Spirit Trap (2005)

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Five students get a call telling them that their accommodation has been booked as their is no room at the student inn. They do not know who the other members of their ensemble are. Throughout the movie we see more of them as they begin to grow as characters. It is a nice touch but not a deft one. So they turn up to this house which is grand to say the least. Meet each other and get the film moving. A bit of exploring is done, there is a door which is padlocked. What is behind this door?The nice guy walks into Billy's room and notices a circular net, he asks billy what it is and she replies it is a spirit trap... I knew that as I had seen Dreamcatcher. Then they go downstairs and there is an old clock which one of them gets working, Billy pipes up (groan) that it is a spirit clock. Then they find a quiji board type thingy and it is off to the people having a séance type of thing, is there anybody there... which sets the movie up for the ghostly goings on.... Watch the movie and find out the rest of the plot.. The characters So it quickly becomes noticeable that the women are drop dead gorgeous and the guys are not. The characters are split into the nasty bloke and the nice bloke. The mysterious woman, the beautiful airhead and the homely babe (Billy Piper). For the most part the acting is of a high standard. Some of the dialogue is clichéd and lets the side down somewhat. Summing up This movie is quite good not a classic but well worth watching. Go and see it if you can as it is always good when a British horror movie comes out. The effects are good. The music is excellent throughout. It has a great title sequence and does not just launch into the movie. There are some good gore effects and on the whole the movie works well. Good if you like Lighthouse

I did watch all the way through. A loose remake of the original "House on Haunted Hill" with scenes added that were stolen from other films, "Reservoir Dogs", "The Omen", "The Exorcist", "Basic Instinct", "An American Werewolf in London" and every movie where teenagers play with a ouija board. However don't get the idea this mess approaches any of those, even Basic Instinct. Very very poor direction. Scenes were shot with no idea how to raise tension and action sequences (for example people hopping up into an attic from a low stepladder like they were bouncing off a trampoline) were in general deplorable. Two of the actresses, Piper and Alsou, simply can't act. Alsou is particularly amateurish and destroys every scene where she opens her mouth. The idea of the movie is actually interesting, but a poor script, direction and acting result in a nearly complete dud.

I thought Spirit Trap would be rubbish, as other British horror films were. However Spirit Trap was packed full of anticipation, suspense and action. The acting was rather good for low key actors. Known actors such as Luke Mably's acting was a bit dodge compared to his performance in Dream Team. Sam Troughton's acting was better than this acting in Alien V Predator. Unknown actors such as Emma Catherwood and Russian singer/actor Alsou performances were rather good in the roles. However Billie Piper's acting was not as good as it was in Dr Who, but she managed to pull off the lead role in this movie.The storyline and script were both excellent and really made this film, however there was a bit too much crammed into this film for the time allotted. The location and scenery were rather good as well and the make up and costumes.This movie for me was a cross between House On Haunted Hill and Long Time Dead with all the added wow and suspense factor. I also enjoyed the twist in the movie and it will keep you on the edge of you seat. I watched this movie with my sister and she also thought It would be completely rubbish and she really enjoyed it (but she don't want to admit it). As a keen horror movie fan I have seen crap ( Ghost Watcher ) and excellent ( Freddy V Jason ) horrors and I would recommend people to give this film a chance because I will change your life. I hope to see these actors in leading roles in the future.

this movie is really a waste of time. the plot(if you wanna call it that) is ludicrous at best and at times painfully stupid.there are elements that could easily make a really enjoyable movie(old house, locked doors, doomed lovers) but everything original or interesting is either soon discarded or just not explained at all. also i couldn't help but feeling i already saw the same storyline in a number of movies, maybe thats just because the ending was so terribly predictable.the acting is laughable, and involuntarily funny... i haven't seen any of the actors in any other movie, but they can only be better than this stinker.how anyone would invest money to produce movies like this one is beyond me...the only thing good was the song during the end credits...therefore my rating: 1