Hack or Slash

Episode 230: Tourist Trap (1979)

This week we check out the PG-rated slasher Tourist Trap (1979). We assess the creepiness of the antagonist, sift through the film’s psychological horror, and reflect on the impact it has on the genre. **This episode contains spoilers, beginning at 23:21.**

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Timestamps

0:00 ► Show Opener
0:13 ► Greetings & Salutations
1:03 ► Listener Follow Up: Jaws 3-D (1983)
2:31 ► Movie Introduction
3:06 ► Spoiler-free Discussion
17:25 ► The Gore Score
17:34 ► The Animal Report
17:38 ► Scoring
22:18 ► A Word From Our Sponsor
23:21 ► Welcome to the Spoiler Zone
23:33 ► The Body Count
28:30 ► Spoiler Zone
47:16 ► Fact or Fiction
48:59 ► Toodles

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