Fetus Monster, eh? I am a little torn on how to rate this movie. On the one hand I was greatful that there was not any long hair pale ghost girls but on the other I wasn't expecting a fetus monster that resembles an alien. I enjoyed about 3/4 of the movie but the alien fetus living inside the murderer (the fetus was the one doing the killing) was a bit much for me. Needless to say when she was possessed by the murderous alien fetus...I was glad the movie ended.
Get this...you will not be disappointed. Before Ringu made Japanese horror films mainstream in the west, there was Evil Dead Trap...probably the most well known Asian horror film of its time. A late night news program recieves an apparent snuff film from an obsessed viewer. Hoping this will be the big story she has been looking for, anchorette Nami and her crew decice to investigate. Once the bodies start to drop though, it becomes clear to Nami that there may be more to this story than meets the eye.
This is a great Japanese horror film from the 80's with an ending reminescent of early Cronenberg. Any fan of the genre should be more than pleased.Argento influenced Japanese horror. A reporter looking for her big break finds it when a maniac mails her a snuff film and directions to an abandoned factory. Without telling anybody she and four co-workers go to investigate (great idea!) and are shocked to find out there really is a killer on the loose and he's after them (imagine that!).
One by one the killer knocks off the victims in violent ways (cleaver to the head, decapitation, massive spearing) all leading up to his main prize: the girl he mailed the tape to. With such an exciting start you'd think that this film would just get creepier and creepier, but instead when it gets down to the Final Girl it actually slows way down then drags on to some confusing nightmarish ending that caused me to make a face like I was eating a lemon while reading an advanced physics math book.
