Lack of good storyline.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

With no idea what I was getting into here, I still decided to sit down and watch "Witchtrap" on the basis that it was a horror movie. I had never heard about it, nor did I know people on the cast list either.I managed to endure 42 minutes of this pointless movie, which was almost entirely lacking a proper storyline.There was nothing scary in any of the scenes that I saw during the 42 minutes I got through, unless you consider the inability to act as being scary. The dialogue in the movie was so unfathomably poor, staggering and forced, that it was very unnatural.And it didn't help that the cast ensemble weren't really much in for performing in any way that came off as plausible.I will not return to finish this movie ever. Even though the movie was from 1989 but it felt like it was a movie from 1979.

A team is assembled, granted access to a haunted Gothic mansion so that they can cure it of a ghost which might've caused the suicide of a famous magician. Agnes'(Judy Tatum) team (..including her mental medium husband, physical medium, and videographer), and three detectives assigned to protect them will find danger as Avery Lauter has gained access to our world, walking about as a spirit with the plan to gain immortality if his heart and ashes are rejoined in a Satanic ceremony.Tempers flare as increasing worry over safety and evacuating before the possibility of further violence might occur(one victim is stabbed in the throat by a shower rod!)splits the group in the desire to remain.Whitney(Kathleen Bailey), the physical medium(who emerged from a near death experience with the ability), suffers violent body shocks thanks to Lauter, who wishes to use her as a doorway into our world for good, her resistance holding him somewhat at bay. Felix(Rob Zapple), the mental medium, nearly dies while channeling Lauter while he was allowed to speak to the group through him. Detective Vicente(James W Quinn) is an unbeliever who finds his assignment a serious waste of time, and would prefer to be elsewhere. Vincente was roped into this assignment by his boss, Frank Murphy(Jack W Thompson)who threatened to not only fire him but his friend/partner, Jackson(Clyde Talley II)as well.The dialogue("I just seen our friend down there take more lead than a number two pencil")and performances(lots of shouting and harsh verbally heated exchanges) are more than a bit crude, but there are plenty of supernatural kill sequences which should leave a smile on the faces of gorehounds such as the aforementioned showerhead throat stab, a head explosion(Lauter could not allow a medium to inform the others of the hiding place of the urn containing his ashes), a bullet firing into the forehead on it's own(with the back of the skull spraying blood across the wall), and a victim pinned against a gate by a car operating without a mortal driver. Our cast must look out for flying weapons such as an ax and shovel, not mention a hostile groundsman possessed by a demon. Fans of melting effects do see a victim's body deteriorate(the face and hands)although it looks pretty much like a wax sculpture withering into skeletal remains. Hal Havins is Elwin, the groundskeeper who gives Vincente a hell of a problem, since he's in possession of a firearm, and especially after a very exhausting altercation in the basement. JP Luebsen is Avery Lauter, the evil spirit causing all the grief to those in his home. Linnea Quigley provides her slobbering admirers(like me)full frontal nudity before entering a shower, but is wasted in a nothing role, which is too bad.

Linnea Quigley is one of the best slasher movie vixens of all time. She may never win an Oscar, but she still has won the hearts of many loyal fans. I personally adore Linnea, and I love the way she always makes time for her fans. I found her email address once and sent her a little fan email. She actually took the time to email me back a sweet response. Isn't that a great celebrity? She is a goddess. If Linnea is in a horror flick, you know that it is going to be pretty good. You never have to worry about hating the movie because with Linnea, how can you lose? Do yourself a favor and check out Linnea's horror workout, Night of the Demons, or Return of the Living Dead!

Possibly the worst acting ever in a genre not noted for its sterling thespians. Quigley is the best of the lot, shining (relatively) in her role as one of the many disposable sacks of blood in this tedious time-sink. Who lives through it? Who cares? Since the characters are all blanks, there's no suspense and the little interest there is wanes quickly. One of the all-time worst horror films.