Protraph
Lack of good storyline.
Roxie
The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
jadavix
"Evil Dead Trap" is a notorious Japanese horror film known for its heavy violence. It's a uniquely grisly Eastern take on the slasher flick, with an ending that abandons that for Cronenberg-like body horror.Nami is a struggling reporter who gets a supposed "snuff film" in the mail. It features perhaps the most horrific eye-gouge I have ever seen in a movie. Fulci's "Zombi" has nothing on it. Nami, being perhaps not very bright, decides to gather her equally foolish team of helpers and check out the abandoned warehouse where the 'murder' was apparently filmed. There, in time-honored slasher film style, they decide to "split up and check it out", whereupon, yes, they begin getting picked off one by one, apparently by a masked assailant, though most of the deaths involve traps set beforehand.There are then some tedious, lengthy dialogue scenes and I admit I stopped really paying attention. None of the violence in the movie tops or even equals that opening eye-pop scene, and the movie takes a truly bizarre detour into the realm of body horror which made no sense to me. It left me wondering: is the bog standard slasher just too simplistic and dull for Japanese audiences? Is that why they felt they had to tack on the garbage at the end? What you end up with is a passable slasher which moves too late into weirdness and just loses the audience completely.
sevdah
... you mix some Japanese porn stars and acting that usually goes with this kind of cast , lousy script , semi - imbecile and imbecile dialog , about 30 000 000 logic holes in each 20 minutes of the movie , twice as much clichés , then throw in some gore , creepy locations , twists that become obvious a lot before they happen , and characters mainly consisting of an unbelievably stupid TV crew that behaves very illogically when confronted with danger represented in the killer who carries a homicidal fetus inside of his body that makes him slice people up for no clear reason ? You get " Evil dead trap " , of course . And a pleasure to endure it , if you want to . I wanted , because I've read some reviews that described the ending of this glorious piece of Japanese horror cinema as good , brilliant , shocking ... I kinda hoped that the ending will make it at least semi - worthwhile for me .Too bad it never happened .My impressions : poorly directed , irritating , cheap sounding soundtrack , silly editing , a lot sillier story , not to mention an abundance of details that are nothing short of amazingly stupid ( members of the TV crew react as if they want to die or at least get hurt ) ... What's so good about this film I really don't know . It seems to have some sort of cult status . The porn stars look good , but ... I think it's maybe better to see them in their adult movies . This one is more suitable - at least that's my opinion - for elementary school . Elementary school of making bad , nonsensical horror .Only reason why I'm giving this 2 out of 10 : weird , mildly creepy atmosphere and hot girls . Two positive thing about this slimy Japanese movie fetus that can kill you with the overdose of stereotypes . That's enough for 2 .
Demonic_Entity-1
Toshiharu Ikeda's violent 1988 slasher is an amazing film for those looking for gore. From the graphic killing in the opening to the bloody climax, this film entertains to no end. The camera work is similar to such luminaries as Sam Raimi and Lucio Fulci (It's all about the eye-gouging). With usage of colors and music similar to that of Dario Argento, Synapse Films has released a great DVD transfer of this film. So go out and grab it. Funny thing is, how I mentioned that the camera-work is similar to Sam Raimi's, who directed the fun, gore-packed romp, 'The Evil Dead (1981)'. And that this film is titled, 'Evil Dead Trap', coincidence? Who knows.
imanihill
First of all let me just say for all of the " Evil Dead " fans in the world that found this film a slap in the face. evil dead was what i like to say that" devilishly delirious " ,and i must say that it had just amount of gore into their film. even throughout 2 of the sequels.Now to the bad sickness of the filthy Japanese movie move known to the world called " Evil Dead Trap " or as i like to call it " DEADFULLY DISTURBING". If i've had to pay someone to delete every las sequel to this lack of acting but full on gore-than ....litterly. i will pay them mega buck.to beat the living daylights out of this director I'm going to impale that person to a chair just like in the film.now to the people who are thinking about seeing this film just because it cool looking, just say " NO" to this film.if i was you i would watch " Ich the killer" it's much better.
