Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: UN-1122
- Format: Blu-ray
- UPC: 760137618980
- Street Date: 08/24/21
- PreBook Date: 07/20/21
- Label: Unearthed Films »
- Genre: Horror
- Run Time: 102:00 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 1988
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: NORTH AMERICA
- Language: Japanese
Cast & Crew
- Director: Toshiharu Ikeda
- Director: Toshiharu Ikeda
Product Assets
Evil Dead Trap
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A TV station employee takes a camera crew out to an abandoned factory to investigate a purported snuff film that was made there, only to end up running for her life. Nami hosts a late night home video program. She receives a tape which appears to be a real snuff film. She and her crew investigate the location where she meets a man looking for his brother who warns her to stay away. As she gets closer to the truth, she and her friends are subjected to a brutal nightmare.
Media
Bonus Materials
- Audio Commentary with Director Toshiharu Ikeda and SPFX Manager Shinichi Wakasa
- Audio Commentary by filmmaker Kurando Mitsutake (KARATE KILL, GUN WOMAN)
- Audio Commentary with James Mudge of easternKicks
- Trappings of the Dead - Reflecting on a Japanese Cult Classic
- Storyboards
- Behind the Scenes Stills
- Promotional Artwork
- Trailer
Sales Points
- Brand new 4K scan and restoration for Blu-ray (first time on the format)!
- 'Evil Dead Trap' received positive reviews from critics, with praise highlighting the film's mixing of giallo and slasher film genres, cinematography, and special effects!
- Special effects created by Shinichi Wakasa who would go on to a career as a monster-suit maker for several Godzilla films.
- 'Evil Dead Trap' was released theatrically in Japan as 'Shiryō no wana' (死霊の罠) on May 14, 1988 and it was later released in Japan on VHS on September 25, 1988.
- Classic 1988 Japanese slasher film directed by Toshiharu Ikeda (Mermaid Legend) and originally produced by Japan Home Video.
Press Quotes
Fun and well crafted!
—John Condit, Dread Central
FOUR STARS [out of five]... an effective and bloody slasher.
—Mark Dinning, Empire Magazine
FOUR STARS [out of four]... The best of contemporary J-Horror cinema... [Dario] Argento's films are an obvious inspiration
—Thomas and Yuko Weisser, Japanese Cinema: Essential Handbook
