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Stars: Meghan Adara, Neil James, Charlotte Marshall, Mickaela Sands, Obie Dean, Tom Clear, Sophie Flack, Wayne Liversidge, Sophie Karl, James Merganser, Abi Mcloughlin | Written and Directed by Jamie Langlands

The feature-length directorial debut of actor Jamie Langlands, The Cellar follows Abigail (Meghan Adara), who awakens to find herself imprisoned in a subterranean chamber. After managing to escape her confinement, she discovers an expansive and labyrinthine network of cellars, patrolled by a masked guard. As she evades her captor, Abigail uncovers a flurry of missing posters – possible evidence that the entire Alcoholics Anonymous group she attended has also been abducted, though the motive behind their imprisonment remains a mystery.

Most of The Cellar plays out, for the majority, without any dialogue. The only dialogue there is takes place in flashbacks to the AA meetings Abigail attends, otherwise, her entire capture and suspenseful escape is largely silent, her fear conveyed in the...

Stars: Francis Magee, Lara Lemon, Lucy Drive, Jamie Langlands, Melissa Hollett, Tom Clear, Owen Llwelyn, Roger Wyatt, Peter Rayfield, Amelia Armande, Ron McMillan, Nicola Boreham | Written by Steph Du Melo, Jacob Coen, Roger Wyatt | Directed by Steph Du Melo

As a Prelude to Fear is one of two new horrors from Steph Du Melo and MeloMediaFilms and when I say new horrors I mean new British horrors. Yes folks, we have a newcomer to the UK horror scene, something we keep a close eye on here at Nerdly (that’s why we sponsor both Grimmfest and the Romford Horror Festival), coming out the gate with not one but two films – both of which we’ll be reviewing this week and both of which tackle very different aspects of the genre.

The film tells the story of a young cellist called Eve Taylor (Lara Lemon) who gets kidnapped and imprisoned in a dungeon-like basement,...