Rabbit Trap

Dev Patel and Rosy McEwen star as Darcy and Darcy Davenport in writer/director Bryn Chainey's horror flick. After moving to the wilderness, the married couple accidentally discover and distrub something deep in the forest. Although the film gets off to a promising start, the faerie mythology at its heart is often underwhelming and the film runs out of gas lacking both the necessary tension for psychological horror and the thrills for a basic monster movie.

The use of sound, allowing the musicians to become detectives through recordings they can't explain but are fascinated by, proves to be an an intriguing enough hook towards the otherworld mystery, unfortuantely the idea doesn't lead anywhere all that interesting. Working less well is Jade Croot as the odd neighbor who knows far more about what is going on than she shares and who is tied to the fairy circle Darcy disturbed and the never-quite-ominous-enough threat in the woods which has been awoken.

I'll give credit to Chainey for the film's atmosphere and mood, talents which I expect will serve them well in future endevours, however that only takes Rabbit Trap so as when the story needs to be explained, and the horrors behind the veil need to be explored, the film is a bit of a slog that never lives up to the promise of those early scenes.

• Title: Rabbit Trap
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