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Let Us Prey
A storm-lashed Scottish siege horror in which a silent stranger walks out of the crashing sea and into a small-town police station, turning its cells into a confessional lit by hellfire.
Let Us Prey
Let Us Prey

"Darkness Shall Rise"

17 April 2014 Ireland 92 min 5.7 (377)

Director: Brian O'Malley

Cast: Liam Cunningham, Niall Greig Fulton, Pollyanna McIntosh, Douglas Russell, Bryan Larkin

Thriller Horror Sin and Divine Judgment Corruption of Authority Hidden Pasts and Buried Secrets Witnessing vs. Causing Evil Isolation and Siege

Let Us Prey — Characters & Cast

Character Analysis

Six

Liam Cunningham

Archetype: Mysterious stranger / supernatural judge Key Trait: Calm, omniscient menace

Motivation

To witness and judge. He claims he is not the cause of evil and has only come to see, and punish, what people have done.

Character Arc

He arrives as a nameless, apparently injured accident victim and turns out to be the station's real authority, calmly exposing and condemning its occupants. Critics note that Cunningham plays him so that "he tells you everything and nothing at the same time."

PC Rachel Heggie

Pollyanna McIntosh

Archetype: Reluctant heroine / final girl Key Trait: Strength mixed with vulnerability

Motivation

To do her job properly and survive the night, while dealing with a painful past.

Character Arc

A constable on her first day, she makes her first arrest when she sees Caesar hit a pedestrian. Over the night she has to face both Six and her own dark, complicated history.

Caesar

Not confirmed in the sources consulted

Archetype: Catalyst / sinner Key Trait: Recklessness

Motivation

Hard to pin down. His guilt is the entry point to the night's reckoning.

Character Arc

A reckless young man whose speeding sets the story in motion. He hits Six on the road and is taken into custody by Rachel.

Cast

Liam Cunningham as Six
Niall Greig Fulton as Dr. Duncan Hume
Pollyanna McIntosh as PC. Rachel Heggie
Douglas Russell as Sgt. MacReady
Bryan Larkin as PC. Jack Warnock
Hanna Stanbridge as PC. Jennifer Mundie
Brian Vernel as Caesar Sargison
James McCreadie as Mulvey
Jonathan Watson as Ralph Beswick
Sophie Stephanie Farmer as Young Rachel
Holly Beattie as Car Crash Victim
Katie Gilbourne as Mrs. Hume
Max McCarthy as Dr. Hume's Son
Ellen Keaveney as Dr. Hume's Daughter

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