2005 · thriller · horror · supernatural
Spirit Trap
Directed by David Smith1h 31m2005
When five young students move into an old unoccupied mansion an inexplicable chain of events is set into motion as a mysterious spirit clock begins to tick again. As the story unfolds, revealing each student's dark secrets, the boundary between the real world and the afterlife is no longer clear. Will they find a way to escape or will they be trapped with the spirits forever?
Our read: Spirit Trap (2005) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive thriller · horror · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured thriller / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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