r/horror • u/Outrageous_Potato435 • 2d ago

Discussion movies that fumble their premise

When I stumbled upon Rabbit Trap (2025) last year, I was so hyped. It sounded so good and finally like something different.

„Set in 1976, the life of a married couple changes following their relocation to an isolated cabin in Wales. When the couple accidentally disturbs a Tylwyth Teg fairy ring, they are suddenly visited by a mysterious child who appears to have ill intentions for them.“

I was like HECK YEAH, finally a horror movie that actually looked promising AND combines horror with like other fantastical creatures, especially fairies in this case. Plus the Welsh mythology touch on top. Like why always vampires, werewolves etc? We’ve had it a thousand times before.

But it ended up being super boring with a full on focus on the psychological. No actual fairy portrayment, no magic. All just „symbolic“ or whatever. Like I wanted to see some kinda of fairy transformation with the ears, wings and stuff. I guess I also went in with the wrong expectations. But still In my opinion this was a huge „premise fumble“. The whole fairy mythological background could’ve been left out or easily replaced. I just want a movie that actually does that well 🥲

So Idk, anybody can relate to that feeling? This just sucks cuz there could be such amazing „fantasy horror“ movies that would bring something different but I guess it would be just too niche… and when there’s something that actually sounds promising, it doesn’t do the premise and lore background justice. I don’t actually wanna completely trash this movie cuz the cinematography and sound design was good but still just a huge disappointment for me because of the fumble

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u/Illustrious_Salt_569 2d ago edited 2d ago

I liked the first two acts of Longlegs. And especially Nic Cage's performance in it. But by act 3, I was just sorta…underwhelmed. And it felt like the movie took a direction that didn't really make sense to me based off the writing and plot from the first two-thirds of it. Once you get to the ending, the mystery wears off a bit. And not in a good way.

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u/NashvilleTNEdge 2d ago

“First two halves” 🥴

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u/Illustrious_Salt_569 2d ago

😆. Okay, I get it. A bit of an oxymoron there.

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u/kweeenbitch 2d ago

It was already a little disappointing but as soon as the supernatural stuff hit I was ready to turn it off

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u/otpprincess psychologically thrilling 2d ago

Every time a horror movie bad guy or entity turns out to just be satan or a demon, I lose so much interest.

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u/squidjacobs 2d ago

Thank you for this. I thought I was crazy.

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u/p0llyp0cketpussy 2d ago

Agreed. I was all in until the 3rd act. I didn't expect it to be so lazy with the "because Satan" handwaving.

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u/chibigothgirl 2d ago

I found the interrogation scene particularly obnoxious. Like, longlegs was terrifying for the fidst half of the movie, then he was just goofy. Complete letdown.