PodBill Just what I expected

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Michael_Elliott Witchtrap (1989) * (out of 4) Deadly dull horror film about a group of ghost hunters and cops who enter an old mansion, which is said to be haunted by its previous owner. One cop (James W. Quinn) doesn't believe any of the rumors but before long he learns that there really are evil spirits.Director-writer Kevin Tenney was coming off WITCHBOARD and NIGHT OF THE DEMONS, two films that did extremely well on VHS and this here is the unofficial entry to the unofficial trilogy. It's easy to see why the director gained a cult following but I must say that this film here is about as pointless and worthless as you can get. Hey, I love horror movies of the 1980s but this one here is just a complete miss from start to finish.I had all sorts of problems with this movie but the biggest was the fact that there's just nothing here. The majority of the 91-minute running time are just boring characters talking about their boring situation and so many of these scenes should have been edited down. For example, take a look at the scene where the cop is having a discussion with his boss in a bar. This thing just drags on to the point where you'll want to throw something at the screen. And how many scenes do we need where the cop is putting down ghosts and having someone explain why they're real? Scenes like that just drag out the running time and they're just really boring. Not to mention there's nothing overly special about the dialogue either. Another major problem is that the film is extremely uneven in regards to what it's trying to do. I'm not sure if the film was meant to be taken serious or if it was a spoof of the genre. If it was a spoof then none of it was funny and most of the "comedy" is just stupid. If it was meant to be taken serious then the obnoxious cop is totally wrong.The director does offer up a couple bloody death scenes but certainly not enough to make the film worth sitting through. You fans of Linnea Quigley will be happy to see her here and yes, she's gets completely naked, which is the only reason to watch this turkey.

Scarecrow-88 A team is assembled, granted access to a haunted Gothic mansion so that they can cure it of a ghost which might've caused the suicide of a famous magician. Agnes'(Judy Tatum) team (..including her mental medium husband, physical medium, and videographer), and three detectives assigned to protect them will find danger as Avery Lauter has gained access to our world, walking about as a spirit with the plan to gain immortality if his heart and ashes are rejoined in a Satanic ceremony.Tempers flare as increasing worry over safety and evacuating before the possibility of further violence might occur(one victim is stabbed in the throat by a shower rod!)splits the group in the desire to remain.Whitney(Kathleen Bailey), the physical medium(who emerged from a near death experience with the ability), suffers violent body shocks thanks to Lauter, who wishes to use her as a doorway into our world for good, her resistance holding him somewhat at bay. Felix(Rob Zapple), the mental medium, nearly dies while channeling Lauter while he was allowed to speak to the group through him. Detective Vicente(James W Quinn) is an unbeliever who finds his assignment a serious waste of time, and would prefer to be elsewhere. Vincente was roped into this assignment by his boss, Frank Murphy(Jack W Thompson)who threatened to not only fire him but his friend/partner, Jackson(Clyde Talley II)as well.The dialogue("I just seen our friend down there take more lead than a number two pencil")and performances(lots of shouting and harsh verbally heated exchanges) are more than a bit crude, but there are plenty of supernatural kill sequences which should leave a smile on the faces of gorehounds such as the aforementioned showerhead throat stab, a head explosion(Lauter could not allow a medium to inform the others of the hiding place of the urn containing his ashes), a bullet firing into the forehead on it's own(with the back of the skull spraying blood across the wall), and a victim pinned against a gate by a car operating without a mortal driver. Our cast must look out for flying weapons such as an ax and shovel, not mention a hostile groundsman possessed by a demon. Fans of melting effects do see a victim's body deteriorate(the face and hands)although it looks pretty much like a wax sculpture withering into skeletal remains. Hal Havins is Elwin, the groundskeeper who gives Vincente a hell of a problem, since he's in possession of a firearm, and especially after a very exhausting altercation in the basement. JP Luebsen is Avery Lauter, the evil spirit causing all the grief to those in his home. Linnea Quigley provides her slobbering admirers(like me)full frontal nudity before entering a shower, but is wasted in a nothing role, which is too bad.

pumaye This sorry excuse to waste 90 minutes of everybody's life is really a mess, made by a director infamous for other such bad efforts in the horror range. Yes, even Witchboard wasn't that good and this one is definetely worse. You have a bunch of psychics going hunting for the ghost of a vicious and very powerful warlock who has to reincarnate for getting his revenge. Among the psychics there is also Linnea Quigley (who has the usual shower scene) and she is in the finest scene of all the movie, that is overacted by most of the cast (that is not very good at it). If you mix it with one of the worst script ever to reach the screen, you have a nightmarish experience. A waste of time (and money)

horror7777 Hands down one of the worst films that I've ever seen, but I can't resist telling people they must see this laughable junk! If you had a bad day, don't feel low...WATCH WITCHTRAP! The acting is terrible, the deaths are real cheese, and the writing and directing are pitiful, but this film is a spoof! Kevin Tenney wrote this as a spoof to his 1985 film WITCHBOARD. It succeeds in spoofing that as well as spoofing itself! I cannot stress enough how camp this movie is! It's pure cheese! The ending is also terrible...as contrived as hell...the effects are cheesy, etc. but the film succeeds in creating more unintentional belly laughs then I've ever experienced. Watch WITCHTRAP, you will see what I mean.