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The Devil’s Trap

2024 · 90 min

A slow, oppressive hospital haunting that mixes family trauma with ghostly dread, keeping you uneasy and tense throughout.

Overview: In the quiet nighttime corridors of a city hospital, Abigail (Nistratova) consoles her traumatized brother, Billy (Davi) who is now a paraplegic. Billy suffers from horrible nightmares in which he revisits his childhood, where we meet his alcoholic and violent father. Sharing Billy’s hospital room is a dying man, Mr. Cohen (Dern) who seems to know everything about Billy and Abigail. There’s also another horrific presence roaming in the hospital terrifying patients and staff alike.

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
family
grief
isolation
fate
Places: hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	8
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: horror, thriller
Directed by: Mike Mendez
Written by: Alexander Nistratov, Michael Caissie
Starring: Bruce Dern, Sofia Nistratova, Nick Davi, Michael Paré, Richard Grieco, Antoni Corone, Cortney Palm, Elissa Dowling
Runtime: 90 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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