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Bookmark this pageDeath Trap (1976)
Director: Tobe Hooper
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From Time Out Film Guide
Hooper's follow-up to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a further exploration of American rural degeneracy, about a senile swamp dweller (Brand) with a hook arm who likes to feed tourists and their children to his alligator. At its best, the film's lurid tone matches the evocative gloom of the EC horror comics of the '50s, in particular the amazing swamp stories drawn by 'Ghastly' Graham Inglis. Otherwise, it's trite and unconvincing.Author: DP
Cast & crew
Director: Tobe Hooper
Producer: Mardi Rustam, Alvin L Fast
Cast: Neville Brand, Mel Ferrer, Carolyn Jones, Marilyn Burns, William Finley, Stuart Whitman, Roberta Collins full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Duration: 96 mins
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