{"id":21411,"date":"2019-06-11T23:12:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T06:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=21411"},"modified":"2019-06-11T23:13:30","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T06:13:30","slug":"review-trapped-alive-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2019\/06\/review-trapped-alive-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Trapped Alive Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Trapped Alive<\/em><\/strong> is a middling and ultimately dull horror-fantasy-thriller and it\u2019s really not hard to see why this didn\u2019t really see the light of day over the past 20+ years, still fans of the subterranean monster film might get something out of this.<\/p>\n

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Trapped Alive<\/span>
\n(1988)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Horror, Fantasy<\/span>
\nArrow Video | NR \u2013 91 min. \u2013 $39.95 | June 4, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 06\/11\/2019 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Leszek Burzynski<\/span>
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Julian Weaver (original story), Leszek Burzynski and Julian Weaver (screenplay)<\/span>
\nCast: <\/strong>Alex Kubik, Randolph Powell, Elizabeth Kent, Mark Witsken, Sullivan Hester, Cameron Mitchell<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Commentaries, Featurettes, Interviews, Gallery<\/span>
\nSlip Cover: <\/strong>No<\/span>
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No<\/span>
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray<\/span>
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)<\/span>
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.78<\/span>
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH<\/span>
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>41.01 GB<\/span>
\nTotal Bitrate: <\/strong>39.72 Mbps<\/span>
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC<\/span>
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Arrow Video provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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THE MOVIE \u2014 2.25\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>On a wintry night, friends Robin (SULLIVAN HESTER) and Monica (LAURA KALISON) are making their way to a Christmas party when they\u2019re carjacked by a gang of crooks (ALEX KUBIK, MARK WITSKEN, MICHAEL NASH) recently escaped from the local penitentiary. With the two young women taken as hostages, things take an even darker turn when their vehicle plummets down an old abandoned mine shaft, trapping the group underground and at the mercy of a mutant with a taste for human flesh.<\/p>\n

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Quick Hit Review: Trapped Alive<\/em> <\/strong>a.k.a. Trapped<\/em> a.k.a. Forever Mine<\/em> is a horror movie that pretty much nobody really every heard of (as noted by horror fans on \u201cThe Hysteria Continues\u201d audio commentary) and it is one that was filmed in the late 80s but apparently didn\u2019t see a release until the early 90s. It\u2019s really not hard to see why this didn\u2019t get much attention until this Arrow Video release.<\/p>\n

Trapped Alive<\/em><\/strong> is a slow moving film with not a whole lot going on until probably over the halfway point and afterwards, only a couple of scenes of actual horror. The writing itself, co-scripted by director Leszek Burzynski, doesn\u2019t have the strongest character development though at least some of the performances, especially when comprised of some novices, including Sullivan Hester, weren\u2019t too bad. The film also features Cameron Mitchell late in his career when he literally had done hundreds of movies, here he appears for maybe 5-minutes of screentime, a couple lines of dialogue and generally his scenes were shot in one location.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This single-disc release is housed in a clear HD keep case and comes with a nice booklet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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