Great film or load of junk?
I vote for"not that shabby". This film caught me off-guard. See it at least once if possible. Best,J.
shareit's a great movie, a little inspiration from Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and similar music from Puppet Master, my two favorite movies
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I think Tourist Trap takes the world's record for shortest party. Davey says they are "going to have a party" and then 60 seconds later he says"parties over". Poor tourists,what a lousy host. Lol
shareQ: Great film or load of junk?
A: Yes!!
I think this is the best kind of low-budget film, trashy, bad performances, lots of problems and leaves a lot to be desired...so you appreciate it even more when it succeeds, and I think it does a lot--it feels like the director knew what he was doing, just didn't have enough money. I thought it was scary the first time through, but what it ends up being for me is a disturbing portrayal of insanity, which is fun to watch (in the commentary the director even pats himself on the back for the moments of genuine lunacy, like Davey sitting on the floor in his wig playing with dolls). But as much as anything, gotta love that incredible, over-wrought Donnagio score with all the sighing mannequin women on it. Whew!
"You can keep your pyroxenes, magnetics and coarse-grained plutonics as far as I'm concerned..."
The score for Tourist Trap is well done. It complements and enhances the film perfectly. It was smart of the producers to shell out the bucks to get Donnagio.
sharei am 29 years old.. and when i was 10 i saw it on t.v. for the first time.. tourist trap and hell night was on WPIX chanell 11 in new york.. tourist trap scared the pure hell out of me..(*** spoiler alert ***)
specialy when molly in the end is driving with a big smile on her face..also chuck conners in drag obsessed with maniquins... it was nothing short of demented horror..
" my brother don't like me using my special powers... why not.. they make me feel goooood!!!"
kick ass movie
shareI agree. I'm 38 now, and I first saw this movie in 1979 or 1980 on Showtime. Even though I watched a lot of horror movies then and rarely found them scary, "Tourist Trap" was an exception. The opening scene with all the flying cutlery, and the final scene of the insane girl driving out with the big smile on her face... whew! Never forgot those. In fact, I woke up early this morning because of a nightmare inspired by this movie, even though I haven't seen it in years, which prompted me to look it up on IMDB. It has plenty of flaws, yeah, but any horror movie that can still raise chills this many years later from sheer memory must have done something right.
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This movie really scarred me for life having seen it (on cable) for the first time back in 1981 when I was about 6 or 7. It is still number 1 on my top ten list of horror films.
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Actually, the music from the film IS the same music from Puppet Master. In the DVD commentary track, the director talks about how he used the same track later in Puppet Master, as he made both films.
For someone seeing it now, it's probably going to suck, as it's probably pretty lame for today's standards. To me it is still much better than any of the latter day horror films. Today's youth would probably get a lot of laughs from it, but when I first saw it as a child of 5 years old, it really disturbed me more than any horror film ever had. Even though when I watch it today, and realise that the story is pretty much illogical and even nonsensical, it still remains a prodominent horror icon for me. It carved itself onto my brain as a child and left a scar that has never healed. The visuals mixed with the super-eerie voice of Chuck Conners will stay with me forever. I still mimic his voice when I am trying to sound scarey, and to this very day department store maniquins remind me of the film. This film proves that department store maniquins and wax dummies are definatley elements of horror. This film shall haunt me forever.
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It is the same music from Puppet Master, because the man who made it later went on to make Puppet Master.
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The link between Texas Chainsaw Massacre and this film is that both set designs were created by Robert Burns, who also worked in "The Howling".