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Alternately goofy as hell and downright creepy, Tourist Trap is one of the more bizarre slasher films to come out of the pre-80s onslaught, somehow managing to be unique despite borrowing heavily from the horror hits that preceded it. The film follows a fairly standard set of slasher victims; a group of youths who get stranded at remote gas station/museum filled with grotesque mannequins, which happens to be run by a creepy, murderous man who stalks them down one-by-one.
That may all sound a bit par for the course, but Tourist Trap really earns its stripes when it gets going, exploring the grotesque displays of the creepy curation — especially when the mannequins come to life. By and large, Tourist Trap sets aside gore and overt violence in favor of building creepy ambiance, and while that slow-burn approach can make the film’s mere 90 minutes drag at points, director David Schmoeller creates a cacophonous mounting dread and pays it off with unnerving imagery. The end result may be too tame and tongue in cheek for some horror fans, but if it presses your particular buttons, it presses them very well.
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