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Korean teen shocker “THE HUMAN TRAP” sets U.S. release date; trailer & poster

Tuesday, December 26, 2023 | Uncategorized

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

Don’t go in the woods–especially when they’re inhabited by a crazed doctor.

Cinephobia has announced that it will bring the South Korean horror film THE HUMAN TRAP (previously titled simply THE TRAP) to Amazon Prime and other VOD/streaming platforms January 12. Written and directed by Lee Moon-young, it stars Kang Byeol, Park Yeon-woo, Kim Dong-ho, Kang Seung-hyun, Song Young-gyu, Moon Won-ju and Kim Ki-nam. The synopsis: “A group of naive teens whose hoped-for weekend outing turns into a deadly camping-trip-from-hell. Before they can sing the first stanza of ‘Kumbaya,’ the foursome are rounded up and taken to a makeshift medical lab where a deranged Christian ‘doctor’ and his evil assistant plan shocking medical experimentations on the captured teens. Infused with pitch-black humor, THE HUMAN TRAP unleashes waves of shocking violence as the terrified teens fight for their lives.”

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).