Wired to Kill

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^[3]

Wired to Kill
Directed by	Frank Schaeffer
Written by	Frank Schaeffer
Starring	Devin Hoelscher Emily Longstreth Merritt Butrick
Cinematography	Tom Fraser
Music by	Russell Ferrante
Production company	Schaeffer-Buchfuehrer Productions
Release date	November 14, 1986 (1986-11-14)[1]
Running time	96 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3.8 million[2]

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?.^{[3] [2]} 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.^[2]