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Year: 1979

Duration: 01:30:04

Directed by: David Schmoeller

Actors: Chuck Connors, Jocelyn Jones, Tanya Roberts and Jon Van Ness

Language: English

Country: USA

Also known as: Le motel de la terreur, Tourist Trap – Die Touristenfalle, Trampa para turistas

Teenagers come across a shut-in psychopath with telekinetic powers. He proceeds to use these powers to slay them one by one as well as animate the various mannequins he uses to keep himself company.

The slasher sub-genre has been pretty much exhausted – in fact, even by 1979, just one year after the supposed ‘first slasher’, Halloween (which was released seven years after Bay of Blood or Rabid Dogs ) , was released; the sub-genre wasn’t far from being exhausted; but Tourist Trap represents one of the more original outings.

The film follows the same basic formula as most slashers – i.e. madman murders a load of kids, but draws its originality from the fact that madman is shown from the beginning (as opposed to an unseen assailant or a man in a mask) and we actually get some insight into his character.

The fact that this killer also has telekinetic abilities, including being able to control the wax dummies that fill his house, adds to the originality. We kick off with a great opening sequence, which sees a young man fall foul of having a flat tire after finding himself in a gas station of terror. The scene is amazingly creepy, as the wax dummies taunt him and things fly from the shelves – and it gives the audience a great insight into what is to come; namely, a very creepy horror film!

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