I Trapped the Devil

Family, trauma, insanity and a dash of Christmas iconography. Slow burns are hit and miss with me usually, you need an interesting story to compensate for the stillness, lots of suspence and a good payoff at the end. ***I Trapped the Devil*** is more of a failed attempt for me. There's really just one mystery; "what's behind the door?" and that's intriguing, sure, but it's not enough to keep me interested for 84 minutes. There's a few twists and turns in the third act that were decent but it had already lost me at that point. The characters aren't very interesting or captivating either. I at least appreciate the filmmaking, it's a low budget movie but the acting is decent (a bit stiff at times though), nice unsettling score, atmospheric and good sound design. Lots of red lighting, loved that. Nothing shocking but I like the reveal and the ending. Wanted more backstory on how the trapping happened and what the circumstances were.

What a pleasant surprise this film was. I started watching this film with no background information. Didn’t know anything about it, didn’t watch the trailer, didn’t even know who’s acting. Just pressed play and started watching it. And what a pleasantly great slow burner horror film this was. While the ending could have been explained a little bit more, it was absolutely great. At 84 minutes long, the length of the film is just right for a slow paced horror. Would I watch it again? Very likely. Would I make my friends watch it? Absolutely!