Spirit Trap (2005)

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

I had never heard of this film when i watched it last night on sky..now i wish it had stayed that way.Any film director or writers wanting to venture into the "old dark house with a past" subject has to make it so good it will blow your socks off not leave you feeling like you have stepped in a cowpatBoring bland characters (talking off which, i love the way the drug dealer bloke turns up and tells complete strangers all about himself being a drug peddler...you know it makes sense)The director thought it would be a good idea to have a hall and stair case straight out of a theatre stage which was way to big compared to the outside of the house. Also if you like old clocks don't bother finding the antique roadshow just watch this film because it is padded endlessly with shots of a clock face.Sloppy editing,pointless scenes and the first hour of complete boredom are all in the mix here.....enjoy!

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

'Spirit Trap' This movie severely disappointed me. I felt it wasted a lot of time with stupid and pointless story lines. It was very unclear on which story line it was on, which were the main ones, which had nothing really to do with the movie and finally it was horribly acted.The first story line that I thought lead nowhere and wasted the viewers time is the one about Nick and his late brother Sam. This story line did play a prominent part throughout the movie until the end when it just stopped. There was so solution or resolution. It just disappeared. I found this unfortunate as there was so much that could have been done with it. It could very easily have escalated into an exciting storyline and have contributed hugely to the main plot. Needless to say it did fit in with the overall theme of the movie.I quickly became confused with the main plot because again, it was solved. There was no result. How was Tom a killer? We are left to imagine his history. Fair enough, we are told that drugs are involved but that is all. Although we are only left to our own devices for about half of the movie until he kills his girlfriend, Adele.I thought that it was badly acted. I like Billie Piper and Sam Troughton but they did not perform well in this movie. They really disappointed me. I felt I was watching and amateur movie that was made as a college assignment or something to that effect.Overall, I felt this movie was a waste of a storyline, a waste of actors, a waste of time and ultimately a waste of a film!!

To say this movie is awful would actually be complimentary. This movie is so Godawful you want to pull out your own fingernails just for a distraction. Luckily I saw this on TV so no money was wasted on cinema tickets (otherwise I'd have been REALLY mad). Initially it looked quite good; bunch of students stay in a Gothic mansion where where all kinds of spooky mischief occurs. Unfortunately my initial hopes were quickly dashed. The acting was pretty lame, the dialogue was clunky and, at points, downright ludicrous:"Hey, lets play strip poker". "What's strip poker?"WHAT'S. STRIP. POKER???? You cannot be bloody serious! Don't bother with this film, even if you get the chance to watch it for free as you'll end up paying in fingernails.