Steel Trap

Name: Steel Trap
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 2007-11-07
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 1
Cast: Julia Ballard, Mark Wilson, Georgia Mackenzie, Svantje Wascher, Frank Maier

Surviving Each Floor Is The Name Of The Game.

Rating

1.0 (1)

Release Date

11/7/2007

Runtime

89 mins

Genres

Horror Thriller

Overview

A who-is-it setting in the claustrophobic corridors of an abandoned and locked-off office building that has several guests invited to a party by their mysterious, unknown host. Only it is they who are the victims of their crimes. Suspense and mistrust are not the only stalker in this cat and mouse game of wits and fear. Who is the stalker? Why is he killing? And what is it exactly that everyone here has in common?

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

Revenue

Homepage

How It Feels

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A locked-room thriller where strangers trapped in an abandoned office building must unravel who among them is killing them off, and what dark past they all share. Suspicion and betrayal mount with each floor, each reveal.

Mood

TenseParanoidUnsettlingClaustrophobic

Themes

RevengeJusticeSurvival

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Brisk

Look

HandheldHigh-contrast

Structure

Single location

Heads up

Graphic violence

Pascal Langdale

Robert

Georgia Mackenzie

Kathy

Julia Ballard

Nicole

Joanna Bobin

Pamela

Annabelle Wallis

Melanie

Adam Rayner

Adam

Mark Wilson

Wade

Svantje Wascher

Frank Maier

Reviews

brett

Aug 9, 2026

After the success of Saw, many films tried to recreate that film's magic, but failed miserably. Case in point: Steel Trap.
While at a party, a handful of people receive text messages to join a private party on a different floor. Upon arriving, this newly-decorated (party style) floor offers anything but fun. Instead, this group must solve a few puzzles to stay alive. When they're slowly killed off one by one in not-so-creative ways, even when the "traps" are right in front of them, the guessing games begin as to who is behind this and how are they connected (which they immediately forget to try and figure out). Not only were the characters boring, but they were pathetically rude to one another and refused to work together. Upon the reveal, you expect some lavish excuse for this whole setup, but receive one of the most pathetic excuses, one that could've been solved without this whole thing, and then life carries on.
Don't get trapped into watching this mess.
Film setup: I watched this film on Tubi with my LG OLED G6 TV in Filmmaker Mode in Perfect Black. As much as that helped, it can't give me back the 89 minutes I wasted watching this.