FFFA: Rabbit Trap

Rabbit Trap

“A wholly immersive horror story, using its soundscape to send viewers through time and space, this world and the next.” – The Film Stage

Sound is the driving force of Bryn Chainey’s debut feature, Rabbit Trap, a profoundly sensory folk horror starring Dev Patel, scored by avant-garde composer Lucrecia Dalt, and shaped by sound designer Graham Reznick into cinema that’s more experienced than watched.

In 1976, boundary-pushing electronic musician Daphne Davenport and her husband Darcy have retreated to a remote farmhouse where they fill the rooms with analogue synths and tape decks, hoping to heal after a difficult period and to finish Daphne’s new record.

While gathering field recordings in the surrounding woodland, Darcy inadvertently captures a sound not meant for human ears, and something ancient stirs. A feral, unsettling child arrives at their door. As she worms her way into the makeshift family unit, jealousy, paranoia and long-buried grief rise to the surface, and the line between folk myth and living nightmare begins to dissolve.

Shot on Kodak film stock, Rabbit Trap is a terrifying collision of Celtic folklore and personal trauma.

Festival Appearances / Awards
Sundance Film Festival 2025 – Official Selection
Sitges Film Festival 2025 – Official Selection

Rating

M

Duration

88 min

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Language

English, Welsh (English subtitles)

Cast

Dev Patel, Rosy McEwen, Jade Croot, Nicholas Sampson

Director

Bryn Chainey

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