Trapped Ashes (2006)

Seven strangers on a Hollywood movie studio tour are trapped inside an infamous House of Horror and forced to tell their most terrifying stories to get out alive.

Directors:

Sean S. Cunningham, Joe Dante,

Writer:

Dennis Bartok

Stars:

Jayce Bartok, Henry Gibson, Lara Harris

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jayce Bartok	...	Andy (story segments "Wraparound")
Henry Gibson	...	Tour Guide (story segments "Wraparound")
Lara Harris	...	Julia (story segments "Wraparound")
Scott Lowell	...	Henry (story segments "Wraparound")
Dick Miller	...	Max (story segments "Wraparound")
Michèle-Barbara Pelletier	...	Nathalie (story segments "Wraparound") / Martine (segment "My Twin, The Worm") (as Michele-Barbara Pelletier)
John Saxon	...	Leo (story segments "Stanley's Girlfriend")
Rachel Veltri	...	Phoebe (segment "The Girl with Golden Breasts")
Richard Ian Cox	...	Doug (segment "The Girl with Golden Breasts")
Glynis Davies	...	Nurse (segment "The Girl with Golden Breasts")
Scott Heindl	...	Zack (segment "The Girl with Golden Breasts")
Rob deLeeuw	...	Ben (segment "The Girl with Golden Breasts") (as Rob De Leeuw)
Mina E. Mina	...	Dr. Judith (segment "The Girl with Golden Breasts")
Winston Rekert	...	Dr. Larry (segment "The Girl with Golden Breasts")
Ken Russell	...	Dr. Lucy (segment "The Girl with Golden Breasts")

Storyline

The actress Phoebe Kane and her boyfriend Andy, the architect Henry and his wife Julia, the former director Leo and Nathalie receive an invitation for a VIP Tour in the Ultra Studios. When they see the spooky house where the missing director Desmond Hacker filmed "Hysteria", they ask their tour guide to stop the car to visit the infamous house. In a moment, they find that they are trapped in a room without any exit and the guide suggests them to tell the scariest experience of each one like in "Hysteria". Each one tells a spooky tale until they finally discover the end of their stories.

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Plot Keywords:

tour guide | tapeworm | breast implant | anthology | suicide | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, nudity, violence, disturbing images and language

Details

Country:

USA Japan

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 July 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Armadilha do Terror

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Independent Film Fund, Cinema Investment, Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the first sequence, where the girl is about to have surgery, they hold the gas mask several inches from her face and never place it against her face.

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Connections

References Paths of Glory (1957)

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Soundtracks

"Thoughts When Pt. II"
Richard White: Piano/Composer
Charlton Singleton: Trumpet/Composer
Produced by : Ian Wheeler
©2006

User Reviews

I want the old me back without these bloodsucking tits you gave me.

A group gets trapped in a movie set and the tour guide (Henry Gibson) suggests they tell real-life horror stories and they may be let go.

In the first segment, Phoebe (Rachel Veltri) can't get any parts and figures she needs a boob job. She gets boob implants from a cadaver and gets sci-fi parts immediately. But, those boobs have a mind of their own. In a twist on Teeth, there are teeth in the nipples! In segment two, Julia (Lara Harris) goes on a trip to Japan with her husband Henry (Scott Lowell). Sean S. Cunningham (Friday the 13th) directs this segment which combines art, animation and reality in a really creepy ghost story. Henry was hoping to put some spark back in their sex life, but it was Julia that got the spark in this tale of necrophilia.

Monte Hellman, who shot some of the footage seen in the US in A Fistful of Dollars, directed the third segment, which focused on movies. John Saxon (From Dusk Till Dawn, Beverly Hills Cop III) becomes friends with Stanley (Tygh Runyan), and things went well until Nina (Amelia Cooke) shows up. This story has an interesting twist, but that comes at the end.

Visual effects supervisor John Gaeta gets his first directing job in the fourth segment. It was really a grotesque tale about a girl (Michèle-Barbara Pelletier) who was born with a worm. They couldn't kill the tapeworm in her mother without killing her also, so they grew inside together. Thing is, the worm never died, and it helped her when she needed it most - it was her twin after all.

Really great stories, but the ending was weird.