Evil Dead Trap (1988)

A Japanese news crew follows a lead to an abandoned warehouse, where they are ensnared by a twisted killer and brutally dispatched. EVIL DEAD TRAP is a fun Japanese throwback to Argento and Fulci, with a ton of extreme gore, a demented killer, and an electric score reminiscent of Goblin. The film serves as a precursor to the so-called torture-porn Horror films like SAW that glorify sickly tortures in full view. While some of the deaths are entirely implausible, each of them are brutal, bloody, and imaginative. The dilapidated building serves as a labyrinthine location filled with traps and natural disasters awaiting the crew, while providing the killer with ample places to jump out and surprise the audience. In one particularly frightening sequence, the killer stalks one victim in a strobe effect created by a flashing camera, while in another a dark form quickly approaches the crew on rollers until it comes close enough for them to realize that it is their friend strung from a meat hook, gutted. Unfortunately, most of the characters are killed very early on, which dramatically reduces the pace and suspense of the remaining screen time, but the horror doesn't end with the murders.. EVIL DEAD TRAP is a refreshing change from the typical ghost films Japan has recently become known for, and includes several gore scenes that are sure to shake even the hardest genre fan!

Rating: 7/10.
Gore: 8/10.
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