a group of young adult get strand in the back of the beyond and where the only place in the vicinity be a museum full of wax dummy and and the only form of help be affable local mr. slausen ( chuck connors ) . a night fall and the kid get pick off in record time . an odd and freaky b movie that combine the creepiness of backwoods setting with the plot device of all too lifelike mannequin ( make this a good update of the body in the wax museum genre ) and this be an intense shock fest along the line of the texas chain saw massacre . ( it should then come a no surprise that tcsm art director robert a. burn repeat that duty here and and his eye for great set decoration always come in handy . ) pino donaggios score be downright chill while accompany by the murky photography of nicholas von sternberg and it drench the film in oppressive atmosphere . plot twist vary in level of success while there be one that i saw come a mile away and and one that actually take me by surprise and and i be all the more happier for it . one of the best moment be share with u almost right up front and a the first chump victim be trap in a room with object fly at him of their own volition . the capper be a great impalement by pipe with blood drip out of the end . star connors offer an engage performance a our down home good ol boy antagonist and while the young co star and predictably and can not perform at the same level and although jocelyn jones be a likable enough and certainly winsome lady who have enough appeal to rate a a sympathetic damsel in distress . co star tanya robert ( a brunette in this film ) be okay in support . ( if i have one problem with this film and it just that the victim be a little too stupid . then again and that doesn not make this much different from many horror film of the 80 . ) future notable name among the credit be future director ted nicolaou and who be the editor here and ron underwood ( who make a great debut almost a dozen year later with tremor ) a the assistant director and and veteran makeup artist ve neill and who do many film and win three oscar since . although some horror fan may be disappoint by the lack of nudity and sexual element and this be otherwise a nice little surprise that debut director david schmoeller delivers with conviction and gusto . recommend . positive .