Today's Pick: Tourist Trap (1979)
The 1970's was a fantastic era for American cinema all around, and the horror genre was no exception. The B-movie went A-list with Steven Spielberg's Jaws, our religious fears were mined with both The Exorcist and The Omen, and another mythical figure took his place in the hall of hallowed monsters in... well, we'll save that for another entry. But, hiding underneath all these mainstream successes are lots of mini-masterpieces waiting to be appreciated by a new generation. One of those happens to be Tourist Trap, an exercise in atmosphere and outright creepiness.
The 1970's was a fantastic era for American cinema all around, and the horror genre was no exception. The B-movie went A-list with Steven Spielberg's Jaws, our religious fears were mined with both The Exorcist and The Omen, and another mythical figure took his place in the hall of hallowed monsters in... well, we'll save that for another entry. But, hiding underneath all these mainstream successes are lots of mini-masterpieces waiting to be appreciated by a new generation. One of those happens to be Tourist Trap, an exercise in atmosphere and outright creepiness.
