Rabbit Trap

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Rabbit Trap

2025

1h 28m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Darcy (Dev Patel) and Daphne (Rosy McEwen) Davenport are freshly decamped from London and taking up residence in an isolated cottage deep in the Welsh countryside in search of creative renewal and acoustic inspiration. When the couple set about exploring their new environs, recording instruments in tow, Darcy stumbles upon a "faerie circle" that emits a strange, unidentifiable frequency; this odd discovery is followed closely by the appearance of an otherworldly child (Jade Croot) who claims to live nearby and is eager to befriend the Davenports. Soon the child becomes a fixture in their household, alternately ingratiating himself and raising suspicions, and exposing unacknowledged rifts and unexamined secrets that threaten to wreak psychological and spiritual havoc in the lives of his makeshift adoptive parents.

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Critics Consensus

A bold creative swing that doesn't quite connect, Rabbit Trap captures the attention with its hypnotic soundscape but can't maintain its hold due to a disappointingly thin story.

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Linda Marric

HeyUGuys

Jan 30

4/5

As debuts go, it’s a confident and distinctive one, marking Bryn Chainey as a filmmaker with a strong feel for atmosphere and an ear for the unsettling sounds hidden in everyday life.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Jan 29

3/5

Technically, Rabbit Trap is assured, particularly in its use of analogue equipment and dense sound design. Emotionally, though, it remains curiously hollow.

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Jonathan Romney

Financial Times

Jan 29

4/5

The script occasionally lapses into awkward passages of mystico-poetic rhetoric; otherwise, Rabbit Trap creates an insidious imagistic poetry of its own.

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

Jan 30

4/5

The film’s success hinges on its unwillingness to take sides.

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Dustin Chang

Floating World

Oct 29

Verging on magic realism, the moss and fungus invading the interior of the cottage as Davenports are put under the spell of the child is truly a wonder (thanks to production designer Lucie Red). Patel and McEwen have terrific chemistry together.

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Norm V

Sep 17

Very dry horror that is hard to understand.

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Will

Sep 17

Definitely an interesting vibes movie, but kinda fell apart at the end.

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christine i

Sep 12

Very strange story. But the acting was great.

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HG H

@HGH93 3d

Its got a great look and skillful sound editing but everything else is way too confusing, dry, and not well done that you wonder what the point of it all was by the end.

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Mia C

@owooffer Feb 5

Honestly it sucked would not recommend

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Blaise B

Feb 2

Original ideas, but the execution was terrible. The plot didn't make any sense, not that nonsensical movies are necessarily bad, but it felt incredibly forced. There was a glaringly obvious intent to make it niche and weird, but it failed. Do not recommend.

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Synopsis

Darcy (Dev Patel) and Daphne (Rosy McEwen) Davenport are freshly decamped from London and taking up residence in an isolated cottage deep in the Welsh countryside in search of creative renewal and acoustic inspiration. When the couple set about exploring their new environs, recording instruments in tow, Darcy stumbles upon a "faerie circle" that emits a strange, unidentifiable frequency; this odd discovery is followed closely by the appearance of an otherworldly child (Jade Croot) who claims to live nearby and is eager to befriend the Davenports. Soon the child becomes a fixture in their household, alternately ingratiating himself and raising suspicions, and exposing unacknowledged rifts and unexamined secrets that threaten to wreak psychological and spiritual havoc in the lives of his makeshift adoptive parents.

Director: Bryn Chainey
Producer: Lawrence Inglee, Daniel Noah, Elijah Wood, Elisa Lleras, Alex Ashworth, Sean Marley, Adrian Politowski, Martin Metz
Screenwriter: Bryn Chainey
Distributor: Magnet Releasing
Production Co: Wiser Films (I), Align, SpectreVision, Mad As Birds, Bankside Films, Carte Blanche
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 12, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 30, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA): $31.9K
Runtime: 1h 28m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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