I Trapped the Devil

source: I Trapped the Devil

source: I Trapped the Devil

The film makers did a lot with very little here as the budget is obviously tiny. The atmosphere quickly becomes quite creepy and a feeling of dread starts to build. I watch horror films regularly and it is rare to find one that creates a real sense of uneasiness and apprehension like this does, for me that is where true horror lies so massive credit to the film makers for that. Unfortunately there was just not enough information and the script was quite poor. There's a guy in the basement who Steve believes to be the devil: how did he get there? why does he think he's the devil? These questions are not asked by his brother Matt or his wife and this just seems beyond ridiculous. Although there is some hinting at a traumatic incident in the past and Steve's sanity is questioned there is just not enough back story and the dialogue is quite limited so you end up frustrated because there is never any real explanation for how this situation arose. I appreciate sometimes directors want to leave things open for the viewer to interpret how they want but for me there were just too many unanswered questions which left me unsatisfied at the end.

I try to give every movie the benefit of the doubt. This one was almost impossible. The middle of the movie just drags and drags with nothing interesting at all. About an hour in I was so bored i just fast forwarded about 15 minutes just to see the ending and it wasn't even worth it. I usually pride myself on finishing movies I start watching, but this one had me struggling. Other then atmosphere this movie has nothing going for it. I'd skip it if you have something else to watch.