Japan Synopsis
死霊の罠
“Pure terror!”
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.
The 1987–1989 Japan Window
104 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Evil Dead Trap sits at position #89.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Evil Dead Trap. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Evil Dead Trap premiered. 280 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,912 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (15th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.0 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #213 of 391 (top 54%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Directors Company, Japan Home Video |
| Runtime | 1h 40m |
| Release Date | May 14, 1988 |
| IMDb | tt0167147 |