Running Commentary Review- The Tourist Trap (1979)

I have not done one of these since Gozu back in the beginning of August; this type of review is a bit time consuming, seeing as I have to pause the movie every time I want to type something. Anyways...





A few quick words:
The Tourist Trap is one of the creepiest movies I've ever seen. It looks like it cost about a dollar to make, yet it's filled with hot chicks and uber-creepy dolls. Get a hold of this on DVD if you can..and watch it in the dark....



Start- From the sound of the wacky carnival music playing over the credits, I think were in for a zany, calamity filled romp of madcap mayhem! Either that, or I may have nightmares so bad that I piss myself in my sleep.



2:56- Tanya Roberts... yummy. You have to love 70's style tube tops.



3:43- Some guy wearing a Gilligan hat is rolling a tire up to an abandoned old service station. Judging by the music playing, he should go right in and say "Hello?" He'll be safe I'm sure.



4:16- I knew it! "Hello? Can I get some service?" The response you ask? A creepy moan from somewhere in back. He should go check it out.





5:09- Guess what's in the back? A mannequin on a mattress, that sits up and start laughing. The door closes, the windows open, all by themselves. Another mannequin jumps out of the closet! A mannequin head on the floor turns, opens its mouth, and yells. They're all laughing and something has his arm... Seriously, fuck this movie.



9:30- Thank god that Slausen's Lost Oasis is only 4 miles ahead. Maybe the others can actually find help instead of just some animated dolls that want them dead.



11:08- The car suddenly dies when they arrive at the oasis... that's odd.



12:15- Tanya Roberts has visible pokies!





13:04- 3 chicks skinny dipping alert!



13:45- I've never fully trusted Chuck Connors.



14:18- Oh crap, it's the old "I used to be successful until the government decided to build that fancy new "highway" speech. Their so screwed.



17:16- Sure, jump in his truck. His tools are at the house, and it's just down the road a piece. By the way, his middle name is Rape.



19:24- Cool, the house is full of mannequins and dolls. I hate this movie.



20:09- "Who lives in that creepy house next door sir?" Oh, nobody? Just Davey? This is getting better by the minute. While they guys go off to fix the car, let's go poke around down there, even though creepy Chuck Connors just told us not to. Davey won't mind.



23:11- Eileen, exploring the creepy house next door alone, hears voices inside. They belong of course to two mannequins, who are talking to each other and rocking back and forth. Mannequins are moving by themselves. Then something whispers "Eileen." Why leave though, you dumb bitch, it makes more sense to explore the house and find the source of the whispers.

More creepy dummies ensue.



24:16- Living mannequin attack! (Complete with Omen-like music and random objects moving by themselves.)





33:19- Tanya Roberts and the other chick are now all alone; The guy "Went to town" to get help for his car, Chuck Connors is out "looking" for the missing Eileen, so they decide that investigating the creepy house is a good idea.



35:04- I love how random giggles in a completely dark house don't stop Tanya Roberts from looking around. Can she please get naked before she dies?!?!?



37:41- Tanya is now trapped in a room with living dolls. They are amoving, making things move, making creepy as hell noises... and then one tackles her... and she fights back! You go girl!!

Youre strong enough to make it out of there, you have fighting spirit... right up until all of the mannequins begin falling on her while they do that god damned high pitched "aaah" whisper thing. Fuck this movie.





40:18- Eileen is tied to a table in the basement... They're all captives, except for the guy at the beginning and the sweet Molly... "Why dont you like me?" what a creepy voice.



43:27- Chuck Connors is bat-shit crazy.



44:50- Eileen's face is being covered in plaster. He's taking his time too, talking her through it... "You'll panic as I seal the lips..." "And now the eyes...oh your face is burning now..." "Your world is dark, you'll never see again." What a creepy damn voice!



47:23- Jerry breaks free!



48:15- Jerry's caught again.





51:27- Molly goes in search of her friends. the giggles in the darkness keep her company. Also, the whispering of her name is comforting to her I'm sure. Shit! Another wigged living mannequin pops up, and chases her calling "little girl!" The head it's carrying screams "Molly!" at the same time.



54:36- Thank god, Chuck Connors to the rescue! He gives her a gun and tells her to wait while he goes and... Oh shit, he's not helping her at all!





1:04:04- Apparently, Molly gets her very own room.



1:06:53- The beginning of the creepy hallway sequence. When the jig is up, dive through the window, and then run into the woods!



1:12:43- And she's finished.



1:17:22- The creepy doll yelling begins.



1:21:15- And the truth is revealed... Chuck Connors is bat-shit crazy, and he has no understanding of the law at all.



1:27:20- Axe to the fucking head! That's what I'm talking about. Then she's free to... drive off with her mannequin friends?





End- Wow. I recommend watching that one alone and in the dark.
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