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Usually, when it comes to M. Night Shyamalan’s movies, fans have to wait until the very end to figure out the twist. But this time it felt rather easy for netizens, as they seem to have cracked the code to his upcoming movieTrap. Starring Josh Hartnett in the lead role, the film recently dropped its first trailer at CinemaCon 2024, when people started pointing out the twist in the story.
The trailer showed Josh Hartnett and his teen daughter attending a concert when things start getting strange as the event turns out to be a setup to catch a serial killer on the loose named The Butcher. But shockingly, the trailer ended with a revelation that implied Hartnett was the serial killer. Considering how M. Night Shyamalan gave out the suspense himself, fans deduced the real twist in the story.
Josh Hartnett Starring in M. Night Shyamalan’sTrap
From the man behindThe Sixth SenseandUnbreakable, there came a trailer for a new thriller at CinemaCon 2024. Offering thefirst look atTrap, starring Josh Hartnett, M. Night Shyamalan stunned fans once again with his epic project. Hitting theaters on August 9, the brand-new film marked a new twist unlike Shyamalan’s other movies, since the director seemingly revealed a major plot point.
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Crafted along with his daughter Saleka,M. Night Shyamalan’sTraptrailer opened with a father (Josh Hartnett) taking his young daughter to a concert, where things get strange all of a sudden. Shockingly the concert turned out to be bait to catch a serial killer at loose named The Butcher. Now this is already a tense situation, and the director makes it even more suspenseful by dropping hints that implied Hartnett was the killer.
The revelation comes as we see Josh Hartnett going to the bathroom and opening his phone, to a live stream of a bound and gagged man. Not a subtle hint, but a bang in the face implied that the father (Hartnett), is The Butcher. But wait, did M. Night Shyamalan really drop such a major spoiler in the trailer, or there’s more to the story? It certainly seems a bit impractical to reveal the killer in the trailer itself. Or is it a way of tickling viewers’ curiosity and creating further suspense?
Fans Figured Out the Real Twist in the Upcoming Thriller
The bizarre revelations in the trailer suggesting Josh Hartnett as the killer seemed a bit off to even the most casual moviegoer. People therefore realized how M. Night Shyamalan used a buzz kill as a way of creating further suspense. But it took true fans, who are accustomed to Shyamalan’s projects, to seemingly crack the code to the plot.
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Taking toX, fans pointed out a major revelation that seems like the real twist in the movie. A user named Zack Cherry posted the twist to the storyline, as they pointed out thatJosh Hartnettisn’t the killer, instead he’s trying to protect The Butcher, who is actually his daughter. Speculating the plot twist considering M. Night Shyamalan’s twisted films, Cherry seemingly figured out the reality.
Calling it now. The real twist is that the daughter is actually the butcher, and Josh is just being a protective father.https://t.co/fZ7gM5b8YD
— 𝙕𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙮 (@ZackCherry8)July 28, 2025
That’s what the trailer is suggesting. But knowing shyamalan, the twist is that the daughter is some demon spawn who needs to feed on human flesh.
Joke is she’s the lure and he’s the gutter. Hannibal 101 but that would be too obvious wouldn’t it?! 💛 I’m exited tho. Looks great!
— 🦄Kelly Kelley🎮 (@MrsViolence)June 05, 2025
Cherry disclosed how the filmmaker tried using the trailer to suggest that Josh Hartnett was The Butcher, but knowing Shyamalan, the twist seems pretty clear that the “daughter is some demon spawn who needs to feed on human flesh”. If Zack Cherry’s deduction turns out to be true, then the director might need to work a bit more hand in his next project, so as to make it impossible to decode.
Traphits the theatre on July 02, 2025
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