Irwin yablans reportedly hated pino donaggios score for the film, as yablans wanted another. The film follows a group of young people who stumble upon a roadside museum housing mannequins that wield supernatural powers. Pino donaggio tourist trap original motion picture. Released by varese sarabande in 1979 vc 81102 containing music from tourist trap 1979. Travellers stop at a lonely wax museum where the owners mannequins are a little too lifelike for comfort. With chuck connors, jocelyn jones, jon van ness, robin sherwood. A truly unique concept for a slasher film, tourist trap directed by david schmoeller puppet master is a tense, creepy and very well done film. During the late 70s when splatter came into its own as a viable and lucrative subgenre of the horror cinema, firsttime director david schmoeller of puppet master fame slipped his quirky outing, tourist trap, in among the growing brood of halloween slashers. Trailer for tourist trap, directed by david schmoeller and available now from 88 films. In may, 2012, schmoeller was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the fantaspoa film. Find travel tips, things to do, and beautiful photos with all the expertise and none of the pretense. Tourist trap soundtrack cd details and availability. Her description of the 1979 horror oddity tourist trap sounded eerily similar to the texas chainsaw massacre, but with just enough quirk to distinguish itself from being a mere knockoff.
Opposite the railroad station in the city of salzburg, we board a beige austrian postautobus for the 45. A regular at fan conventions, including chiller theater, sherwood. For decades, the original 1979 pressing of tourist trap has become not only incredibly difficult to locate, but also prohibitively expensive. One of the best horror films of the 1970s has finally been given a long overdue home video makeover. In both films a group of suburban teens are slaughtered by an isolated family of outsider weirdos in the nomansland of rural america. He began his directing career over 30 years ago with tourist trap 1979. Watch cult classics and new releases from full moon such as puppet master, subspecies, evil bong, gingerdead man and many more. Tourist trap turned out to be a much better film that i was expecting, containing enough great material to make it a classic alongside the likes of halloween. An outing on an austrian lake has an operatic finale the. David schmoeller born december 8, 1947 is an american film director, producer and screenwriter.
Stylistically, however, it owes more to the texas chain saw massacre, building a story around hulking redneck recluse mr. The idea of those frozen, smoothfeatured statues staring into nothing is. Robin sherwood in tourist trap 1979 chuck connors in tourist trap 1979 tourist trap 1979 tanya roberts in. Gallery of 29 movie poster and cover images for tourist trap 1979. Slausen the rifleman star chuck connors and his deranged telekinetic brother, who dons a stiff, ventriloquiststyle. On may 20th, full moon is releasing the 1979 horror flick tourist trap on bluray, which would seem to be a mustown release, for all fans of the film. Tourist trap is a 1979 american supernatural slasher film directed by david schmoeller and starring chuck connors, jocelyn jones, jon van ness, robin. Tourist trap stars chuck connors as the seemingly gentle giant who has. Slausen is the reclusive and bizarre owner of this attraction, which is actually more like a macabre chamber of horrors. However i think the reason it isnt a classic is because it tries to throw a bit too much into the mix and by the end the film. A group of friends including the always yummy tanya roberts become stranded near an old museum that is the home of mr.
The chase scenes are well done and overall the movie keeps a good pace. David schmoeller koch full moon releasing every year young people disappear. The grotesque and frightening mannequins in this sordid sideshow are only the beginning of the murderous mayhem and nightmarish madness to come. Tourist trap soundtrack from 1979, composed by pino donaggio. While some establishments may be viewed by tourists as fun and interesting diversions, tourist traps can. Thanks to a slew of disc reissues and the more than passing resemblance the underrated 2005 house of wax redux bears to it, this cult favourite has now become a permanent part of modern macabre movie lexicon. In this horror outing, a seemingly abandoned desert gas station turns out to be a. There is only so much you can do with this slowpaced a horror movie. Forget overpriced boardwalk food or tacky souvenirs.
But before you place your preorder, i encourage you to read a couple facebook posts that were recently made by the film s director, david schmoeller, which reveal that a whole five minutes. Tourist trap was released in 1979, part of the posthalloween glut of slasher flicks every studio was then scrambling to get into theaters. Tourist trap is a roadside attraction that all fans of the horror genre should pull over for. The core of this film rests on actor chuck connors who is a loner psychopath with telekinetic powers operating an off road tourist stop. This is a good lowbudget horror movie with only a minor appearance by a snake. Tourist trap 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Effects design was done by robert burns the man behind chainsaw massacre,there. In todays predictable, estrogendriven mtv style of filmmaking wherein gore and insipid throwaway lines have. Tourist trap 1979 a vehicle breakdown strands teens near a desert madmans chuck connors wax museum, full of lifelike dummies. Staring dawn jeffory, keith mcdermott, robin scerwood and jon van ness. Tourist trap is the most frightening movie ever made about mannequins, and a classic example that a low budget can be a horror film s greatest asset. Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification. Tourist trap is a 1979 american supernatural slasher film directed by david schmoeller and starring chuck connors, jocelyn jones, jon van ness, robin sherwood, and tanya roberts. Each week, a new group of tourists arrive from a different country from england, germany, japan and the usa.
Due to this fact, waxwork has poured themselves into tracking down the original masters, restoring, re. Tourist trap has enjoyed something of a renaissance throughout the horror community over the last decade or so. Why david schmoellers 1979s tourist trap needs a 2017 remake. Tourist trap 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers. Each group in turn think they are here to enjoy an idyllic one. I heard about tourist trap quite some time ago and ordered it only to have it sit in my tower of yettobewatched dvds until a few days ago i will start off by saying that i am creeped out by mannequins. While the film has hints of the texas chainsaw massacre, tourist trap is mainly a creepy psychological thriller worthy of the twilight zone. Tourist traps will typically provide services, entertainment, food, souvenirs and other products for tourists to purchase. After their car breaks down, a group of young travelers find themselves stranded at a roadside museum run by the mysterious mr. A tourist trap is an establishment or group of establishments that has been created or repurposed with the aim of attracting tourists and their money. Some of these pictures and descriptions may give away plot details that you might not want to know before watching the film.
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