Synopsis
Every year young people disappear
After their car breaks down, a group of young travelers find themselves stranded at a roadside museum run by the mysterious Mr. Slausen and populated by his collection of supernatural mannequins.
Tourist Trap
1979 Directed by David Schmoeller
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Armadilha para Turistas, Le motel de la terreur, 旅行陷阱, 阴魂不散, Trampa para turistas, Kuoleman mannekiinit, Le piège, Horror puppet, Puppet, Pulapka na turystow, A Ratoeira, Dödens mannekänger
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This movie is so damn weird and surreal so of course I love it. After watching a million times, the overall impact lessens a bit, but damn there are…
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A wonderfully creepy and quirky slasher oddity that ranks near the top of the "disturbing mannequins" sub genre of horror. I hadn't seen this in 5+ years so it was due for a rewatch.
This film has one of my favorite opening scenes. A man stops at a gas station where he discovers a desolate run down shop filled with mannequins. Before we know it shit hits the fan and the mannequins spring to life and start bouncing around while creepily laughing. Random items begin to fly around and it turns into an outrageous and wacky scene. This is a perfect way to set the pace for all the chaotic hijinks to follow.
A group of travellers run into car…
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"Used to scare the hell out of kids and the Yankee tourists" -local yokel,
It is a commonly known fact that every time a major highway is built, that tourist attractions on minor highways become havens for serial killers. Avoiding that needs to be part of an infrastructure bill.
In this borderline exploitation film, three attractive women and a few guys end up at a place off that main highway and stumbles upon a creepy weird mannequin house with a latex masked killer. The direction is manic, the characters are over the top, the kills are creepy...I like it. Watch if you want to see mannequins singing creepy songs, decapitated screaming heads, and creepy masks.
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So underwhelmed on re-watch that I don't even know what to say about Tourist Trap other than "I used to like this a lot more than I do now," which is about as boring as the movie--I'm sorry!
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Watched with Rifftrax (it's just been a rifftrax n relax kinda weekend), but this film is delightfully weird on its own. I kinda love it, even the most obvious twist ever and Pigtail Girl's hilarious reaction to it. I guess "folksy guys who own run-down tourist attractions" are right up there on the most trusted professions list with nurses and firefighters! Even after he lingered an excessive amount of time while they were skinny dipping! I can't believe no one said "buzz off creepo" but I guess that's just the power of the folksy guy who owns a run-down tourist attraction.
Like, this movie is really weird. I'm not sure why the crazy doll man serial killer also needed to…
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The mannequin’s in Tourist Trap were a bit pitchy, dawg. They also harmonized as good as Fifth Harmony. It’s a no from me.
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El inevitable grupo de jovenzuelos en plenas vacaciones, desérticas pal caso (destaca una guapísima Tanya Roberts pre-"Ángeles de Charlie"), recalan casi accidentalmente en un especie de "oasis" presidido por un tétrico museo. El dueño del lugar es un tipejo (Chuck Connors, estrella que nunca acabó de despegar, genial como demente) con poderes telekinésicos que le permiten mover los objetos a su antojo, con especial predilección por los maniquíes. Naturalmente, se lo hará pasar canutas a los chavales.
Aunque de ritmo muy pausado, y prácticamente carente de cualquier atisbo de sangre, "Trampa para turistas" funciona estupendamente como producto muy setentero gracias, principalmente, a lo inquietantes y escalofriantes que resultan las secuencias en las que los maniquíes cobran vida, incluso aunque sepas… -
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Far better than I would have ever imagined. Creepy as all Hell and Chuck Connors was great as the villain. Amazing that this one slipped by me!
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Just revisited Tourist Trap this evening.... I think I had more fun with it the first go around cause this second viewing didn't do anything for me. Sure, some of the dialogue was still fun "little girl, meet my friend......little girl!" Guys, if you're ever out of pick up lines, stick with the classics. 😅 The plaster puddy kill was still disturbing, and the singing mannequins we're good for a laugh, but that's about it for this viewer. I know what they were going for and it worked for the time, I guess. So I'm not gonna trash it. Guess where I'm late to the party, Tourist Trap doesn't hold that certain charm for me. For those who hadn't seen it yet, I do encourage at least a viewing. That kill scene is definitely one of a kind 👍🏻
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