tourist trap be a bizarre and great horror film from the 70 . the film be about a group of young adult and becky and jerry and and molly and who be travel in a jeep through a desert area . their two other friend and eileen and her boyfriend woody and be in a separate car . when a wheel go flat and woody take it to a nearby gas station and meet a grisly fate to some bizarre telekinetic mayhem and some creepy mannequin . the friend get tire of wait for woody and go to a local tourist trap mannequin or wax museum . in front of the entrance and the car randomly break down and and the girl find an oasis area to go swimming in and where they be approach by mr. slausen and who run the roadside attraction that be now close down . he take them up to the old western wax museum and and the girl stay behind while he and jerry go to fix their car . eileen and the curious of the two and wanders to an old house nearby and where she also fall to the hand of a mysterious mask killer and a bunch of life like mannequin . after await for eileen and becky and molly go to look for her . that when the real horror begin and and the telekinetic ( can move object with his mind ) mask brother of mr. slausen begin to kill off the teen one by one and while control his large amount of human turn mannequin . sound similar to the 2005 house of wax remake . well and it be . i would hear of this movie but never see it when i saw house of wax and but now i can see the striking similarity the two movie share tourist trap be obviously a big contributor to the house of wax remake . the mannequin in this movie be scary to begin with and some with move eyeball and some with no eye at all and and some with drop mouth that sing too . the singing be extremely creepy if you ask me and and the mannequin be eerily design . mannequin be creepy to begin with and theyre so lifelike yet they really aren not . the movie tightly blend element from texas chainsaw massacre ( the mask the killer us be similar to those of leatherface ) and with a little bit of the original house of wax and and the telekinetic power that be display in carrie . the result be quite satisfying . the telekinesis be a nice touch to the movie and it make the killer all the more menacing and inescapable . the mask be terrify and and the plaster scene be really disturb . the score for the film be really well do and if not a little overused during some scene . the acting may not be particularly on key and but it really wasn not that bad . chuck connors be really good a the shadowy mr. slauston and give the character a shady but friendly feel . a young tanya robert be also in the film and she most known for her role on charlie angel and more recently the sitcom that 70 show and play donna mother . robert a. burn serf a the art director and he do a phenomenal job on the original texas chainsaw and do a good job here as well and create a cluttered and musty atmosphere to both the rundown museum and the old house fill with mannequin . i find it a little odd that the original rating for the film be pg and it seem a little too scary to have such a tame rating and but the film really isn not too violent . overall and tourist trap be an eerily unique and fast paced and extremely under appreciate horror classic . full moon give it a decent 20th anniversary dvd release and the commentary be interesting and the picture be clear and crisp for the most part and good than the video version . if you enjoy old 70 slasher horror film and tourist trap be an underrated retro gem . positive .