Steel Trap (2007)

Seven guests are invited to an after party on the abandoned floor of an office building, handpicked to play a series sadistic and deadly puzzles.

Director:

Luis Cámara

Writers:

Luis Cámara, Gabrielle Galanter

Stars:

Georgia Mackenzie, Mark Wilson, Pascal Langdale

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Georgia Mackenzie	...	Kathy
Mark Wilson	...	Wade
Pascal Langdale	...	Robert
Julia Ballard	...	Nicole
Joanna Bobin	...	Pamela
Annabelle Wallis	...	Melanie
Adam Rayner	...	Adam
Frank Maier	...	Number One Fan
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Svantje Wascher	...	Sarah

Storyline

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?

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Plot Keywords:

party | game | slasher flick | bound and gagged | sms | 

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Taglines:

Only One Can Survive

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and some drug use

Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 July 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Armadilha Nas Alturas

Filming Locations:

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Abnormal Pictures,K5 Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A full size dummy of Joanna Bobin was made for the sequence in which her character Pamela gets spun around on a giant wheel.

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Goofs

One of the "guests" at the second party on the 27st floor is Wade, the lead singer of the band at the main party upstairs. It is not believable that he would leave a paying gig with no incentive beyond a text message from an unknown sender.

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Quotes

Kathy: Today we have a very special show for you. It's a full menu of recipes for revenge. We begin with a pig appetiser. Take one schoolyard bully. You know the one, he chased you into the alley behind the butcher's shop, and pushed you into a dumpster full of rotting meat. Let him ripen into a misogynistic jerk, stab quickly, and hang to bleed. Serve with a side of party-crasher entrails. Now we're on to the first course. A little something I like to call the Two Faces of Bitch. You remember that ...

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Connections

References Dracula (1931)

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Soundtracks

Girls and Boys Come Out To Play
Performed by Gabrielle Galanter and Dirk K. van den Berg (as Dirk Van Den Berg)

User Reviews

A quite bad attempt at thriller/horror

I can watch almost all kinds of movies without any greater problems, but one of my pet peeves have always been poorly made horror movies. Some directors seem to think that this is the easiest genre out there, and that anyone can make a horror movie, but nothing could be further from the truth.

Steel Trap is yet another really poor attempt at making a buck of other peoples original ideas. At first, I thought this would be something of a Saw type of movie, but it is more like a straight forward slasher. Nothing new here.

The script and acting is OK at times, but those times are rare and really overshadowed by the sometimes down-right retarded decisions made by the characters. It's really not that difficult to attract say the police or fire department to a skyscraper in the middle of a large city.

If you're bored out of your skull, I suppose this movie is better than staring at the wall or re-arranging your sock drawer, but if you've got anything, and I do mean ANYTHING, better to do, I suggest you do that instead of watching Steel Trap.