Friend of the Gutter Kate Laity has fascinating thoughts on Bryn Chainey’s new folk horror film, Rabbit Trap (UK / USA, 2025) including an excellent introduction to the fairy and cultural aspects. “It hits a lot of my favourite things: fairy lore, folk horror, sound exploration and design—theremin! Dev Patel! Whose Darcy is ably joined by Rosy McEwen as Daphne–-I generally dislike main characters names that start with the same letter but it has a point here–-and Jade Croot as a feerlie child who appears one day, curiously observing Darcy making field recordings.”
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Thanks for linking to me! And for enthusing about the film. It’s so good.
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It’s a great piece and you are welcome! When she was playing the theremin, I thought of you immediately. Though to be honest, I was thinking of you the whole time.
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