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February 17, 2015

Episode 206: Tourist Trap (1979)

Special Guests: David Schmoeller, Charles Band, Nicholas Von Sternberg
Guest Co-Host: Alex Jowski

We're talking about the 1979 film from David Schmoeller, Tourist Trap. When a quintet of young people meet creepy Mr. Slaussen (Chuck Connors) -- the proprietor of a roadside wax museum -- bad things happen.

We talked to the co-writer/director David Schmoeller, cinematographer Nicholas Von Sternberg, and producer Charles Band. Joining us in the booth this week is Alex Jowski, head honcho at Geek Juice Media.

Listen/Download Now:

Links:
Buy Tourist Trap on DVD
Visit the official David Schmoeller website
Read an interview with David Schmoeller
Read a review of the Tourist Trap DVD at DVDBeaver
Hear the first part of our Charles Band interview on our Trancers episode

Music:
"Main Title" - Pino Donaggio
"Into the Pool" - Pino Donnagio
"Showroom Dummies (Cha Cha Cha)" - Señor Coconut

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1 comment:

  1. Chuck Connors also gave his all in the seriously weird beard comic strip gangster movie, '99 and 44% Dead', as the unhinged killer pitted against Richard Harris. Back in the early 60s, he was cast as Doc Savage in an aborted film project.

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