| Wired to Kill | |
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| Directed by | Frank Schaeffer |
| Written by | Frank Schaeffer |
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| Cinematography | Tom Fraser |
| Music by | Russell Ferrante |
| Production company | Schaeffer-Buchfuehrer Productions |
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| Running time | 96 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3.8 million |
Wired to Kill, also known as Booby Trap, is a 1986 film written and directed by Frank Schaeffer and starring Emily Longstreth, Devin Hoelscher, Merritt Butrick
Plot
In the near future, law and order breaks down, diseases, violence and immorality are rampant. However, when a violent gang attacks a family nearly killing the mother and the authorities offer no aid, Steve, the teenage son, his girlfriend Rebecca, and a robot named Winston take matters into their own hands and gets revenge on the gang amid the ruins of Los Angeles.
Cast
- Emily Longstreth as Rebecca
- Devin Hoelscher as Steve
- Merritt Butrick as Reegus, The Gang Leader
- Frank Collison as "Sly"
- Tommy Lister Jr. as "Sleet"
- Kim Milford as "Rooster"
- Michael Wollet as "Zero"
- Garth Gardner as "Loady"
- Kristina David as Sandra, The mother
- Don Blakely as Police Sergeant
Production
In May 1985, it was announced Frank Schaeffer would make his feature directorial debut with Booby Trap having previously worked as a producer on fundamentalist Christian documentaries such as How Should We Then Live? and Whatever Happened to the Human Race?. Much of the filming was done around an abandoned steel mill in Fontana, California that served as the gang's hideout and much of the settings deteriorating landscape.
References
- '"Wired to Kill (1986)". tcm.com. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
- ^ Shapiro, Marc (October 1986). "Booby Trap". Cinefantastique. Fourth Castle Micromedia. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
- ^ "Wired to Kill (1986)". AFI. Retrieved July 12, 2023.