Baited Trap

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Baited Trap

"A Tale of Meat, Torment and Murder"

1986

0h 12m

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Short film by Jon Reiss, featuring machinery and effects by Survival Research Laboratories.

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Hank Robertson

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Ted Knorr

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Anne Betancourt

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