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Pitfall

Play trailer Poster for Pitfall May 2026 1h 48m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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After a young man gets separated from his friends in the woods, he falls in to a 10 foot deep pit of spikes, impaling him through his leg and leaving him trapped. He quickly learns that his fall was not an accident.
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Phil Hoad Guardian Jun 23, 2026
2/5
It’s like the Scary Movie franchise did a splatterhouse Last of the Mohicans skit. Go to Full Review
Brett Arnold At the Movies Again Sep 1, 2026
This movie has an awesome premise...instead, it's about all the characters emotional backstories that don't matter Go to Full Review
Mikkel Frederiksen Film Threat Jul 10, 2026
8/10
Pitfall knows how to do one thing, and it does it well: letting you watch a psycho killer play whack-a-mole with hapless victims using an arsenal of sharp things. Go to Full Review
Matt Glasby Radio Times Jul 10, 2026
2/5
Cutting away from the action back to Scott's plight gets tiresome, the characters are annoying, and the siblings' long-simmering resentment is so clunkily explained you might find yourself cheering for the bad guy. Go to Full Review
Matt Orozco Macabre Daily Jul 2, 2026
"Pitfall" is your new favorite outdoor slasher film! Go to Full Review
Mark Dujsik Mark Reviews Movies Jun 30, 2026
1.5/4
[T]here are hints at the cat-and-mouse game the plot could have been. What we get instead, though, is mostly unconvincing and dull. Go to Full Review
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KK Jun 5, 2026 Based on RT reviews, I decided to check this one out. While okay, all these 4 and 5-star ratings are unwarranted. This was an average slasher thriller, at best. There is some weak cgi. Yuck! While the premise is engaging, the execution of it entirely is muddled. I did appreciate the characters, along with the acting from them. The antagonist (Randy Couture) says little and instead huffs, grunts and trods throughout, which quickly became tiresome to me. Normally, I like the bad guys (I’m weird lol), but this one I wanted vanquished asap. Collider called it Michael Myers with a bow & arrow—that’s certainly laughable!! No it’s a low-budget movie with cheap jump scares, crappy music ambience and an annoying forest rampager. The movie is littered with nonsensical situations and solutions—especially in the 3rd part. For me, the acting is what saved this movie from being a total disaster—especially Lars. Well done Lars! But everything else, including the incessant whining and depression, only became more grating as time went on. And the truck, how many times are you going to show snippets of the truck!?!? It’s ridiculous. But it’s not the worst movie I’ve seen this year. Still, stay away! See more Tom May 30, 2026 Awesome early summer survival horror jam See more Eric H @RT68000973 6 days ago Should be a three, but anything with Richard Harmon automatically adds a star. The actors gave it their all, and I understood what the story was going for, but it just took way too long to get there. I did appreciate that it veered away from the slasher cliche of just killing for the kill & then moving on to the next kill & the next kill, and…. See more Jay L @Jay.Livin Sep 24, 2026 Starts off pretty good with the opening scene and gives you some backstory with a glimpse into the friend groups dynamic. Some of the special effects are kind of bad at times but still good overall. Although I would’ve liked to see more fight/action scenes with the main group of friends and the guy hunting them this is a great movie I’d definitely recommend it. See more B P @Bradster69 Sep 22, 2026 Not Bad, but Not My Favorite See more Tim B @SlimTim0707 Sep 21, 2026 From the opening scene, Pitfall is a good example of how not to make a horror film. It starts by showing us characters in danger, surely at the end of their rope, and some generic, menacing redneck who has finally come face to face with them after relentlessly stalking them. From this point forward, the movie cannot effectively rachet up any tension because it's already revealed to us the exact nature of the danger. Regardless, Pitfall's characters do not inspire us to care either way. You could easily insert Pitfall in as one of the forgettable Wrong Turn sequels. This movie brings nothing unique to the genre, and is poorly crafted. It even lacks atmosphere, as the lighting in scenes look more like a film set, than a claustrophobic, mysterious forest. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis After a young man gets separated from his friends in the woods, he falls in to a 10 foot deep pit of spikes, impaling him through his leg and leaving him trapped. He quickly learns that his fall was not an accident.
Director
James Kondelik
Producer
Wai Sun Cheng, Alex Bogomolov
Screenwriter
James Kondelik, Victor Rose
Distributor
Cineverse
Production Co
Dragon Bear Production, Pandapix
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 29, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 30, 2026
Runtime
1h 48m
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