Rabbit Trap

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Rabbit Trap

Sep 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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Brandon Yu

New York Times

There’s so little substance underlying the suspense that when you finally get your “aha” answers, you’re left wondering why you came into the woods in the first place.

Sep 11, 2025

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William Repass

Slant Magazine

It’s when the film plays in the gaps between sound and image that it’s most disturbing.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 9, 2025

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Siddhant Adlakha

Variety

Coasts on its interpretability alone.

Feb 3, 2025

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Dustin Chang

Floating World

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.

Oct 29, 2025

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Nicholas Bell

Fish Jelly Films (YouTube)

Reconciliation leads to ambiguous transformation in arthouse folk horror Rabbit Trap, which is ultimately too speculative to generate the emotional terror which could have better sustained its glacial pacing.

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 23, 2025

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Erik Childress

Movie Madness Podcast

Anytime a character has a big microphone it is an invitation for us to lean in and listen, but it ultimately comes off like ASMR lulling us to sleep

Rated: 1.5/4

Sep 24, 2025

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Norm V

Very dry horror that is hard to understand.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/17/25

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Will

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

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/17/25

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christine i

Very strange story. But the acting was great.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/12/25

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prawnda s

it's quite good until the third act, where a lot of cheap props and set pieces that look straight out of an escape room kind of ruin the atmosphere. i cant believe how redundant it was when the rest of the movie was very good about gradual pacing. with a good 20-30 minutes removed, it would be a really nice little story about the fae.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/21/25

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A.L.Jude P

No clue when it started and how it ended. Movies has to be made just to show some domestic Travel ?

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/15/25

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Rosie C

A good slow burn folk horror. Atmospheric and thoughtful. An especially good turn by Jade Croot who's performance lent a perfect melancholy to the film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/13/25

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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.

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

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