Rabbit Trap (2025) Revue – The most frightening things Cinemax
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Directed and written by Bryn Chainy
The Sylvan and the supernatural mix with a scary effect in this superb British folk horror slot.
Official synopsis
When a musician and her husband move to an isolated house in Wales, the music he disturbs the local folk magic, bringing an unnamed child to their door which intends to infiltrate their lives.
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The devotees of folk horror cinema will want to place Rabbit trap On their lists “need to see as soon as possible”. Aficionados of high quality sound design will like to do the same, because experimental music meets the sounds of nature and the supernatural in the fantastic characteristic of the writer / director Bryn Chainy.
The electronic musician Daphne Davenport (Rosy McEwen) and her husband her engineer Darcy (Dev Patel) moved from the bustle of London in a rural region of Wales in 1976 to work on her new album. The loneliness they hoped to find there are soon interrupted by a young boy (portrayed by actress Jade Croot). The boy knows the surrounding woods well. More importantly, he knows the tradition of another world behind the region, including fairy circles like the one Darcy finds himself in one day.
Daphne and Darcy seem to encounter difficulties in their relationship. However, a strange recording that Darcy makes among the trees brought them physically, at least temporarily. But the young boy puts a new pressure on the questions when he goes from someone interesting to have a person with an increasingly disturbing behavior.
A bit of a slow burner, Rabbit trap Has a constant feeling of terror and the Eldritch, which maintains the intriguing procedure throughout. Although ambiguity is an involved factor, I found the end quite satisfactory.
Croot is great as a young boy, living in the character with a balance of fragility and the swing. McEwen and Patel are also excellent as characters with a complex connection.
The sound department does stellar work, helped by original music and the notation of original and fascinating music by composer Lucrecia Dalt. The director of photography Andreas Johannesen wonderfully captures the events, in particular the decorator of the decorator Jessamy Hadfield in the third act.
I found that the rhythm of Chainey was solid at the rock. He builds a scary air of mystery from the start which never lets go. His previous experience with short films and clips serves him with that, his long debut.
Review by Joseph Perry
The release of the magnet will be released Rabbit trap in theaters on September 12, 2025.
