Trapped Ashes Explained

Trapped Ashes
Music:Kenji Kawai
Editing:Marcus Manton
Runtime:105 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Trapped Ashes is a 2006 American anthology horror film with segments directed by Sean S. Cunningham, Joe Dante, Monte Hellman, Ken Russell, and John Gaeta, and stars Jayce Bartok, Henry Gibson, and Lara Harris.[1] [2]

Plot

"Wraparound" (Joe Dante)

In the frame story seven strangers visiting Hollywood movie studios are brought to an ill-famed House of Horror by Desmond the tour guide (Henry Gibson) and find themselves locked inside. To leave the trap alive, they have to tell their most terrifying stories.

"The Girl with Golden Breasts" (Ken Russell)

Phoebe (Rachel Veltri) receives breast implants made of reconstituted human corpse tissue but the implants exhibit an appetite for human blood.

"Jibaku" (Sean S. Cunningham)

Henry (Scott Lowell) and Julia (Lara Harris) visit Japan, where Julia is seduced by a spirit attempting to draw her into Jigoku.

"Stanley's Girlfriend" (Monte Hellman)

Leo (Tahmoh Penikett) has an affair with fellow filmmaker Stanley's (Tygh Runyan) girlfriend Nina (Amelia Cooke), a witch who drinks the blood of her lovers to gain immortality.

"My Twin, the Worm" (John Gaeta)

Natalie's mother Martine (Michèle-Barbara Pelletier) cannot treat her tapeworm without losing her unborn child and must allow them both to grow inside her. Once born, Natalie continues to be compelled to feed the worm.

Reception

The film received a 33% approval rating on a Rotten Tomatoes review (average rating 4.3/10).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trapped Ashes. FilmAffinity. filmaffinity.com. 27 January 2016.
  2. Web site: STANLEY'S GIRLFRIEND (EPISODE FROM "TRAPPED ASHES"). festival-cannes.fr. 27 January 2016.