And if we're going to recount traumatizing scenes from "Tourist Trap", does anything top the final shot? I was just as freaked by that recently as I was when I saw it on cable in the sixth grade.

And if we're going to recount traumatizing scenes from "Tourist Trap", does anything top the final shot? I was just as freaked by that recently as I was when I saw it on cable in the sixth grade.

"It's a video nasty!"

"It's a video nasty!"

Movie extras.

Movie extras.

Tourist Trap hasn't lost any of its effectiveness. Funhouse is a colorful scare show, but Tourist Trap really is a plunge into the nightmare zone. The fact that nothing makes sense (the telekinesis, the people transforming into mannequins) adds to the surrealism.

Tourist Trap hasn't lost any of its effectiveness. Funhouse is a colorful scare show, but Tourist Trap really is a plunge into the nightmare zone. The fact that nothing makes sense (the telekinesis, the people transforming into mannequins) adds to the surrealism.

Nice, I just revisited this a week ago. Seeing it on cable back in '82 I remember being disappointed in how long it took to get going. But the first two thirds, establishing a grimy, amoral carnival atmosphere, are wonderful. It's similar to the look of Hooper's "Eaten Alive", a  comic book garishness that was a big…

Nice, I just revisited this a week ago. Seeing it on cable back in '82 I remember being disappointed in how long it took to get going. But the first two thirds, establishing a grimy, amoral carnival atmosphere, are wonderful. It's similar to the look of Hooper's "Eaten Alive", a  comic book garishness that was a big…

"I knew you couldn't resist Hostess Fruit Pies!"

"I knew you couldn't resist Hostess Fruit Pies!"

I'm holding out for the Six Arms Saga. You get Harry Osbourne addicted to drugs, Morbius the Vampire, and SIX GODDAMN ARMS.

I'm holding out for the Six Arms Saga. You get Harry Osbourne addicted to drugs, Morbius the Vampire, and SIX GODDAMN ARMS.

I hear he was capable of catching thieves just like flies.

I hear he was capable of catching thieves just like flies.

I was making a Freud joke. S'cool, that stuff is all bullshit anyway.

I was making a Freud joke. S'cool, that stuff is all bullshit anyway.

Of course women like "Sleepaway Camp". The ending sequence embodies EVERY WOMAN'S FANTASY.

Of course women like "Sleepaway Camp". The ending sequence embodies EVERY WOMAN'S FANTASY.