Rabbit Trap is not technically a long movie, clocking in at 97 minutes. But you feel every minute of it, especially as the film’s folklore begins to repeat in convoluted layers.

Rabbit Trap is certainly a slow burn of a film, as Chainey sets the mood for this unusual piece. He’s in no rush, as we spend plenty of time with the Davenport family and we get to experience ...

“Rabbit Trap” is a bizarre, abstract, Lovecraftian take on the new-person-seems-nice-but-is-actually-crazy horror subgenre. The film has drawn apt comparisons to ...

‘Rabbit Trap’ Review: Dev Patel Gets Lost in the Woods in Folk Horror That Falls Flat. Report From Sundance Sundance 2025: Bryn Chaney’s film has excellent sound design but does little with it.

Home Film Festivals ‘Rabbit Trap’ Director Bryn Chainey On The Roots Of His Trippy Folkloric Fantasy: “A Film Should Be An Experience” — Sundance Film Festival ...

In “Rabbit Trap,” it’s via ancient spirits, disturbed after Darcy inadvertently captures a forbidden mystical sound never before heard by human ears while out recording in the eerie woodlands.

If anything, “Rabbit Trap” illustrates the potential of Chainey as a director. This feature film debut is bursting at the seams with creativity. If Chainey had been able to pull off all his great ...

Distributed by horror production company SpectreVision, “Rabbit Trap” premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival as part of the Midnight category. Tuesday, April 1, 2025 Advertise Donate Submit ...

Set in 1976, Bryn Chainey’s first feature centers on an avant-garde musician and her sound recordist husband living in a remote cottage, where a strange local child forms an unhealthy attachment ...

Title: Rabbit Trap Section: Sundance (Midnight) Director-screenwriter: Bryn Chaney Cast: Dev Patel, Rosy McEwen, Jade Croot Sales agent: CAA, Bankside Films Running time: 1 hr 37 mins.