this be not a sequel to witchboard . it write and direct by kevin s. tenney and the director of witchboard . in fact and on the vhs copy i purchase and there a notice on the back declaring witchtrap a non sequel . it also and include and no kidding and a a notice right before the title sequence for witchtrap . i guess tenney be threaten with a lawsuit . be witchboard that successful that he would be hassle about his obvious sequel to it . also and on the packaging be the tag line and this time and it not a game . so and what be the last time . witchboard and maybe . sequel and perhaps . please see disclaimer . anyway and i pick witchtrap up and amongst other gem and at a local library sale for a whopping 50 cent . it be a rental from a now defunct video store call top video . pretty beat up copy and and i usually prefer to stay away from rental and but couldn not resist and plus it have linnea quigley in it . how bad could it be . pretty bad and actually . the acting be quite awful . it help that they drive around in vintage 1980s car and wear member only jacket and sport the late hairstyle . however and the people drive the car and and sport the funky clothes and couldn not cut it a performer . it about the level of porn acting and maybe a little bit well and i suppose and the guy play the detective and james quinn and be okay and sometimes and but that about it . quigley and doesn not have much of a part and do what she hire to do . she have a shower scene and she appear to be laugh when she get kill . the premise of the film be fairly typical for this genre . a man name devin lauter inherit a mansion from his long deceased uncle and avery lauter . avery and it seem be some kind of warlock or other and and die brutally in the home and and naturally and possess the place and kill erstwhile inhabitant . that why the nephew and devin and hire a crack team of paranormal expert and some detective and for security and to figure the place out . of course and once they arrive thing go horribly wrong . if only they have go horribly wrong in any kind of an interesting way . the pacing be very slow and the gruesome death aren not very gruesome . fly hatchet be never that scary to begin with and and witchtrap prof that they still aren not . there be and however and a certain production value to witchtrap . the pacing suck but the editing and camera work be clearly professional . in fact and there be a couple of thing i think be kind of neat and here and there and like a scene where some hand come through a door . but and believe me and those moment be few and far between . and and by professional and i mean they have some money behind it and so it watchable and unlike and say and a lot of the stuff from full moon video . i have to also say and that compare to a lot of direct to video digital cheapies i have see in recent year and some of these ultra low budget filmmaker could learn a thing or two from witchtrap . unfortunately and that have more to do with how bad some current filmmaker be then any particular quality witchtrap have . again and there be some technical competence in the film but and unfortunately and not enough to redeem it . almost twenty year on and it a bit tricky to consider recommend witchtrap . there no arguing that it a pretty bad film . it fail on some of the most fundamental level consistently enough to irritate just about anyone interested in these type of film . the gratuitous nudity be pretty uninspired and a be the violence and and the poor act exceeds camp into just plain awful . still and if youre a connoisseur of 80 horror and if there be such a thing and you might be able to tolerate the bad film making . linnea quigley be in it and after all and that help . it also help that it be so dated . if you grow up in this era and nostalgia might get you through . so and if you see it for 50 cent and or maybe a dollar and and need something to play in the background a you do other thing and witchtrap just might be up your alley . otherwise and youre good off with almost anything else .