A passable supernatural and chilling thriller with terror , intrigue , twists , turns and lots of imaginative special effects. When a musician, Mel (Charlotte Hope), is tasked by his musical conductor (Julian Sands) with finishing her late mentor's concerto, she soon discovers that playing the music summons deadly consequences, leading her to uncover the disturbing origins of the melody and an evil that has awakened. At first, she assumes her assignment but soon discovers fateful consequences. In one moment, she experiences the incredible wonder imagination, and in the next, the horrific nature of her night terrors. To save her daughter Zoe (Aoibhe O'Flanagan) Mel embarks on a dangerous hunt to uncover the truth behind the terrible nightmares and a monstrous being that is followed by absorbed children. This is beyond you wildest nightmare ! .
¨The Piper¨ is a journey through the terror, possession, dreams and fears of a young classical music performer in which our starring discovers a deadly tune. It results to be a mix of horror, fantasy and drama. The creepy goods are delivered by ¨The Piper¨ who's projected into reality and often materializes in a horrible and deadly monster.
Charlotte Hope (The Nun) and Julian Sands (A Room With a View) star in this horror film that subverts the fable of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Charlotte Hope gives an agreeable acting as the young composer who is commissioned to complete the third movement of her late mentor's score left unfinished and discovers that playing those musical notes carries deadly repercussions . While Julian Sands -in his posthumous film- plays overacting, a demanding and cruel composer who will stop at nothing to get the aforementioned score. It contains adequate cinematography with plenty of darkness by Daniel Katz. As well as thrilling, frightening and suspenseful musical score by composer Christopher Young who's an expert on sinister atmosphere as proved in: The Tall Man, Drag Me to Hell, Sinister , Untraceable, The Uninvited, The Ghost Maker, Dominion and several others , The motion picture was uneven but professionally directed by Erlingur Thoroddsen. This Icelandic filmmaker has made other terror films, such as: Kuldi, Rökkur, Child Eater, Patient Seven. Rating: 5.5/10. The Piper is a creepy, claustrophobic and scary low- budget horror movie that will satisfy the not very demanding lovers of the genre.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (also known as the Pan Piper or the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin) is the title character of a legend from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Lower Saxony, Germany. When a medieval town overwhelmed by rats, the citizens hire a magical piper who can rid the town of the pest in exchange for gold but the crooked mayor has no intention of honoring the deal . The Pied Piper uses his musical talents to lure the pesky rodents away from a small German town. The legend dates back to the Middle Ages, the earliest references describing a piper, dressed in multicolored ("pied") clothing, who was a rat catcher hired by the town to lure rats away with his magic pipe. When the citizens refuse to pay for this service as promised, he retaliates by using his instrument's magical power on their children, leading them away as he had the rats. This version of the story spread as folklore and has appeared in the writings of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the Brothers Grimm, and Robert Browning, among others. The phrase "pied piper" has become a metaphor for a person who attracts a following through charisma or false promises. There are many contradictory theories about the Pied Piper. Some suggest he was a symbol of hope to the people of Hamelin, which had been attacked by plague; he drove the rats from Hamelin, saving the people from the epidemic. A number of theories suggest that children died of some natural causes such as disease or starvation, and that the Piper was a symbolic figure of Death. Analogous themes which are associated with this theory include the Dance of Death, Totentanz or Danse Macabre, a common medieval trope.
