'Hell's Trap' or as it's known in its original language 'Trampa Infernal' is a decent and somewhat effective 80's Mexican slasher flick that starts off with a strong opening that does a great job of setting the tone for what's to come with all the usual fun genre tropes thrown in for good measure. But things take a turn for the worse during the second act when the filmmakers decide to go for a more action-oriented direction which comes across as an odd choice and doesn't entirely work in the film's favour resulting in something very uneven.
The Plot = Two rivals Nacho (Pedro Fernandez) and Mauricio (Tono Mauri), along with a group of friends intend to hunt down a bear in a forest that has been killing people but find themselves stalked by a deranged masked killer.
There are some decent elements to this flick such as a cool looking killer with an impressive amount of weapons at his arsenal and a few effective kills, and while there are plenty of fun moments, the film unfortunately falls flat in quite a few areas such as the pacing feels a lot longer than the scant 77 minutes as there's too much padding and the acting isn't all that great and it doesn't help that the film doesn't do a great job of setting any of the characters up. The off mixture of horror and action elements doesn't work as both genre aspects feel a little short changed and left me wondering why they didn't just go with one or the other.
Overall 'Hell's Trap' is a very average slasher flick that does have some entertaining qualities to it and does manage to maintain some interest due to it being so strange, but it's not something that comes highly recommended.
