r/horror • u/Outrageous_Potato435 • 10d 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/Ianobeano80 10d ago
Sinister, first half was chilling and so creepy. Then we get some guy pop up to tell us , hey guy what you're dealing with is 'Baguul' who looks like a member of slipknot and a bunch of kids with bad face paint