Trapped Ashes

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Trapped Ashes
Directed bySean S. Cunningham
Joe Dante
Monte Hellman
Ken Russell
John Gaeta
Written byDennis Bartok
Produced byIndependent Film Fund, Cinema Investment
StarringJayce Bartok
Amelia Cooke
Lara Harris
Ryo Ishibashi
Scott Lowell
Luke Macfarlane
Michéle-Barbara Pelletier
Tahmoh Penikett
Tygh Runyan
Rachel Veltri
John Saxon
Henry Gibson
CinematographyZoran Popovic
Makoto Watanabe
Edited byMarcus Manton
Music byKenji Kawai
Distributed byIndependent Film Fund
Cinema Investment
Tokyo Broadcasting System
Release date
  • September 12, 2006 (2006-09-12)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

Plot[edit]

"Wraparound" (Joe Dante)[edit]

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)[edit]

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)[edit]

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)[edit]

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)[edit]

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.

Cast[edit]

Reception[edit]

The film received a 33% approval rating on a Rotten Tomatoes review (average rating 4.3/10).[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Trapped Ashes". FilmAffinity. filmaffinity.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. ^ "STANLEY'S GIRLFRIEND (EPISODE FROM "TRAPPED ASHES")". festival-cannes.fr. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. ^ Trapped Ashes at Rotten Tomatoes

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