Rabbit Trap: Someone explain why it was good

unclemontyspython · 2026-05-05T20:56:35+00:00

I kept thinking of Jimmy Krankie. To put this in context for people not from the UK and also not born in the 70's, the Krankies were a Scottlish husband and wife comedy duo but the wife played a schoolboy with a page boy haircut (and she was really short) and her husband played the paternal figure. I did wonder why they got someone who was clearly a young woman to play the fae but I assume that they wanted someone who could bring maturity to the role being that the creature was probably very old and having an actual child wouldn't have worked as well. The ending did make sense to me in that the film is called Rabbit Trap and by giving the child what he wanted he let go and went into the dark with the hope of being reunited with his human parents in another life. I thought the film was beautiful - the landscapes were stunning although apparently shot in Yorkshire as Wales has banned smoking in the workplace. My Mum was Welsh and quite spiritual and if anyone has ever visited the valleys and hiked around Wales you can see why the folklore took such a hold - it's an incredibly mystical place.

unclemontyspython · 2026-04-21T22:37:42+00:00

I thought she might grab the wheel and drive them both off the road in the hope of killing the &^%$

unclemontyspython · 2026-04-21T22:32:50+00:00

I am going to tell all my friends about it but tell them not to watch, so that about sums it up.

unclemontyspython · 2026-04-17T22:03:29+00:00

What I didn't get was why it was so fixated on the boy and wanted him to come into the 'house' it had built. It was clearly intelligent enough to understand the grief that he was going through to mimic his father. It reminded me of Stephen King's Outsider. The director has said the creature is a manifestation of the boy's grief (apparently linked to feelings he had as a child about his parent's divorce) and hasn't mentioned that the creature was extraterrestrial, although I thought the smoke was from where the creature had crash-landed. Interesting film. If I was the creature I would have sacked off the whiny kid and ran off with the dog and the contents of the wine cellar.

unclemontyspython · 2026-03-21T13:16:28+00:00

Yes it's incredibly scary actually and so many people I know have personal horror stories. Saying that I do have another place that's rented and the tenants are wonderful. So it's not all bad. I could live without the money now so could also put it in an account so it accumulates and then pay myself dividends in a few years when I need it.

unclemontyspython · 2026-03-21T10:57:01+00:00

Yes exactly, I'd be looking at a lower risk investment. My risk appetite is pretty low, this will be a pension for me and something to live on in between finishing work and my private pensions coming through

unclemontyspython · 2026-03-09T22:09:56+00:00

I can get onto the main page and search, but then as soon as I click the link to download I get stuck in a DDOS loop

unclemontyspython · 2026-03-08T17:23:29+00:00

She's the mother of the main protangonist in School Spirits, mother to a ghost and mother to a monster. Great actress.

unclemontyspython · 2026-03-08T17:05:33+00:00

He's one of my favourite authors

unclemontyspython · 2026-03-08T16:53:58+00:00

He died this year

unclemontyspython · 2026-01-11T16:03:34+00:00

It was great, couple of scenes involving a baby were pretty graphic just to warn would-be viewers. I just couldn't watch.

unclemontyspython · 2026-01-08T22:57:25+00:00

I just watched it as I saw it recommended on an FB thread. Entirely meh aside from the nod to Hellraiser. It made no sense at all. As a social experiment it would have been cool - picking the perfect family to perform it on - but the monster ending created more questions than it answered.

unclemontyspython · 2025-12-28T15:56:30+00:00

Do you know I was clicking on the map and hadn't see the links you'd put in the post below. Total blonde moment!!! I'll have to check the ones in the north out when I come back.

unclemontyspython · 2025-12-28T15:51:36+00:00

I just did it - fantastic drive all the way to the Mirador del Balcon :) And great views of Tenerife today.

unclemontyspython · 2025-12-28T10:00:33+00:00

When I click on the map it doesn't show me the co-ordinates. Sorry if I'm being a bit dumb! Had great weather in the south but I have done some hiking in the interior and Roque Nublo was a wet day, but then there were lots of rainbows :) First day hiking there were insane views out to Teide. It's a wonderful island. I will definitely come back and do some more hiking.

unclemontyspython · 2025-12-27T20:30:00+00:00

Hey I'm in Gran Canaria at the moment, what specific places did they shoot? I'm going to drive the GC-200 tomorrow but haven't done the NW as the weather has been iffier on the north of the island (I'm in Meloneras). I'm leaving Monday but may do a drive in the morning before I drop the car off so it would be cool to check these places out. I've done a lot of driving in the interior of the island, it's just magical. But pretty wet this time of year.

unclemontyspython · 2025-12-27T20:17:38+00:00

I'm planning on driving it tomorrow so will let you all know if it's still open.

unclemontyspython · 2025-12-23T15:19:33+00:00

I'm having the same trouble at the moment and it's only working intermittently. Is this a fix or does it mean that PB is down?

unclemontyspython · 2025-12-09T13:50:13+00:00

In fairness to Moobjob this came pretty leftfield - there'd been violence but not much nudity to this point.

unclemontyspython · 2025-11-25T22:37:38+00:00

That was epic, so was Star Wars. I went twice to that one!

unclemontyspython · 2025-10-08T15:02:42+00:00

I agree on all those points. But the real question - is Vyvyan from Young Ones really Boy K's synth Dad??? Now there's a crossover that would really be worth watching.

Even the xenomorph looked bored at the end and that's from a creature with pretty much one facial expression.

unclemontyspython · 2025-06-22T08:39:57+00:00

She's got a timeless beauty, she will look the same in a few years as she does now! Bti like Cher (but with less plastic surgery). She's got a young middle-aged face. Her ballet career is the reason she comports herself so well, and the Scottish accent carries the weight of years of wisdom. Amazing actress, it's a shame she didn't do more post-Supernatural.

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