Seven strangers are forced to relate their most terrifying personal stories after they find themselves trapped inside the infamous House of Horrors while embarking on a movie studio tour.First, most kinky, and delightfully outrageous yarn, "The Girl with Golden Breasts" -- Leave it to unabashed reprobate Ken Russell to milk wickedly funny dark comedy gold out of the hilariously ludicrous premise of an insecure struggling actress (yummy Rachel Veltri) who winds up getting killer vampire breast implants. The loopy satiric potshots at dangerous surgical enhancements and Hollywood's obsession with superficial appearances are simply spot-on, plus Russell himself pops up as a mad doctor sporting his own pair of lethal boobs (!).Second and most eerie vignette, "Jibaku" -- Director Sean S. Cunningham does an ace job of crafting an extremely creepy and morbid atmosphere that's highlighted by a truly unnerving sex scene between the fetching Lara Harris and a hideous decomposing spirit. In addition, the cool animation offers a wealth of striking visuals and the descent into hell rates as a genuinely harrowing corker.Third and best tale, "Stanley's Girlfriend" -- Director Monte Hellman's terrific 50's mood period piece not only serves as a lovely cinematic ode to legendary director Stanley Kubrick, but also brims with significant sexual tension thanks to the gorgeous Amelia Cooke's sensuous and magnetic portrayal of the alluring, yet enigmatic Nina. Spiffy surprise ending, too.Fourth and weakest anecdote, "My Twin, the Worm" -- While director John Gaeta pulls off a few squirm-inducing moments of Cronenbergian body horror, the story for this one comes across as pretty slight and hence dissatisfying, with a weak fizzle for a conclusion.Director Joe Dante makes neat use of a sprawling and rundown spooky old abode in the immensely entertaining wraparound segments. Moreover, Henry Gibson has a marvelously demented ball as a sinister tour guide, the always awesome John Saxon does his customary stellar work as washed-up has-been director Leo, and Dick Miller even has a brief, yet still welcome bit as security guard Max. Dennis Bartok's affectionate script shows a winning wholehearted affinity for such vintage 70's Amicus omnibus affairs as Tales from the Crypt and Vault of Horror. A super fun frightfest.

Last night we watched a film on Amazon Prime called 'Trapped Ashes'. It's a 2006 low budget movie that tries to be like some of the past anthology horror films like 'Tales from the Crypt' (1972) or 'The House that Dripped Blood' (1971). There is a main story that ties together stories about the different Characters. In this case they are on a movie studio back lot tour. The tour guide is a rather strange man played by Henry Gibson of 'Laugh-in' fame. John Saxon is also in the cast, I'm guessing to make a quick buck. The stories in this are laughably bad at trying to be erotic tales of horror. There is plenty of nudity and sex, not much horror. The silliest story of the bunch is one about a woman that gets breast implants from a very unusual doctor who uses tissue from cadavers. Turns at that the recipients of these transplants become sort of vampires whose boobs have little mouths on them for attacking their victims and sucking their blood. Another story involves a woman who had to share her place in her mother's womb with a tape worm. They somehow become...friends after that and she refers to the worm as her "twin". It's hard to explain and not really worth it. Bottom line, avoid this film except maybe as a curiosity piece.

The actress Phoebe Kane (Rachel Veltri) and her boyfriend Andy (Jayce Bartok), the architect Henry (Scott Lowell) and his wife Julia (Lara Harris), the former director Leo (John Saxon) and Nathalie (Michèle- Barbara Pelletier) receive an invitation for a VIP Tour in the Ultra Studios. When they see the spooky house where the missing director Desmond Hacker filmed "Hysteria", they ask their tour guide (Henry Gibson) to stop the car to visit the infamous house. In a moment, they find that they are trapped in a room without any exit and the guide suggests them to tell the scariest experience of each one like in "Hysteria". Each one tells a spooky tale until they finally discover the end of their stories. "Trapped Ashes" follows the structure of "Creepshow" with a lead story and four segments in the format of "Tales from the Crypt". The lead segment is directed by Joe Dante and the motive why the participants disclose their stories is silly and unreasonable. Ken Russell directs the funny and bizarre "The Girl with the Golden Breasts" with the artificial breasts implanted by the actress sucking human blood. Sean S. Cunningham directs "Jibaku" with the journey to hell of Julia in Japan. Monte Hellman directs the erotic "Stanley's Girlfriend" and with sexy Nina performed by the gorgeous unknown Amelia Cooke affecting the relationship of two best friends. John Gaeta directs the gruesome segment "My Twin, The Worm". In the end, "Trapped Ashes" is a good entertainment despite the unfair reviews in IMDb. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Armadilha do Terror" ("Trap of Terror")Note: On 17 January 2012, I saw this film again.On 21 August 2015, I saw this film again.

Tales from the Crypt like anthology of a group of people on a studio tour who get trapped in a "psycho" like house and tell ghost stories to escape. Of interest mainly for the directors involved-Joe Dante, Ken Russel, Sean Cunningham, Monte Hellman the film itself is a mixed bag. One story has to do with an actress getting her breasts done, another has to do with a Stanley Kubrick like director and an actor friend, Another has to do with a couple who go to Japan and discover a hanged man and the last has to do with a young woman and her twin..or something. Three of the four stories aren't bad, if over long. One (the girl and her twin) is just fair. The problem is the films don't really add up to much, more so that the sting in each tale is left for the very end of the film where we are told what really happened. Its a weird way to do it, and it almost works, but not quite since any tension from the stories are long gone by the final revelations (There is also a couple of lapses of internal logic as a result of the breaking apart.) Worth a look on a slow Saturday on cable. I do have to say that the Ken Russell "Girl with the Golden Breasts" tale is very amusing and a vast improvement over his direct to video home movies. I especially loved his cameo.