Icelandic director Erlingur Thoroddsen is inspired by the tale of the Piper of Hamelin in his new horror #The Piper which stuns without bewitching

The young flutist Melanie (Charlotte Hope; interprets Myranda and Game of Thrones) she is a single mother of a little girl who was born deaf, Zoe (Aoibhe O'Flanagan). Zoe can hear thanks to a hearing device that is, But, often defective. Mom teaches daughter how to listen to vibrations, without the need for any device; he passes his index finger around the rim of a glass and Zoe responds.

When Melanie decides to resurrect an orchestra concerto written by her beloved teacher, Catherine, recently passed away, proposes this idea to the conductor, Gustafson (Julian Sands; Yves Cloquet The naked meal by Cronenberg), of a severe and aggressive soul. The anniversary gala is upon us and she is asked to finish the concert in seven days: the last part is missing from the discovered manuscript...

Melanie goes to Catherine's villa to look for the missing scores and finds some reels and a score saved from the flames. Once back home, the melody that begins to creep between the walls sends frightening waves. Melanie will ask for help from a sound scholar who will be able to reveal the mysteries of the concert to her, but it will be too late?

The film's merit is making sounds, the music central to the narrative. Times, But, they twist, in a constant crescendo that flattens out without air outlets. Pictures, anything but innovative, they seem to recall 90s TV horror films. In a succession of predictable quotes, The Piper it gets lost in time and falls apart using dated and grotesque special effects.

Valentina Vignoli