A dead man's VHS holds murder. His family holds the keys. Your sleep holds nothing.
When detectives investigate a seemingly natural death of an old man, they discover a disturbing tape in his possession which alongside old family memories also features the murder of a woman. After tracking down the dead man's ex-wife and his estranged son they try to discover a link between the mans death and the horrific videotape.
Acting
Peter Davison's exhausted humanity anchors every scene
Direction
Tucker wrings tension from beige living rooms
Director
David Tucker
Peter Davison
Davies
Sean Hughes
Mod
Rob Spendlove
Aspinall
Emma Amos
Julie
Charles De'Ath
Pimlott
Billy Geraghty
Barrett
Vineeta Rishi
WPC Kapoor
Jeff Rawle
Dominic Sylvester
Hywel Bennett
Reginald Conway
Celia Imrie
Emily Coulter
Jonathan Coy
Ronald Coulter
Jamie Bamber
Luke Clayhill
Vera Filatova
Kasia
Aleksandar Mikic
Pawel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of ITV's 2007 'Crime Thriller' season, this exemplifies the UK's brief obsession with grimy, low-budget psychological mystery over glossy procedurals.
The 58-minute runtime was mandated for commercial scheduling — Tucker originally conceived this as a 90-minute slow burn with more of the son's perspective.
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