Director: David Schmoeller
Writer: J. Larry Carroll, David Schmoeller
Tagline: Every Year Young People Disappear.
Actors: Chuck Connors, Jocelyn Jones, Jon Van Ness, Robin Sherwood, and Tanya Roberts
Runtime: 1h 30m
Category: Killer, Psychological, Slasher
Synopsis: Five friends are out for a drive when their cars break down. They meet Mr. Slauson, who owns Slauson’s Lost Oasis, a mannequin/wax museum, who promises to help them fix their car. The girls notice a house outside and find out that Mr. Slauson’s brother Davey lives there. One by one the five go missing and soon they end up inside Davey’s house, where they discover where Mr. Slauson’s evil secret…where he gets all the mannequins and why they look so life-like.
Review: Knowing nothing about this movie going into it, apart from it being a cult classic, I was actually pretty surprised. I wasn’t really expecting much, considering it’s a 70’s slasher (of sorts). I liked most of the movie; the story-line was not that bad and the concept, closely ripped from the original House of Wax (1953), was pretty good. You never knew who was who; kind of a thinker, in a way. The mannequins were the best part. However cheesy they may have seemed, I thought that it was awesome! It was the “amateur” feel that got me. Those damn things are creepy anyway…then add a psycho who can control them and make them come to life…that’s some scary shut! This was actually a pretty good movie and I would definitely recommend it.
Rating: 20. I loved how the movie got into the story right from the get-go. They wasted no time making it known that a killer who with psychokenesis was on the prowl. Apart from the lackluster killings, the movie held all the way through. Not a bad 70’s flick at all, but not a gory slasher…great though. (20of25).
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