Evil dead trap 1988 nami miyuki ono is the anchor for a latenight tv show who invites her viewers those who cant sleep to send her their home videos. For the first time in north america, the terrible truth is revealed in hideki evil dead trap 2. Once it gets going, its not bad, though ihave to say that this is one of those cases, like most of the unsanctioned emmanuelle movies, where i get the feeling the title was tacked on just to play on the success of the first film, and i find that kind of. Two complete films on two dvds evil dead trap 1988 and evil dead trap 2. Evil dead trap dvd, 2000, letterboxed for sale online ebay. Hashimoto has also done a very good job at creating a film full of unstable. They are pawns in a game being played by forces beyond their understanding. Nearly forty years later, the cult 80s horror classic remains an enthusiastic funhouse thrill ride that delivers frightening scares along with the com. Evil dead trap, known in japan as shiryo no wana, is a 1988 japanese exploitation slasher film directed by toshiharu ikeda and produced by. This story focuses on aki shoko nakajima, an overweight and shy young woman who works as a projectionist in a movie theater. Overview sam raimi made his feature film debut with 1981s the evil dead about a small group of college friends inadvertently awakening a faction of malevolent demons.
The last 1520 minutes were the best part though, because it wasnt as boring as the rest of the film. A few nice touches do spice up the experience, but weve seen most of these tricks before. Apr 24, 2017 soundtrack of izo hashimotos evil dead trap 2. Evil dead trap 2 is a sequel in name only, baring hardly any resemblance to the first film. Evil dead ii also known in publicity materials as evil dead 2. 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 victims. Ah, the precious ending where so much is at stake when. Sep 27, 2005 fans who already got anchor bays earlier edition of evil dead 2 will see too many of the extras as merely recycled, but, one way or another, this is a snazzy package. Most of that is thanks to special effects maestro shinichi wakasa, whose most recent work can be seen in godzilla 2000.
At the beginning it isnt clear what the hell is going on. The film continues to entertain viewers since its debut in 1987, thanks to the success of the original 1981 film. Having a portly, hanging faced outcast was a great idea, but it is a film full of ideas illexecuted. Toshiharu ikeda directed this provocative horror film which spawned two sequels.
A slick, stylish mindfuck of a slasher, evil dead trap has sharp editing that gives the film its own identity. Shino ikenami costars in this gory and absorbing horror film with its share of odd surprises. In 1979, a bunch of kids got together in a cabin in tennessee and made a film with a standard bmovie plot. While fans wont be able to enjoy this bizarre film on the big screen, it will be available on dvd april. As gruesome as so much of the film is, the evil dead successfully generates looming dread before so much as a single drop of blood is spilled. Dead by dawn is a 1987 american comedy horror film directed by sam raimi, and a parody sequel to the horror film the evil dead 1981. Perhaps driven by insanity from a former abortion she goes on a killing spree, gutting women and removing their stomaches. Hideki 1992 07111992 jp horror, thriller 1h 37m user score. Evil dead trap 1988 i first came across evil dead trap back in 2010 while i was researching sam raimis soon to be remade seminal classic the evil dead. Evil dead trap 2 tries to pick up that tone, but never gets going in the way that i would have like seeing it. Great savings free delivery collection on many items. My editing for a trailer of the original evil dead movie, one of the best horror movies of all times. Wanting to uncover the perpetrator herself, nami grabs her.
The style of the first movie was kinda missing and the whole was more on a sexual oriented level. The thing starts out with the flimsiest of premises, and then runs around in circles for an hour before crashing back to earth with one of. Movies like evil dead trap 2 if you like evil dead trap 2 you are looking for scary, serious and realistic movies about with prostitute, serial killer, pregnancy, crimes, ghost, supernatural and psychopath themes of drama, horror and mystery genre shot in japan. Evil dead trap 2 us release ntsc all region diabolikdvd.
She receives a tape which appears to be a real snuff film. Eventually, whilst it feels like half the film is in a complete struggle with finding its own tone, evil dead trap does eventually have reward. The original evil dead trap was definitely an oddball japanese horror film if id ever seen. So there is some style in evil dead trap 2, but the film never develops its own brand of visual presence. Full of gorgeous images that belie its cheapie sequelinnameonly status. Vhs video tape the evil dead 1980s palace horror film classic cult horor movie. Evil dead trap 2 1991 uhm uhm upcominghorrormovies. As far as scares and brutal moments, this movie had a lot of both, but when stacked up against the original, as well as other recent asian genre. Wanting to uncover the perpetrator herself, nami grabs her coworkersfriends to the abandoned factory where. There are some effects in this film that are just completely shocking. Written by raimi and scott spiegel, evil dead ii was produced by robert tapert and stars bruce campbell as ash williams, who vacations with his girlfriend to a remote cabin in the woods. With miyuki ono, aya katsuragi, hitomi kobayashi, eriko nakagawa. Evil dead trap is a freaky little film, and what makes it so freaky is all the nifty detail. This surrealistic sequel to shiryo no wana 1988 deals with an overweight girl named aki shouko nakajima who.
Stream evil dead trap streaming complet gratuit vf. It begins as a bit of an exploitation flick as the tv crew investigate the snuff movie sent into the tv station, it then almost becomes a slasher as one by one the camera crew succumb to the evil death traps in the abandoned warehouse. Following raymonds accidental unleashing of the kandarian demon in the woods after his discovery of the necronomicon exmortis, the cabin was the. Trap of the dead spirits is a 1988 japanese horror film directed by toshiharu ikeda and produced by japan home video. A female projectionist suddenly comes to the selfrealization that she just in fact may be a serial killer responsible for brutally murdering everyone around her.
If the first film was an homage to the films of dario argento, this one owes everything to jorg buttgereit. Evil dead trap 2 comes to dvd from unearthed films. Aki, une jeune femme projectionniste obese, est hantee par les apparitions dun jeune garcon. Evil dead trap 2 on dvd 022890496 from music video distributors. 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 victims eyeball. Trailer music extended sebastian bohm arrangement duration. Evil dead trap, originally known in japan as shiryo no wana. Miyuki ono stars as nami, a talkshow hostess who receives a grotesque snuff video in the mail. The thing starts out with the flimsiest of premises, and then runs around in circles for an hour before crashing back to earth with one of the goofiest finales ive ever seen. Evil dead trap is a 1988 japanese horror film directed by toshiharu ikeda and produced by japan home video. 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 when a small, fetuslike creature murders her crew. Evil dead trap 1988 a talkshow hostess miyuki ono and her crew investigate when she receives a graphic snuff video. Evil dead trap is not a movie founded in original ideas at all.
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. She teases her audience with theyre not very good until one tape gives her pause. After discovering an audiotape left by a college professor that contains voices reading from the book of the dead, ashs girlfriend linda denise bixler becomes possessed by evil spirits that are awakened by. She and her crew investigate the location where she meets a man looking for his brother who warns her to stay away. This is a much more artistic and abstract endeavour whereas the previous instalment was much more commercially acceptable within the horror arena. Hideki has very little to do with it predecessor apart from the occasional appearance of the now older hideki the exconjoined tormentor revealed in the final section of evil dead trap. At least according to the evil dead companion, raimi and company composed for an aspect ratio of 1. Here comes the flying eyeball, campbell jokes on the audio track, setting the relaxed, infectious tone of the group commentary with raimi, cowriter scott spiegel, and.
This was in preparation for the writing of the evil dead 1981. With shoko nakajima, rie kondoh, shiro sano, shino ikenami. Hideki original title 1h 37min drama, horror, mystery 11 july 1992 japan a female projectionist suddenly comes to the selfrealization that she just in fact may be a serial killer responsible for brutally murdering everyone around her. Ah, the precious ending where so much is at stake when it comes to. Hideki 1991 evil dead trap is the best of the contemporary japanese horror films japanese cinema encyclopedia.
Jon condit from dread central awarded the film a score of 35, writing, evil dead trap is a fun and well crafted movie, but its enjoyability yes it is a word in my dictionary is seriously damaged toward the end. There is none of the kinetic energy present in the first film. Apr 17, 2014 evil dead trap 2 works as a standalone film but is not really comparable to the first. The cabin, as seen from behind lindas grave in evil dead ii the knowby cabin often shortened to the cabin, and the property surrounding it, was located in the state of michigan, and was owned by professor raymond knowby and his family. W here the original evil dead was a juggling act of film school antics and genuinely evocative creepiness, sam raimis sequelremake is fullon gore slapstick, more tex avery than dario argento. Its surprising there are hiccups at first especially as the screenwriter is takashi ishii, a screenwriter and manga author whose directorial work for cinema from gonin 1995 to freezer 2000 ive been a fan of for years especially for the sense of. A female projectionist is haunted by the image of a small boy. Evil dead trap is a bit disjointed in the story department and is almost three types of horror movie in one. A third film, army of darkness, came in 1992 to complete the evil dead trilogy. Her relationship with her attractive and successful friend drives.
Well i find nothing really positive about this movie except for maybe all the blood and the gore. A sam raimi film supernatural horror bruce campbell vhs. Harry potter complete 8 film collection dvd us shipping. Steel wedges burst from the ground to impale a woman, knives pierce eyes in graphic detail, a double tripwire gives someone a serious headache, a steel wire noose ends the suffering of a just raped woman, a burnt body crumbles on impact. This japanese horror film presents audiences with a very unique viewing experience because the movie shifts gears dramatically as it reaches its final act. While evil dead trap wasnt a great movie, it was a fun film that had a very clear narrative. Evil dead trap 2 is a muddled mess that wastes a potentially good scenario in favor of boredom. As she gets closer to the truth, she and her friends are subjected to a brutal nightmare. I do think evil dead trap packed more of a punch, in terms of style, atmosphere, and overall horror elements, but if youre looking for more, then evil dead trap 2 is worth a look. This is a slasher film, but keep in mind japan has a way of upping the ante about ten times above american standards. She stalks the city streets without narrative, while dealing with haunting visions of a young boy and her lack of sex appeal. Evil dead trap is a fun and well crafted movie, but its enjoyability yes it is a word in my dictionary is seriously damaged toward the end. Evil dead trap 2 1992 evil dead trap 1988 evil dead trap 2 1992.
The evil dead is an accomplished work, and thats all the more astonishing given that it was crafted largely by a group of barelytwentysomethings with little money and next to no experience as professional filmmakers. Inexplicably passed off as a sequel to the slasherfest evil dead trap, this asian response to the crazy fat ethel films of the 1980s plumbs the nasty depths of a young womans psyche with typically gory results. Buy evil dead vhs films and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. All of the first film is wittily telescoped into the opening five minutes, recapping how ashs the inimitable bruce campbell weekend getaway in the woods got interrupted by evil forces unleashed. Tv show host nami asks her viewers to send in home movies. The film was written by raimi and scott spiegel, produced by robert tapert, and stars bruce campbell as ash williams. Sep 26, 2011 this japanese horror film presents audiences with a very unique viewing experience because the movie shifts gears dramatically as it reaches its final act. This eerie descent into madness takes us on a journey into an abyss only the japanese know how to create. It is the story of a fat and unattractive young female serial killer who murders prostitutes. Apr 18, 2017 evil dead gets a japanese ripoff and its insane. Dead by dawn is a 1987 american comedy horror film directed by sam raimi, and a parody sequel to the 1981 horror film the evil dead. This is a film that was always intended to play in theaters, and since the evil dead wasnt made in the 40s, sam raimi and company knew that the full 1.
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