1979 Directed by David Schmoeller
Their car breaks down and four friends find themselves stranded at The Lost Oasis, a strange museum run by the friendly Mr. Slausen. Even though they are warned not to, the teens explore a house nearby and learn that it belongs to Davey, Mr. Slausen's insane brother. Davey has a knack for making mannequins. In fact, his house is filled with them. Davey's enthusiasm shows when starts adding the teenagers to his collection.
The first movie of The Last Drive-In was the last one I watched because Shudder was having a moment when the stream first started and I couldn’t get it to load. Thankfully, they have added all of the movies with the JBB commentary to the service so we can all enjoy them at any time and that is why they are my favorite streaming service. Also they are a horror service so that’s got a lot to do with me thing they’re the best and I’m sure nobody is surprised there.
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…
"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.
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…
Tourist Trap is blatantly cheesy and its low-budget is obvious in almost every scene, but I'll be damned if it's not highly entertaining. Hell, how can you go wrong when your movie features someone as epic as Chuck Connors (The Rifleman) and a host of creepy lifelike mannequins? Just throw in the obligatory group of teenage victims and let the fun ensue! Tourist Trap is one of the most fun and imaginative 70s horror flicks out there and could very well be my favorite of the decade.
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!
Good soundtrack (although a bit overdone at times) and a funny albeit extremely creepy performance by Chuck Connors in this horror flick with obvious influences by mostly The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Psycho, as well as Halloween and House of wax.
The editing, the cinematography (by Joseph von Sternberg's son himself) and make-up (those mannequins, though) are worth mentioning as well.
Caught this during Joe Bob Briggs' return to TV (well, streaming at least via Shudder). Pretty good, albeit sloppy entry into the genre. The ending alone is worth the price of admission.
"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.
Heading out on a trip together, a group of friends taking a vacation through the countryside gets stranded at a former roadside wax museum where the proprietor warns them about a masked maniac lives that begins picking them off one-by-one and turning them into the wax-coated mannequin displays.
This was an exceptionally fun and enjoyable entry. One of the better features here is the absolutely creepy and chilling atmosphere that's present throughout the film. The idea of the wax dolls and mannequins littering the grounds of the museum as well as the remote house on its grounds is perfectly creepy on its own, yet the idea is given excessive marks over the film by focusing on the concept of them…
31 Days of Horror: Slasher Edition | Movie #25
So things happened and I wasn't able to complete my 31 Days of Horror list so I'm finishing it now. This was fun and creepy. Like I can't remember the last time a slasher movie legitimately creeped me out, but this did. The mannequins are just really weird looking.
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