Night Trap (film)

Night Trap
Night Trap
	West Side Studios
Release date	1993;
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Night Trap, also known as Mardi Gras for the Devil, is a 1993 supernatural thriller film directed by David A. Prior and starring Robert Davi, Michael Ironside, John Amos, Mike Starr, Lesley-Anne Down and Mickey Jones.

Plot

Veteran cop Mike Turner (

killing spree during New Orleans' Mardi Gras. Only problem is that this killer has lost his soul to the devil and is no longer human... but a seemingly indestructible demonic

being, intent on destroying the lives of everyone around Mike; and shall not stop until he has cost Mike not just his life... but his soul.

Cast

Robert Davi as Detective Mike Turner
Michael Ironside as Bishop
John Amos as Captain Hodges
Mike Starr as Detective Williams
Mickey Jones as The Bartender
Lesley-Anne Down as Christine Turner
Lydie Denier as Valerie
Margaret Avery as Miss Sadie
Lillian Lehman as Mrs. Hodges
Jack Forcinito (as Jack Verell) as Stevens
David Dahlgren as Johnson
Earl Jarrett as Guard
Keri-Anne Bilotta as Michelle
Butch Robbins as Driver
Michael J. Anderson (as Michael Anderson) as Police Officer
Lynwood Robinson as Police Officer
Portia Bennett Johnson as Dancer
John Neely as Face In The Fire
Douglas Harter (as Doug Harter) as Face In The Fire
Mario Opinato as Face In The Fire

Critical reaction

Nine dead bodies. Twelve breasts. Blood-drinking. Wrist-slitting. Two bodies flung through plate-glass windows. Hooker torture. Exploding house. Four motor vehicle chases, with four crashes, explosion and fireball. Drive-In Academy Award nominations for Michael Ironside, as the you-know-who, for saying "Whose body would you like to hold next to you in bed, while the other lies rotting in a grave?" Two and a half stars. Joe Bob says check it out.^[2]

Night Trap received mostly negative reviews, with El Juan Shatzer of Bloodtype Online stating that he was disappointed that the talented cast was wasted on a tepid script and flat direction by David A. Prior.^[3] However Joe Bob Briggs recommended it with the above quote.

References

^ ^a ^b [1] overview of film at New York Times Website
^ Briggs, Joe Bob (April 23, 1993). ""Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In" for 4/23/93". joebobbriggs.com. Archived from the original on September 22, 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
^ Shatzer, John. "Night Trap (1993)". Bloodtype Online. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2017.