Product Details

• Actors: Ralph Meeker, Janet Blair, Henry Silva
• Directors: Laslo Benedek
• Format: Black & White, NTSC, Dolby, HiFi Sound
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM /UA Home Video
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 51 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301977041
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #419,961 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I Sink the Budget Fantastic!, September 17, 2002

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McGillicutty "DVD Fan" (The Sooner Nation) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Outer Limits: Tourist Attraction [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If any good came out of this episode, it would probably be the fact that "Tourist Attraction" is the touchstone for how NOT to waste money on a uninteresting idea.

The underwater photography is fairly good, even if the critters are not very convincing. The performances are fairly perfunctory and even Henry Silva as the maniacal dictator seems rather uninterested in what little is going on.

The ending, where an already weakened dam breaks, flooding the city below, comes as a welcome relief to anyone who managed to make it that far into the show.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Sinking Ship, September 10, 2002

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Chromefreak - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Outer Limits: Tourist Attraction [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Absolutely one of the worst--and possibly THE worst--Outer Limits episodes. Usually, OL was a brilliant, if sometimes erratic series. Tourist Trap is aptly named; after watching it, you'll feel as if you've been an unwilling prisoner for the last hour. "Horrible" is too kind a description.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Lungfish Ate My Homework (Blub!), March 26, 2002

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Bruce Rux (Aurora, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Outer Limits: Tourist Attraction [VHS] (VHS Tape)

It could have been worse. It could have lacked the presence of Henry Silva, as a South American despot. Its locales and sets could have been less exotic and lush. Even Janet Blair's legs are surely worth a point or two.

Unfortunately, I've named about all this episode is worth. Tourist Attraction has the sad distinction of being the reason many worthier OL entries looked so [bad] - it ate most of the production budget for the first season. And the saddest thing is, you'd never guess it to look at it. The lungfish beasties (they could only afford three, made to look like more through the miracle of recycling) are really unconvincing.

Let 'er sail! (Blub, blub, blub...)