Edward Slausen is the main antagonist of Tourist Trap.
Biography[]
Slausen was born with a supernatural power which granted him telekinesis. Before the events of the film, Slausen was married to an unnamed women. They both opened up a wax museum in rural California called "Slausen's Lost Oasis" with the help of his brother Davey. One day, Slausen caught his wife cheating on him for Davey. He kills both of them in a fit of rage, but thinks that he can legally do it. During this time, a new highway opened up nearby, making his wax museum forgotten in time.
He started to kidnap people from a nearby gas station and turn them into wax figure. One day, he captured a young traveller named Tina, which he locked in his basement. Later that week, he killed a young man named Woody. Woody's friends get lost and stumble upon Slausen's old shop. After spying on the girls, he reveals himself and invites them back to the old wax museum.
Slausen dressed up to kill Eileen.
One of the girls named Eileen ventures deep into Slausen's home, so he kills her using his telekinetic powers and turned her into a mannequin. Two other kids, Jerry and Becky, also escape the museum, but they are caught and are locked inside Slausen's basement.
Slausen, pretending to be Davey, suffocates Tina right in front of Becky and Jerry. He then reveals his identity to the last remaining teen named Molly before chasing her down. Slausen doesn't intend to kill Molly, since he has a crush on her.
Slausen uses an animatronic to kill Becky as she tries to escape and also finds and kills Jerry.
Death[]
After confessing to Molly that he killed his wife and brother, Slausen goes insane and uses his telekinetic powers to make all the mannequins in the museum sing. While he is distracted, Molly uses an axe to hack into Slausen's neck, killing him along with all the mannequins in the museum.
James gave this death the "Dull Machete" award because it was pretty simple.
Slausen dying from an axe to the neck.
Victims[]
- Davey & Mrs. Slausen - Unknown.
- Woody - Impaled with a pipe.
- Eileen - Choked with a scarf.
- Tina- Suffocated in plaster.
- Becky- Throwing knife to the head (With the help of his animatronics)
- Jerry - Unknown.
Trivia[]
- He is played by the legendary Chuck Connors.