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Evil Dead Trap

Original title: Shiryô no wana
  • 19881988
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 42m
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6.2/10
3.2K
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Miyuki Ono in Evil Dead Trap (1988)
A late night TV presenter receives a snuff tape, in which a woman is brutally killed. She decides to take a crew out to a location indicated in the tape, but only death and despair await them.
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A late night TV presenter receives a snuff tape, in which a woman is brutally killed. She decides to take a crew out to a location indicated in the tape, but only death and despair await the... Read allA late night TV presenter receives a snuff tape, in which a woman is brutally killed. She decides to take a crew out to a location indicated in the tape, but only death and despair await them.A late night TV presenter receives a snuff tape, in which a woman is brutally killed. She decides to take a crew out to a location indicated in the tape, but only death and despair await them.
IMDb RATING
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3.2K
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    • Toshiharu Ikeda
    • Takashi Ishii
  • Stars
    • Miyuki Ono
    • Aya Katsuragi
    • Hitomi Kobayashi
    • Toshiharu Ikeda
    • Takashi Ishii
  • Stars
    • Miyuki Ono
    • Aya Katsuragi
    • Hitomi Kobayashi
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    • 73User reviews
    • 69Critic reviews
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    Miyuki Ono
    • Nami Tsuchiya
    Aya Katsuragi
    • Masako Abe
    Hitomi Kobayashi
    • Rei Sugiura
    Eriko Nakagawa
    • Rie Kawamura
    Masahiko Abe
    • Akio Kondô
    Hiroshi Shimizu
    Kyôko Hashimoto
    Yûko Maehara
    Yûko Suwano
    Mari Shimizu
    • Hideki
    • (voice)
    Noboru Mitani
    • Detective
    Terumi Niki
    • Haha no Koe
    • (voice)
    Shinsuke Shimada
    • TV Producer
    Yûji Honma
    • Daisuke Muraki
      • Toshiharu Ikeda
      • Takashi Ishii
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    • Trivia
      Japanese porn stars were used in the filming of this movie.
    • Goofs
      When the blade swings down into the side of Mako's face, the blood clearly flows down from the top of the blade, and not from her face.
    • Alternate versions
      UK version is cut by 8 seconds to remove closeup shots of a crucified woman's breasts being cut with a knife.
    • Connections
      Followed by Evil Dead Trap 2 (1992)

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    Great premise, superb horror film
    Without a doubt, "Evil Dead Trap" ranks amongst my favourite Asian horror titles. Last night, I decided to give my treasured Synapse disc another whirl. It had been a good while since I last watched the film - would it still hit the mark with repeated viewing? The answer is an emphatic "Yes." There's been a lot of references to Argento and Fulci when people come to write about "Evil Dead Trap". It's not difficult to understand why. The film features impressively violent set pieces like the Italian masters, has a Goblinesque soundtrack and has a vivid use of colours like "Suspiria" or "Inferno". It's simply a delight to watch. Although the soundtrack is compromised (mono only), it's a good one and its repetitive nature will ensure it lingers in the subconscious after you've turned the television off.

    I love the whole premise of the film. A female reporter on a late night television show is sent a gruesome video featuring the bloody dispatch of a young woman who looks the spitting image of her. Hooked by curiosity (Is it an elaborate practical joke? Is it a snuff movie?), the reporter and her colleagues set out to investigate the tape, following deliberate directions left on the video itself. The path leads to a deserted factory and that's where the fun starts.

    The film is gripping stuff. It's simple and delivers its shocks efficiently (like a bizarre "Friday the 13th" film). In the last 20 minutes of the film, the weird switch is turned up a notch and we enter a Cronenberg-like state of affairs. Curiously, the first time I watched "Evil Dead Trap", I felt the film lost its impact towards the later stages. Watching it again in the early hours of this morning, I've changed my mind. The film works really well as a whole. It's a journey from the logic and organisation of a television company to the strange nightmare world we find ourselves in before the credits have rolled.

    In terms of acting, the performances are excellent. I've read that Asian softcore porn actresses were cast in some of the roles which might explain some of the scenes (including a protracted and unpleasant rape sequence). The central character, Nami, played by Miyuki Ono is believable and someone you root for. As in the majority of Asian movies, the ladies are easy on the eye.

    This is probably the perfect introduction to Asian cinema as it's atmospheric, gory (some of the traps are executed so fast that you don't see them coming and the outcome will satisfy most gorehounds), has a decent soundtrack and a few scenes of "t & a". It also has an eyeball abuse scene that I believe tops the one in Fulci's "Zombi 2".

    Excellent.
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      • May 14, 1988 (Japan)
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      • Japan Home Video (JHV)
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    • 1 hour 42 minutes
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