Atomic heart clown trap9/19/2023 One by one, Slausen dispenses with the group except for Molly who has caught his eye and animated his you know what, if you catch my drift. Slausen (Connors who is effectively creepy in this macabre dark fairy tale about getting lost and winding up at the wrong house) might be the one who has the power to move objects at will, but either way, the film becomes a manic fun-house ride that is incredibly frightening as well as suffocating because they are trapped at the Lost Oasis. These unusually menacing figures can not only move, they also possess the powers of telekinesis. Slausen, which is filled with a collection of remarkable automatons and life like-mannequins and some who are even gunslingers (you’ll find out) Yes, they do, indeedy they do!Ī group of young people driving in one of those jeeps called ‘the Thing’ of the late 70s go for a trip out in the desert but of course, as it is with all these pictures in order to set up the chilling storyline, they must become stranded! Fortunately, they break down by Slausen’s Lost Oasis, a tourist-trap museum run by the deranged Mr. Not just the mannequins that play a factor in the level of freakiness, it’s the fact that the victims themselves get transformed somehow into mannequins themselves. Tourist Trapwith its sublime moments of terror will forever stay burned into my memory for its original brand of creepiness, partly due to the animated mannequins, the sense of isolation and dread, and Pino Dinaggio’s enigmatic melodically robotic score incorporating ghost town saloon tinny piano sounds, and wind up toys, that drives the story perfectly! This to me is undoubtedly one of THE scariest films of the 1970s decade of horror. I’ll wind up with the new release but I’ll never let go of my VHS unless it disintegrates into analog dust and goo in the Rubbermaid container! The reason I hold onto my VHS tapes (as sad and worn as they are), instead of buying the Blu-ray version with better quality and vivid colors, is unfortunately that the newer version is cut down making it a shorter version of the movie. Jon Van Ness ( The Hitcher 1986) as Jerry, Robins Sherwood ( Death Wish II, Blow Out 1981) as Eileen, Tanya Roberts ( Charlie’s Angels, Sheena: Queen of the Jungle 1984) as Becky, Dawn Jeffory as Tina, Keith McDermott as Woody, Shailar Coby as Davey and Albert Band and Linnea Quigley as Mannequins. Jocelyn Jones plays Molly-the virginal final girl who just happens to be the daughter of amazing character actor Henry Jones! Slausen stating that he wanted to be the Boris Karloff of the 1980s! It is a very good role for him indeed, as he is perfectly peculiarly menacing and off-beat. Chuck Connors had actually sought out the part of Mr. 1973, Nightmare in Badham County 1976 tv movie) as the creepy Mr. Stars Chuck Connors ( T he Rifleman, Soylent Green 1973, The Horror at 37, 000 ft. Burns, Ken Horn, Ve Neill and and Karen Stern. Helmer and make-up by David Ayers, Robert A. Burns (who worked on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974, which like Tourist Trap also had minimal gore and no nudity), special effects by Richard O. Larry Carroll, director of photography Nicholas von Sternberg, music by Pino Donaggio ( Don’t Look Now 1973, Carrie 1976, Dressed to Kill 1980, The Howling 1981, Body Double 1984) Art direction by Robert A. Written and directed by David Schmoeller, ( Puppetmaster series) co-written by J. Tourist Trap (1979) A Charles Band Production. “You’re so pretty it’s a shame you have to die, it will be quick, but it won’t be easy.
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