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Cast

as Harry Payne *

as DI David Bracken *

as Susan Payne * P.H. Moriarty as Eugene McCann * Anouska Mond as Angela * Fliss Walton as DS Belinda Churchill *

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as Sean McCann * Michael Aston as Charles Drexler * Peter Barfield as PC Melvyn Mervin * Judi Daykin as Mother * John Mangan as Tark * Louis Selwyn as Gordon

Release

The film was released on 13 January 2014.

Reception

Critics praised the effects and actors' performances, Scannell's in particular, although others thought the film was too complicated and serious. Other criticisms were that the film was "genre bending" and confused.

References

External links

* 2014 films 2014 horror films British horror films 2010s English-language films 2010s British films {{2010s-UK-film-stub