'Rabbit Trap' Review: A Sonic Horror with Dev Patel

Dev Patel listens to the sounds of a seductive nightmare that changes everything in this 2025 Sundance film.

'Rabbit Trap' Review: A Sonic Horror with Dev Patel

There are several moments in Rabbit Trap when the boundaries between sound and space, dream and reality, begin to fray. Sound is not merely an element of the film’s atmosphere — it is its driving force, the unseen terror pressing in on the psyche of its characters. Bryn Chainey’s debut feature is a folk horror film, an erotic thriller, and an experimental meditation on the relationship between perception, memory, and fear. At its core, Rabbit Trap explores the eerie interplay between human connection, artistic obsession, and nature’s ability to resist control.

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