Thursday, March 11, 2010

Tourist Trap [1978]

Tourist Trap is a 1979 horror film directed by David Schmoeller, revolving around a group of friends who wind up stranded at Mr. Slausen’s “museum,” where the mannequins are very lifelike. Schmoeller co-wrote the script with J. Larry Carroll.
Chuck Connors – Mr. Slausen
Jocelyn Jones – Molly
Jon Van Ness – Jerry
Robin Sherwood – Eileen
Tanya Roberts – Becky
Dawn Jeffory – Tina
Keith McDermott – Woody
Shailar Coby – Davey
Four teenagers searching for a missing friend stumble upon Slausen’s Lost Oasis, an abandoned tourist trap featuring eerily lifelike mannequins. The owner is a genial yet slightly strange middle-aged man who explains that when the new highway was built, his museum no longer has any business. As the night goes on, one by one, the teenagers disappear into Slausen’s nearby house, never to come out. What they do not know is that hidden inside the home is Mr. Slausen’s younger brother Davey, insane yet gifted with telekinesis, superhuman strength, and a talent for building mannequins.



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