I Trapped the Devil
- 1h 22m
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4.8/10
3.6K
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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.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.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.
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Seen this story before... in 1960
This movie was definitely inspired by Rod Serling's 1960 Twilight Zone episode titled, "the Howling Man" (Season 2 Episode 5). It was made more involved with a psychotic gatekeeper, as opposed to a religious zealot keeping Satan under wraps. But, you can see the similarities in the plot.
Tedious
Some movies benefit from a nice slow burn to engross the viewer in the story - it doesn't work for this movie - it is so slow I nearly fell asleep a few times - so may be good for insomniacs.
This film could easily fit in 30 minutes with plenty of time to spare.
Not very good at all.
This film could easily fit in 30 minutes with plenty of time to spare.
Not very good at all.
Typical IFC midnight slow burner
I enjoyed this, and found the concept interesting. It is as the title suggest, a crazy man who "trapped the devil". Or did he!? Anywho, the only reason I dropped a few stars on this film was to to the brothers horrible acting. It was obnoxiously bad in my opinion and distracted me from the ominous erie feel of the film.
I love a good slow burn, but not this one!
Ending was an insult and major letdown, the slow burn just doesn't pay off here at all...I gave 4 stars for the atmosphere and premise, just a bad attempt though all around. Come on IFC, you used to do better than this!
I almost fell asleep
Not a good one, not very entertaining either.
The rhythm is so slow!
The acting is bad, or at least, the actors are. The one actress is pretty good. But she's not saving anything. Mind you, the script is absolutely terrible. I don't think they could have done anything about it.
It had potential, though. The plot subject is not bad. But it's conducted so horrendously! The motives of the characters are undefined from the beginning to the end. Worse: they literally disappear at times, for sequences of 5, 10 minutes! You just can't figure what, exactly, is happening anymore.
It is incoherent, often absurd, as in "it doesn't making any sense what so ever" until they catch it up for a few more minutes, until the next anecdotal hole. It's a bit as if a 30 minutes plot had been extended with empty lines to fill 90 minutes.
Strangely, the soundtrack is not bad at all. It would have supported a good, mysterious, atmospheric plot line. But in these circumstances, it's a relatively pleasant oddity in the middle of boredom.
I wouldn't call it a total loss. But there are far better flicks out there. Almost anywhere...
The rhythm is so slow!
The acting is bad, or at least, the actors are. The one actress is pretty good. But she's not saving anything. Mind you, the script is absolutely terrible. I don't think they could have done anything about it.
It had potential, though. The plot subject is not bad. But it's conducted so horrendously! The motives of the characters are undefined from the beginning to the end. Worse: they literally disappear at times, for sequences of 5, 10 minutes! You just can't figure what, exactly, is happening anymore.
It is incoherent, often absurd, as in "it doesn't making any sense what so ever" until they catch it up for a few more minutes, until the next anecdotal hole. It's a bit as if a 30 minutes plot had been extended with empty lines to fill 90 minutes.
Strangely, the soundtrack is not bad at all. It would have supported a good, mysterious, atmospheric plot line. But in these circumstances, it's a relatively pleasant oddity in the middle of boredom.
I wouldn't call it a total loss. But there are far better flicks out there. Almost anywhere...
Did you know
- TriviaThe film was shot entirely in 8 days
- GoofsThere are 2 padlocks and a sliding lock on the door in the basement, the padlocks are locked so you need keys. When they go to open it, it happens off screen, and you hear 3 turning lock sounds, without using keys for the padlocks, and then the next time you see the door when it's opening, the padlocks disappeared, as did the metal parts that are supposed to be fastened to the door.
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- Я поймал Дьявола
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- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime
- 1h 22m(82 min)
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- 2.39:1
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