Horror Weekly News: M. Night Shyamalan sets a TRAP

The trap is set. But will it work?

M. Night Shyamalan writes and directs the next horror feature of this year. After serving as producer to his daughter’s directorial debut THE WATCHERS, he will also produce this year’s surprise entry in the horror line-up.

Starring Josh Hartnett, the movie centers on a father and daughter attending a pop star concert where the father soon learns that this is no ordinary event but a ruse to trap a serial killer.

In the trailer for TRAP, we see Josh Hartnett playing the father, Cooper, and Ariel Donoghue playing the daughter called Riley.

Riley is dying to see her idol Lady Raven in action and like a good father, Cooper makes his daughter’s wish comes true.

At the concert, Riley is having fun when Cooper excuses himself to use the washroom. On the way out of the hall, he notices a lot of police officers stationed at the exits and more setting up cameras.

Cooper asks a staff member, Jamie about what is going on. Jamie, who probably has never kept a secret in his life, blabbers that the serial killer, The Butcher, is presumably attending the concert and the police have set up a trap to capture him.

Cooper is stunned and you imagine it is because he is concerned for his daughter being in a dangerous situation. But then we see him find a private place and checking out his security cameras.

It is then revealed that he is actually checking out a footage from his basement where a man is seen all tied up and crying. A creepy smile appears on Cooper’s face.

He is The Butcher!

So we know what the movie is and what the twist is. Is that all there is to this movie?

Probably not.

Since M. Night Shyamalan is known to deliver the most surprising twists, chances are that the clues were all there in the trailer but we were all side-lined by Cooper’s reveal as a serial killer.

Could it be that he isn’t the serial killer? Could it be Riley instead?

It will be difficult to guess the twist until we watch the movie.

The movie also stars Hayley Mills, Jonathan Langdon, and Saleka Shyamalan.

Trap releases on August 9th.

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