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In a small town, 5 girls have been murdered, no clues of the killer's identity, a young detective on the case with everything and everyone stacked against him. Time is running out before ... See full summary
In a small town, 5 girls have been murdered, no clues of the killer's identity, a young detective on the case with everything and everyone stacked against him. Time is running out before too many lives are lost, but the murders have a link that is dangerously close to home.

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The role of Crime Scene Agent was originally written for Priscilla-Leah McCarthy but she was busy studying Forensic Science and recording her own music that fellow Beast star Mark Scullion stepped into the role.

The film was originally intended to open with a car chase, involving the Detectives and the Killer, that was filmed and edited and featured Mitchell Cartwright, but the directer felt the pace was set too high too early by the car chase and subsequently cut it from the film.

At different parts of the film stand-ins for the body of the Killer or Assassins are played by Mark Scullion, Liam O'Riordan and director Carl Thomason, whilst the photo of the suspected killer is that of Andy Blaxsell.

The bathroom scene where Detective Neeson is drinking and then briefly confronted by Random Officer 1 was filmed in the staff toilets of Sainsburys in Letchworth, UK.

In the late on scene in Captain Smith's office when Detective Neeson confronts the Captain, the book that sits on Captain Smith's desk is the screenplay of Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (with the short story 'Dream Story' by Arthur Schnitzler).

Detective Butler's car is a SEAT Ibiza that belongs to director Carl Thomason.

The original script ended with the killer running from Neeson's house but not touching Neeson as he came to a decision to give up chasing the killer. However, when it was decided that the killer would not be shown, it changed so that even Neeson could never truly know what was happening.


Cast overview:
Liam O'Riordan Liam O'Riordan - Detective Neeson
Ashley Bramley Ashley Bramley - Detective Butler
Mark Scullion Mark Scullion - Crime Scene Agent
Ryan Murphy Ryan Murphy - The Witness
Jamie McCusker Jamie McCusker - Informant
John Scott John Scott - Captain Smith
Lelde Luksa Lelde Luksa - Clarissa Faye
Katherine Eck Katherine Eck - Ellie Collins
Lauren Bishop Lauren Bishop - Fracesca Elizabeth Anna Risgotti
Zhang Su Zhang Su - Sketch Artist
Andy Blaxsell Andy Blaxsell - Random Officer #1
Luke Fellowes Luke Fellowes - Random Officer #2
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