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Traumatika

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A young boy's night terrors become reality when his mother begins showing signs of demonic possession. What he's about to experience will haunt him for the rest of his life and claim countless lives across generations.
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Traumatika offers stylish, dread-soaked horror with harrowing visuals and sound, but its scattered plotting can make it feel like a collage of nightmares rather than a fully formed narrative.

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Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting Sep 12, 2025
2/5
A few key performances bring the terror, as well as a very putrid horror scares, but the disjointed and incohesive Traumatika is never as controversial, purposeful, or as shocking as it posits. Go to Full Review
Matt Orozco Macabre Daily Jul 2, 2026
Although it struggles with a jarring mid-film pivot and managing tone between horror and dark comedy, it is effective and entertaining. And really, is that what we’re here for? Go to Full Review
Emilie Black Cinema Crazed Oct 9, 2025
Traumatika is a scary movie that will hit harder with casual horror watchers, for horror fans it will feel familiar and not all that scary. Go to Full Review
Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru Sep 22, 2025
A gritty, atmospheric and creepy psychological horror thriller with palpable scares. Go to Full Review
Abbie Bernstein Assignment X Sep 19, 2025
A movie about demonic possession that arguably has too much going on for its own good. Go to Full Review
Stephanie Malone Morbidly Beautiful Sep 15, 2025
2.5/5
Traumatika is bold, bleak, and brimming with potential—but it’s also one of the most frustrating horror films of the year. It begins with disturbing imagery and suffocating atmosphere, only to unravel into incoherence and shock-value storytelling. Go to Full Review
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Juandi Sep 16, 2025 This movie had a lot of potential. There are some good suspenseful moments here & there. The acting was mostly cringe & the script was borderline comedy but not intentionally. Very much a straight-to-redbox film. See more JAVIER Sep 15, 2025 It was not good the way it was shot it felt all over the place and cheesy See more Philip B @thetachi693 12 hrs ago This movie was some buttcheeks. Just bad. It had a non linear story line. The non significant characters won in the end. And so many pointless plot changes. It felt like a bad AHS episode. Wouldn’t recommend this to anyone. I feel like all this movie is good for is triggering those with SH issues or trauma from SA. The monster also looked dumb. Easily the worst I’ve seen in a minute. 🚮 See more TheMovieSearch R @TheMovieSearch 6 days ago Traumatika is one of those movies I’m actually glad I missed in theaters. It was only out for about a week, and after finally watching it at home for free, I can honestly say I would have been disappointed spending money to see this in a theater. Watching it at home was draining enough, so I can only imagine sitting through the entire thing in a theater. I didn’t find the movie creative in any meaningful way. The concept had potential, but it was never developed enough to make me care about where the story was going. The screenplay struggled throughout, and every time I tried to become invested, it felt like the movie was attempting to connect the pieces without really knowing how to put them together. Ultimately, Traumatika was a missed opportunity. I’m glad I didn’t waste my time or money seeing it in theaters, and I’m even happier that I waited until I could watch it for free at home. This is one movie where waiting was absolutely the right decision. See more JOSHUA K @defmagic Aug 7, 2026 I heard about *Traumatika* from social media and went in with one of two expectations: either it would be surprisingly artsy, clever, and good — or "so bad it’s good" and at least entertaining. Somehow, it was neither. They try way too hard to be serious instead of letting the characters act and speak naturally. The acting isn’t good, and the basic story structure and details often make no sense. It feels like someone wrote down ideas from their favorite horror movies and either used A.I. to build a generic demon story around them or just combined a bunch of bad ideas on no budget. If it had been fun or funny along with the "scary demon" story, it could’ve become a cult classic. Instead, I think it’ll disappear as something not even worth seeing once. I literally apologized to my friends and we stopped it 25 minutes in. Nobody seemed to fact-check the story, characters, or even how normal people interact — and I’m not talking about the supernatural stuff. See more Arthur R @RT88125953 Jul 26, 2026 Sporadic jump scares and a few decent performances are not enough to save this confused attempt at horror. Its not scary, in fact, its sometimes inadvertently funny, and it never quite lives up to its grand ambitions. I'd have preferred Amnesika See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A young boy's night terrors become reality when his mother begins showing signs of demonic possession. What he's about to experience will haunt him for the rest of his life and claim countless lives across generations.
Director
Pierre Tsigaridis
Producer
Pierre Tsigaridis, Maxime Rancon
Screenwriter
Pierre Tsigaridis, Maxime Rancon
Distributor
Saban Films
Production Co
The Rancon Company
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 12, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 7, 2025
Runtime
1h 21m
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