Evil Dead Trap (1988)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1988 Wide

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Toshiharu Ikeda directed this provocative horror film which spawned two sequels. Miyuki Ono stars as Nami, a talk-show hostess who receives a grotesque snuff video in the mail. She is outraged as she sees a young woman horribly murdered on the tape, complete with a truly foul sequence in which a blade is graphically plunged into the victim's eyeball. With her crew, Nami decides to track down the killer, leading her to an abandoned factory where her crew is repulsively slaughtered one by one. The

Unrated, 1 hr. 42 min.

Action & Adventure, Horror, Art House & International

Directed By: Toshiharu Ikeda

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1988 Wide

On DVD: Nov 7, 2000

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The first hour has a grim and gritty anti-charm that's quite devilishly entertaining. And then the wheels kinda come off.

March 29, 2006 Full Review Source: Horror.com

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Scott Weinberg

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Quite simply one of the best genre films to come out of Japan

January 31, 2003 Full Review Source: Sex Gore Mutants

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Alan Simpson

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Gory fun! It's anime done live.

June 6, 2007

A.D. Villarreal

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I've had quite the time with this one. When I first saw this I hated it ("This is nothing like Evil Dead!") but I keep returning to it like an abused spouse. Now, I quite like it. A lot actually. It's a bizarre film that rarely makes logical sense, but if you let yourself get into it, it can be a hell of a lot of

September 11, 2008