Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
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!
Let Us Prey is a competent but uneven Scottish horror-thriller that blends supernatural menace with procedural setting to modest effect. The premise of a mysterious stranger arriving at a remote police station and forcing confessions from its morally compromised occupants has atmospheric promise, and the performances — particularly Liam Cunningham as the enigmatic Six — carry genuine menace. However, the plot grows increasingly incoherent and gratuitous as it progresses, leaning heavily on gore and escalating carnage rather than building on its intriguing theological framework. The cinematography is functional and adequately grimy, capturing the claustrophobic station well enough, but nothing distinctive. The concept itself, while not wholly original (it echoes Assault on Precinct 13 filtered through a religious horror lens), is executed with some individuality. The ending devolves into chaotic bloodletting that undermines the more thoughtful elements established earlier, feeling rushed and unsatisfying.