Then we realize something is out there, flashing across the grounds and through the hallways (this part is definitely a nod to Raimi's Evil Dead), and before long the team's being hunted down and dispatched in one vicious way after another.
At first all they find are desolate hallways and rubble-filled rooms, maybe worth some photos but with no hints as to what's up.
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Real or hoax? Nami figures the only way to find out is to retrace the path laid out in the video, and so she brings her production team - all female, plus one somewhat doltish dude roped in at the last minute - out to the site for a look-see. (The horribly realistic makeup effects were by Shinichi Wakasa, who later went on to become the maker of many of Godzilla's suits in the 90s and 2000s.) Then the camera goes inside the building, and the tape turns into a snuff film of stupefying brutality.
One day a tape shows up in the mail, depicting someone driving to an abandoned military facility. Most of what she receives is fairly dull material, and her boss is making noises about how her ratings are starting to slump. Nami Tsuchiya (Miyuki Ono) hosts a late-night TV show where people send in home movies and found footage, and she follows up on their stories. © 1988 Japan Home Video Nami's late-night show receives some ghastly footage. Not everyone will be able to stomach it, but those that can are in for an example of Japan's horror scene at its most wickedly gruesome.
And while Evil Dead Trap borrows and pays homage, it's ultimately an original, one of the best and most ferocious horror movies ever to come out of Japan. Actually, the reigning influence and inspiration on this horror project is Dario Argento if you're going to borrow, you might as well borrow from the classest of acts. With a title like Evil Dead Trap, you wouldn't be blamed for assuming this film's a nod to Sam Raimi.