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Trapped Ashes

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Seven strangers on a tour of a Hollywood horror set must tell their scariest stories in order to escape.
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Bill Stamets Chicago Sun-Times 08/31/2007
1.5/4
Dennis Bartok writes this lackluster anthology of four juvenile horror stories dripping with sexual dread and goofball gore. Go to Full Review
Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 08/31/2007
Gross-out comedy about male discomfort with female sexuality dominates this horror anthology scripted by Dennis Bartok. Go to Full Review
Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune 08/30/2007
2/4
With its gore-comix sensibility and self-conscious flashes of nudity, Trapped Ashes clunks along, and (to be completely petty) never really overcomes its clunky title. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Mar 2
2/4
None of the individual tales exhibit much of a pulse. Go to Full Review
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid 08/14/2008
It's great to see the return of Hellman, even if this film's pathetic theatrical release and dismal reception make it unlikely we'll see much more of him anytime soon. Go to Full Review
Steve Biodrowski ESplatter 07/15/2008
Any film that let's Ken Russell direct an episode about killer breasts deserves some kind of credit, almost regardless of the results. Go to Full Review
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Stephen C @bob25009 Jul 4 Meant to scare me in 1.75 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated R for Nudity, Language, Disturbing Images, Sexual Content and Violence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more 12/02/2014 A horror anthology with segments directed by Ken Russell, Joe Dante, Sean Cunningham and Monte Hellman? Sounds great, doesn't it? Well, it's not. The screenplay by Dennis Bartok (who up until this specialized in documentary supplements for DVDs) really lets this one down. None of the segments are the least bit interesting. See more 04/13/2014 Geronimo! A group of "randomly" selected individuals receive VIP park passes to a Universal Studios type theme park. They decide to go off the tour and visit the haunted house where a famous movie was filmed; unfortunately, they become locked in the house. The tour guide believes if they each tell one horror story, the house will let them out. As the strangers tell their stories, they may not feel so comfortable around each other... "You have to let the worm grow with your baby." Sean Cunningham (The original Friday the 13th), Joe Dante (Gremlins 2), John Gaeta, Monte Hellman (Two-Lane Blacktop), and Ken Russell (Gothic) collaborate to deliver five short stories for this picture. The storylines for this picture is miserable and very disappointing. The plots are fairly flimsy and the acting is very mediocre. The cast includes John Saxon, Jayce Bartok, Henry Gibson, Lara Harris, Scott Lowell, and Rachel Veltri. "We've learned from our mistakes." I grabbed this movie off Netflix because I was hoping for something a little closer to Tales from the Darkside; unfortunately, this was worse than Tales from the Hood. Overall, this is a pathetic addition to the genre that should be skipped even by horror movie junkies. "There were rumors of orgies and satanic rituals on his sets." Grade: F See more 03/21/2014 A pretty good horror anthology :) See more 09/13/2013 An anthology of four horror tales...not so bad. See more 08/30/2013 Typically predictable horror anthology. Ok for a for a Saturday afternoon if you have nothing better to do. Sixties actor John Saxon, Laugh In's Henry Gibson and erstwhile Queer as Folk regular Scott Lowell are the "big name actors" of this epic. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Seven strangers on a tour of a Hollywood horror set must tell their scariest stories in order to escape.
Director
Sean S. Cunningham, John Gaeta, Monte Hellman, Ken Russell
Producer
Dennis Bartok, Michael Frislev, Yoshifumi Hosoya, Yuko Yoshikawa
Screenwriter
Dennis Bartok
Production Co
Asmik Ace Entertainment
Rating
R (Nudity|Language|Disturbing Images|Sexual Content|Violence)
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2010
Runtime
1h 45m
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