The cast and crew of “Rabbit Trap” smile and pose for the camera on the carpet of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. “Rabbit Trap” premiered in this year’s Midnight category.

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‘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.

In the Welsh folk-horror “Rabbit Trap,” debuting director Bryn Chainey creates an disquieting acoustic atmosphere and guides his trio of actors to powerful performances. However, these ...

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.

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 ...

Photo courtesy of Sundance Institute PARK CITY, UTAH Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Rabbit Trap, which premiered Friday at the Sundance Film Festival, is a slow burn horror movie that doesn't pay off enough.