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Evil Dead Trap

Evil Dead Trap

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Evil Dead Trap

"Pure terror!"

1988

1h 40m

6.0(100 votes)

Horror

Thriller

Overview

A talk show hostess takes a camera crew out to an abandoned factory to investigate a purported snuff film that was made there. As she gets closer to the truth, she and her friends are subjected to a brutal nightmare.

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Production Companies

Japan Home Video

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Miyuki Ono

Miyuki Ono

Nami Tsuchiya

Yūji Honma

Daisuke Muraki

Hitomi Kobayashi

Hitomi Kobayashi

Rei Sugiura

Eriko Nakagawa

Eriko Nakagawa

Rya Kawamura

Aya Katsuragi

Aya Katsuragi

Masako Abe

Masahiko Abe

Akio Kondo

Hiroshi Shimizu

Hiroshi Shimizu

Middle-aged Man

Yûko Suwano

Time Keeper

Kyoko Hashimoto

Kyoko Hashimoto

Young Woman

Yūko Maehara

Yūko Maehara

Creative team

Directed by: Toshiharu Ikeda
Written by: Takashi Ishii
Produced by: Satoshi Jinno
Michio Ôtsuka

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