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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Evil Dead Trap. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Horror + Thriller in Japan
90 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Evil Dead Trap itself).
The 1987–1989 Japan Window
In the crowded 1987-1989 Japan release window, Evil Dead Trap sits at #89 of 104. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Japan, 280 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Evil Dead Trap premiered alongside 32 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 32 other Japan films in 1988.
The 744th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
61 audience reviews — more than 67% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (67th percentile) outruns trending popularity (51th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Evil Dead Trap, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- snuff · 3
- conjoined twins · 2
- talk show · 1
- plot twist · 1
- japan · 454
- rape · 64
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 |