of the aimless, the forgotten, the bitter-and-twisted who all think that, really, they deserve to be somewhere else. They all think they're there by accident and that, with a little luck, life is going to get better. Wrong, on both counts. Six is about to arrive - and All Hell Will Break Loose!

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • guilt
  • corruption
  • revenge
  • morality
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror7
Humour2
Realism5
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
thriller, horror
Directed by
Brian O'Malley
Written by
David Cairns, Fiona Watson
Starring
Liam Cunningham, Niall Greig Fulton, Pollyanna McIntosh, Douglas Russell, Bryan Larkin, Hanna Stanbridge, Brian Vernel, James McCreadie
Music
Steve Lynch
Cinematography
Piers McGrail
Runtime
92 min
Country
Ireland, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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