The Trap Door (series)
- User score: 7.4
- Production country: United Kingdom
- Creator: Charlie Mills , Terry Brain
- Production companies: CMTB Animation, Queensgate Productions
- Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Kids
- Release date: 10/6/1986
- Release date of last episode: 7/28/1990
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 2 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 40
- Run time: 5, 4 min.
Series description
The Trap Door is a claymation-style animated television series, originally shown in the United Kingdom in 1984. The plot revolves around both the daily lives and the misadventures of a group of monsters living in a castle. Although the emphasis was on humour and the show was marketed as a children's programme but also for family entertainment, the show drew much from the genres of horror and dark fantasy. The show has since become a cult favourite and remains one of the most widely recognised kids' shows of the 1980s. Digital children's channel Pop started rerunning the show in 2010.
