maniquens scary??!!?? - Tourist Trap (1979) Discussion

[–] allthatglitters85 18 years ago

"It says '1632'. 'Zat a year , or somethin'?"- "Chunk"

Its not necessarily that mannequins are scary as a threat themselves.The idea of an old house set back in the woods from a tourist attraction is eerie, the mannequins filling every room, as if members of the family..it provides a nice backdrop to the stalk- n'- slash proceedings.Also, because so much of the film is obviously intended to be less- than- coherent,you never really know how much of the mannequin action is really happening, and how much exists only in the tortured brain of the protagonists.I think it works rather well, though a bit more actual slashing, and the necessary old school-slasher staple(bared chests) would've pushed the whole film up a notch for me.It's still great as it is.

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[–] Xcalat3 18 years ago

they are not

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[–] HikerBoy57 16 years ago

Frankly, I think the film manages to make mannequins pretty friggin' scary.

I wouldn't have thought so, if you came up to me and said, "So there's this old house full of possessed mannequins, and they all sing at you, and fall on top of you. And that's the big scare!" It would sound ridiculous, of course.

But the director did a lot stylistically, and damn if those aren't some scary MFs.

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[–] evans0305 16 years ago

I think it's more scary that they were originally people before they died and were turned into mannequins.

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[–] Tracey73 15 years ago

how the *beep* is a maniquen scary in a film like this?

IMO it's not the mannequins that make it scary. The whole film is just creepy. These mannequins used to be living humans, who were killed then turned into mannequins. Add in the creepy humming/singing sound effects, a crazy Chuck Connors, that creepy looking house set in the middle of nowhere, and that freaky-looking mask (on the cover of the dvd or poster) and you've got a wonderfully done creepfest. This is most definitely a horror movie that stands out in my mind. I was about 6 when I first watched this and I've seen it several times since then. This is one of my fave horror films. No, there's not blood squirting everywhere, but imo it stands out among the slasher movies (don't get me wrong, I still love the slasher movies!). It's a bizarre movie that's still fun to watch!

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[–] insomniac_rod 14 years ago

Well, all the mannequins were very creepy because they seemed to have life and evil powers! Just because of that!

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