After making its eerie debut in the Midnight section at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Bryn Chainey’s first feature, “Rabbit Trap,” has found its home with Magnet Releasing, which has unveiled the official trailer, poster, and news of its theatrical release. The film will open in theaters on September 12, 2025.
Set in 1976, “Rabbit Trap” follows obsessive avant-garde musician Daphne (Rosy McEwen) and her withdrawn husband Darcy (Dev Patel) as they relocate to a remote cottage in Wales. Daphne’s work with reel-to-reel tape machines and oscillators, paired with Darcy’s field recordings in the nearby woods, stirs something ancient—drawing the attention of a mysterious young rabbit trapper (Jade Croot) whose presence unsettles their fragile peace.
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Chainey, making an extraordinary debut, draws on the uncanny spirit of British folk horror while carving his own distinct, tactile vision. Working with cinematographer Andreas Johannessen, the film is shot on richly textured 35mm, imbuing the Welsh forest with beauty and menace. Composer Lucrecia Dalt and sound designer Graham Reznick craft a sonic environment that pulses with supernatural dread, making the soundscape as integral as the imagery.
Patel and McEwen bring a quiet, lived-in intimacy to the central couple, grounding the film’s supernatural elements in the complexities of a marriage sustained through creative collaboration and haunted by unspoken tensions. As The Playlist’s Sundance review noted, “Rabbit Trap” is a masterwork of sound design and atmosphere, a story where folklore and human fragility intertwine until they’re impossible to untangle.
With Magnet Releasing now behind it, “Rabbit Trap” is poised to be one of the year’s most distinctive genre offerings—an unsettling marriage of tactile period detail, folk mysticism, and sensory immersion.
Magnet Releasing will open “Rabbit Trap” in theaters on September 12, 2025.
