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Tourist Trap

Every year young people disappear.

6.1(358)19791h 29m3

After their car breaks down, a group of young travelers find themselves stranded at a roadside museum run by the enigmatic Mr. Slausen and populated by his collection of life-like wax mannequins.

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Status
Released
Budget
$800K
Box office
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Language
English
Part of Tourist Trap Collection · 2 films
  • mask
  • mannequin
  • psychopath
  • museum
  • cult
  • friends
  • murder
  • slasher
  • demon
  • macabre
  • telekinetic
  • wax

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)PGLos Angeles14 Mar 1979
    • TheatricalPG16 Mar 1979
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereAvoriaz Fantastic Film Festival25 Jan 1979
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1821 Nov 1980
  • ItalyIT

    • Physical25 Jul 2023
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical12 May 1979
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatrical10 Dec 1982

Frequently asked questions

Tourist Trap was released on 14 March 1979.

Audience reviews

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  • W

    Wuchak

    7/29/2019

    7/10

    ***Chuck Connors & creepy mannequins in the sticks of Southern Cal*** Three girls & two guys break down in the hills north of Los Angeles and are helped by the genial owner of a defunct desert museum with a penchant for spooky masks & mannequins (Chuck Connors). “Tourist Trap” (1979) combines elements of several previous horror flicks, like “Psycho” (1960), the desert museum opening of “Gargoyles” (1972), “Th…

  • T

    tmdb76622195

    10/26/2024

    5/10

    A (PG)-rated slasher film that has been on my radar for decades, "Tourist Trap" is both creepy and ridiculous. Mr. Slauson (Chuck Connors) is a kindly old gentleman living at his all-but-abandoned wax museum and tourist attraction, "Slauson's Lost Oasis." A new highway has rerouted all of his business away, save the occasional car that conveniently breaks down. After the opening murder of Woody (Keith McDermott) a…

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