Made in the same era of HALLOWEEN and PHANTASM, TOURIST TRAP has always been eclipsed by the other more famous horror films made in the 1970s. And there's a reason for this. It's because it's not very good. After watching it again for the first time in 20 years, I went "Huh? What was that all about?" The production values are very cheap, the sound is terrible, the script is disjointed, the acting is uninspired, and the characters are uninteresting. There's not enough blood in TT for gorehounds and the confusing story is too crappy for those who love their horror movies with more chills than blood. I really can't imagine who came up with such a murky, stupid story: a man who has psychic powers and lives with mannequins. Scary...not. And to make things worst, there are so many continuity errors that it looks like the film was rushed and made in only a couple of days. The only good thing in TOURIST TRAP are the following: music by the always great Pino Donnagio, the original movie poster and Tanya Roberts, who's totally hot. If none of the latter is of interest to you then there's no need for you to watch TOURIST TRAP.
Review of Tourist Trap
