Rabbit Trap

Rabbit Trap is a 2025 British psychological horror film written and directed by Bryn Chainey in his full-length feature debut, and starring Dev Patel and Rosy McEwen. It is produced by Bankside Films with SpectreVision.

Rabbit Trap
Directed by	Bryn Chainey
Written by	Bryn Chainey
Produced by	Elijah Wood Daniel Noah Lawrence Inglee Elisa Lleras Alex Ashworth Sean Marley
Starring	Dev Patel Rosy McEwen
Edited by	Brett W. Bachman[1]
Music by	Lucrecia Dalt
Production companies	Bankside Films SpectreVision Mad as Birds Align
Release date	January 24, 2025 (2025-01-24) (Sundance)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Synopsis

Set in 1973, the life of a married couple changes following their relocation to an isolated cabin in Wales.^[2] When the couple accidentally disturbs a Tylwyth Teg fairy ring, they are suddenly visited by a mysterious child who appears to have ill intentions for them.

Cast

• Dev Patel as Darcy Davenport
• Rosy McEwen as Daphne Davenport
• Jade Croot as the Child

Production

Producing are Elijah Wood and Daniel Noah’s SpectreVision and Lawrence Inglee with Elisa Lleras, Alex Ashworth and Sean Marley.^[3] Dev Patel stars and also acts as executive producer alongside Wiser Film’s Benjamin Kramer, Carte Blanche’s Kyle Stroud, Tom Ogden, Bankside Films’ Stephen Kelliher and Sophie Green.^[4]

Lucrecia Dalt acts as composer on the project, alongside sound designer Graham Reznick and sound supervisor Brent Kiser.^[5]

Principal photography took place in 2023.^[6] Filming locations included North Yorkshire.^[7]

Release

Rabbit Trap premiered in the Midnight section at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on 24 January 2025.^[8][9]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 43% of 28 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.0/10.^[10] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 55 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.^[11]