31 Horror Films To Watch This October

Evil Dead Trap’s minimal plot is sketched in during the opening scenes, when the arrival of what purports to be a snuff film prompts a ratings-hungry TV presenter and her crew to journey out to the deserted army base shown on the tape.

Once there, they're picked off one by one by an unseen killer, but as with Dario Argento's films,  you don’t admire the proceedings for their logic and originality. When director Toshiharu Ikeda begins dispatching his one-dimensional cyphers one by one, his movie shifts into high gear, delivering a succession of startling set pieces set to a memorable score.

The first to be toe-tagged (somewhat predictably) is the lascivious production assistant who’s skewered by spikes that inexplicably burst through the walls and floor, a sequence sure to captivate fans of Argento’s Suspiria. All that’s missing are the black gloves.