I found Spirit Trap on NetFlix, recommended because of the plethora of other horror movies I rent from them. It wasn’t a complete waste of time, but it wasn’t amazing either.
Spirit Trap is about a haunted house. Four college students are contacted about some cheap college housing. They arrive to an old spooky house and are greeted by Tina. Strange things begin happening. Nick fixes a what we find out is a spirit clock in the front hallway, and soon after, Jenny, who happens to be psychic, starts having dreams that tell about a murder. Nick is Jenny’s love interest and helps her solve the mystery. He's just your average joe college kid. Tom and Adele are a couple, and Tom also happens to sell drugs. His box o'drugs disappears from their room, and this starts a chain of events that brings the house’s history up front and the students discover they are in danger.
You figure things out pretty quickly. You know who will be the killer and what the history and ghosts are. The whole idea of a "spirit trap" is new to me, but a haunted house is a haunted house, even if you do need to be out of there real quick. In fact, it kind of reminded me of the 13 Ghosts remake in the idea of a haunted house that is also a trap for the living. I would embarrassingly have to say 13 Ghosts was better.
Everyone is an okay actor in this, but no one really breaks out of TV actor quality. Billie Piper is there, and Dr. Who fans may “squee” in excitement at that. Luke Malby is here, the prince from Prince and Me and a small part in 28 Days Later. Everyone else is okay, but the only one I really liked Emma Catherwood, who hasn’t done much before or after.
All in all, Spirit Trap is really not all that impressive and not really all scary. It’s sub par straight to video fare, and it doesn't bring anything new to an already very popular genre. Production values were low but not dollar menu low, so if you really like scary movies and straight-to-video doesn' t scare you off, you could check it out. Just keep in mind, this straight-to-video isn't Sci-Fi channel quality with man-sharks or killer ants, so don't get your hopes up.
Rating: 3 Purrs for average Brit horror with a pretty predictable plot and scares
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- Media Kitten
- I'm just your normal 30-something that is pretty much obsessed with horror movies, reading as much as humanly possible, and painting and drawing as much as I can squeeze in between working my day job. I really like stories about the end of the world, but don't hold it against me. I love watching hockey. Sushi is super delicious. I am on a mission to watch as much Murder, She Wrote and Matlock as it takes so that my DVR thinks I am an old woman and starts recording Golden Girls. I'll watch movies of any kind, but I still can't figure out why Woody Allen still gets to make them. I'm not even that picky about what I read, but I am picky about what ends up in my library permanently. Oh, and I have a Mini Countryman with a Muppet fetish. His name is Gonzo. Say Hi Gonzo.
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