Spirit Trap (2005)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

David Smith

Writers:

Rohan Candappa (additional material)
Paul Finch (additional material)

Release Date:

12 August 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

This house has a secret that won't let you go.

Plot:

In London, four students have a call from the student accommodation office of the local university offering lodging in an old house...

Plot Keywords:

Hate Crime | Racial Violence | Xenophobia | Haunted House | Intolerance

Cast

Billie Piper	...	Jenny
Luke Mably	...	Tom
Sam Troughton	...	Nick
Emma Catherwood	...	Adele
Alsou	...	Tina
Chiké Okonkwo	...	Edmund Joseph
Ovidiu Matesan	...	Zack
Kitt Smith	...	Sam
Miruna Biranu Chetu	...	Jenny's Mother
Oxana Moravec	...	College Secretary
Gillian Scotney	...	College Student
Robert Goodman	...	Tramp
Colin Dent	...	Cabbie
Ion Stroe	...	Victorian Gang Member
Ciucarel Marinel	...	Victorian Gang Member

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language, drug use and some strong sexuality.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Australia:MA (2007) | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Archangel Filmworks

Trivia:

The film re-uses sets from Saint Ange (2004) which was shot at the same studios in Romania a few months earlier.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jenny and Nick try to leave the house and they find themselves back in the entrance hall, the pool of blood from Tom's head injury has disappeared.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Spirit Trap: A Ghost Story (2005) (V)

Not a complete waste of time.

Having been given free tickets to see this film, I decided to go and see it.

Granted, it wasn't the worst film I've ever seen however I felt that the plot was weak. The setting of a creepy old house was fantastic and having that mysterious locked door really did seem to feed on the audience's fear. The dream sequences were nicely done, as were the flashback scenes. Superb performances from Emma Catherwood.

Billie Piper was far better in Doctor Who and although there is nothing directly bad about her acting there is also nothing particularly great either. I'm no prude by all means but I thought this film would be more suited to an 18 certificate...

I would say this film is worth seeing once but not twice.