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I Trapped the Devil

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5.0/10 • 86

2019-04-261h 24m

HorrorMysteryDrama

A man descends into paranoia after trapping what he believes to be the devil in his basement, but things take a dark turn when his family unexpectedly arrive for Christmas.

Directors
Josh Lobo
Writters
Josh Lobo
Editors
Josh Lobo, Josh Lobo

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  1. Scott Poythress

    Scott Poythress

    Steve

  2. AJ Bowen

    AJ Bowen

    Matt

  3. Susan Burke

    Susan Burke

    Karen

  4. Jocelin Donahue

    Jocelin Donahue

    Sarah

  5. Chris Sullivan

    Chris Sullivan

    The Man

  6. Rowan Russell

    Rowan Russell

    Ben

  7. John Marrott

    John Marrott

    Alan

  8. Aaron Larsen

    Aaron Larsen

    Biker

  9. Jack Vernon

    Jack Vernon

    Santa

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Aug 26, 2019

3/10

"I Trapped the Devil" is written and directed by Josh Lobo, who makes his directorial debut with this film. And, so much I can say directly, it isn't a good one. For almost the entire runtime we get the focus on only 3 characters. 'Steve' (Scott Poythress), 'Matt' (AJ Bowen) and 'Karen' (Susan Burke). And even though they were not really terrible actors, the performances felt bland and boring nonetheless. There is definitely a problem with the writing here. To describe this movie, you can just say: three people talk to a door. The end. And of course I get what the director was trying to go for. Is it really the devil behind the door? Or has one of the brothers gone mad and it is all his paranoia. And how could you possibly believe it? The problem is just, that this isn't worth a full length feature. As a short film, this might have worked quite well, but sitting there for 82 minutes, getting some blood thrown at the screen for a little change and yet still stare at this door time and time again, doesn't deliver a pleasant movie experience. This might be for you, if you liked the film "Terror Talk", but aside from that I can't really see who else would be into this.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$1,000,000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
hostagebasementchristmasestranged brother