After a young man gets separated from his friends while in the woods, he falls into a 10-foot deep pit of spikes, impaling him through the leg, and leaving him trapped. He quickly learns that his fall was not an accident.
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- ricomckeeJuly 18, 2026This was a surprisingly good movie. It did however continue with the trend of recent movies that had an odd reference to missing person's posters. It is somewhat low budget, it has a good storyline decent acting good special effects. It is true, however that there are some odd scenes in here yet these are easy to overlook for the action and especially the final battle scene give it a go.
- ርልዪረJuly 6, 2026What reminds me of a mix of wrong turn and the 2009 friday the 13th. A man called the hunter is stalking the forrest and brutally killing for what seems like no reason what so ever. As siblings Scotty and ash are about to find out after going on a camping trip with their friends. This was a pretty good thought out film. Pretty high on the gore level really. Acting really was not that bad all along its a pretty well made movie and a great horror one.
- jackmeatJuly 17, 2026My quick rating - 5.2/10. Pitfall wastes absolutely no time throwing people into holes. We kick things off with a woman and her daughter sprinting down a lonely forest road while an old pickup truck gives chase. The opening credits are still rolling when I spot Randy Couture in the cast, so naturally I'm expecting somebody to tap out. Mom and daughter duck into the woods, think they've finally escaped, and then a deer demonstrates why you should never trust random patches of forest floor. Straight into a spike pit it goes. If you suddenly had flashbacks to the old Pitfall! video game, you're not alone. Of course, the truck never actually left. Mom's exit from the movie is delivered with satisfying practical effects, and the daughter ends up trapped in the pit herself. Then we jump to daylight, where a completely different family is cruising along in an SUV, playing Never Have I Ever. You know you're watching a horror movie because they're smiling and having a good time. That's basically signing your own death warrant. Those same inconsiderate deer interrupt the road trip, and we meet Scott (Marshall Williams), who wakes from a nightmare revealing he was part of that opening family. He's now travelling with his sister Ashley (Alexandra Essoe) and their own families. Translation: the body count bus has officially arrived. From there, Pitfall settles comfortably into an old-school slasher groove. The killer isn't interested in sprinting after victims. They stalk slowly, methodically, and possess that familiar "you can knock me down but you certainly can't keep me there" durability that us horror fans know all too well. The effects are mostly a decent mix of practical gore with CGI blood. For the majority of the runtime, the digital enhancements don't really stand out in a bad way. Unfortunately, once the rain arrives, so does some CGI blood that looks like it snuck in from a much cheaper movie. It doesn't completely ruin the scene, but it definitely caught my attention. There is one extended dramatic sequence that had me scratching my head. Without spoiling anything, characters suddenly know a truck is coming and rush to get out of its way...despite having absolutely no logical reason to know it was approaching. Maybe someone unlocked horror movie clairvoyance for thirty seconds. It felt like the script needed the moment more than the story did. There is a little sting at the end of Pitfall that can either serve as a last scare or as a hint for making a sequel out of it, whatever director James Kondelik decides to do. At the end of the day, Pitfall isn't reinventing the slasher genre, but that doesn't mean it is a bad flick. It delivers traps, spikes, a persistent killer, ample gore for us horror fans, and just enough goofy moments. It's the kind of movie where you stop questioning why people keep wandering into obvious danger and instead follow right behind.
- God_wulfJuly 15, 2026The best comedy I've seen in a minute
- gforce24July 10, 2026The kills are what save this movie to much unnecessary family drama & some of the stuff at the beginning with the little girl. I’m still lost with some scenes of her don’t know how she fits in to all that between flashbacks in the movie.
- AndyJuly 6, 2026A competent slasher
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Pitfall was released on May 29, 2025.
Pitfall was directed by James Kondelik.
Pitfall has a runtime of 1h 48m.
Pitfall was produced by Alex Bogomolov.
After a young man gets separated from his friends while in the woods, he falls into a 10-foot deep pit of spikes, impaling him through the leg, and leaving him trapped. He quickly learns that his fall was not an accident.
The key characters in Pitfall are Scott Williams (Marshall Williams), Ashley Williams (Alex Essoe), Lars (Richard Harmon).
Pitfall is rated R.
Pitfall is a Horror, Thriller, Action film.
Pitfall has an audience rating of 7.2 out of 10.