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tonight's feature: Tourist Trap (1979) on Shudder
Tourist Trap is a full-on cult classic film that should have been up there with Halloween and Texas Chainsaw Massacre, except for a few goofy unrealistic bits and some absolutely terrible soundtrack choices. Oh and also the ending. The rest is a pure freakshow starring The Rifleman, Chuck Conners as the big psychopath owner of a defunct roadside museum.
Despite the violence and mayhem, the movie was rated PG and featured no nudity despite a skinny dipping scene and a gravity defying tube top worn by a young Tanya Roberts.
Like a more demented cross between Carrie, Psycho and Wrong Turn, these hapless teenagers end up in exactly where they shouldn't be: in the crosshairs of a mannequin-obsessed killer with telekinesis and split personalities. Creepy masks and mannequins are already scary, so you have to try pretty hard to mess that up, and of course Tourist Trap manages it anyway. The film finally devolves into an absurd nightmare before an unfortunate ending that still doesn't diminish the rest of its charms. Someone should do a proper reboot of this thing before it's too late. 8 mannequin heads laughing at you out of 10.
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