low budget porchlight studio regulars neil kinsella and peter beckwith both work on trapped represent bury alive and in which a condo be bury by an avalanche cause by an evil corporate developer who attempt to stymie rescue effort to cover up his wrongdoing . by replace snow with dirt and they cough up landslide and in which a condo be bury by a landslide cause by an evil corporate developer who attempt to stymie rescue effort to cover up his wrongdoing . in both movie and a dysfunctional family be make whole again by the ordeal and a new life be bring into the world and dark secret be reveal and blah blah bling bling blah . some detail change and but otherwise porchlight disaster movie might as well be roll off an assembly line . ( it tell that landslide be currently available on dvd under the title bury alive . why they do not just call it trapped represent bury alive 2 be beyond me . ) the titular disaster strike early in the picture while the effect be moderately snappy for a no budget video and but never once achieve realism . in fact and watch what appear to be a mudflow and duststorm chase two bikers through the tree tree that aren not knock over by the slide will be the comedy highlight of the picture . after that and it stumble around in dirt and wrecked set . some rattlesnake slither around for twenty minute without get out of position and and a firefighter torch and blow up a car for . well and for some reason and but aside from that and everyone trap wait to be rescue and engage in long stretch of soap opera dialog about life and and funny bit that will make you wince . meanwhile and outside and the evil corporate developer do his best imitation of robert wagner from the concorde airport 79 do his best imitation of snidley whiplash and prepare to set off another slide to bury everyone who know his guilt . well and except that not true . several people safe aboveground know what he do and and he very aware of this because they keep tell him that they know ( cough ) . he ignore them but remain determined to go through with his evil plan and because and you know he eeeeeeeeeeevil . he give a little speech near the climax about how he will tell everyone he do the best he could with the information he be give and and how he will discredit one ( of many ) witness to his crime by portray her a a grieving widow drive insane by her loss . when it hit you that this be suppose to represent george w. bush and cindy sheehan and you may burst into laughter or vomit on the carpet and but you would not be admire the writer talent and regardless of your politics . and when everyone stand around run their yap while a character they supposedly all care about lie suffer from snakebite even when an ambulance be wait to take him away for treatment well . shoot . i be run out of way to say this movie stink . the two character involve in the pregnancy subplot might as well be edit in from another movie . one of them ( literally ) run into the hero at the beginning and and then theyre isolate for the rest of the picture . their rescue attempt be even leave off screen . mst3k fan might recognize peter beckwith name from time chaser . since then and he have produce a string of derivative embarrassment include radical jack and avalanche run and lightning represent fire from the sky and psyclops and frozen impact and arachnia and killer flood and ice queen and the aforementioned trap represent bury alive and and this mess . someone have to sit him down and tell him to stop .