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The Funhouse
DVD/APPROX. 96 MINS/1981/USA R18+
DVD/APPROX. 96 MINS/1981/USA R18+
Thought of to be one of the last films I would ever see being released to DVD, the fine people at Universal have once again proven to me
otherwise.
This little tale follows four teenagers has they embark on a visit to a traveling carnival for a night of fun, pot smoking, and attempts to fulfill there
highly sex driven lives. After the rides, games, viewing two-headed livestock and pickled punks in the freak tent, Amy (Berridge), boyfriend Buzz
(Huckabee), and friends Liz (Woodruff), and Richie (Chapin) decide to spend the night by hiding out in the funhouse. But what seems to be just a
overnight thrill, soon turns into a nightmare. Baring witness to the murder of the troupe's fortune teller at the hands of a figure dressed in a
Frankenstein costume (after a subtle hand job goes bad), the kids then decide they might be better off leaving... But not until they see the figure
unmasked, and discover it be an ungodly monster, hell bent on tracking them down one by one.
The Funhouse is the sixth effort by director Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Salem's Lot, Poltergeist) but not one of his better
ones. A typical horror film at best, even with the legendary makeup of creature creator Rick Baker (who has worked on everything from Star Wars
and Food for the Goods to Hellboy). The movie has no real moments of fright, and the young, food-for-the-hatchet cast is typical of pretty much
every other fright flick of that time. This film does however make a nice addition to a Saturday afternoon viewing, and a rather good piece of filler to
any horror film collection. It's good, just not that good.
otherwise.
This little tale follows four teenagers has they embark on a visit to a traveling carnival for a night of fun, pot smoking, and attempts to fulfill there
highly sex driven lives. After the rides, games, viewing two-headed livestock and pickled punks in the freak tent, Amy (Berridge), boyfriend Buzz
(Huckabee), and friends Liz (Woodruff), and Richie (Chapin) decide to spend the night by hiding out in the funhouse. But what seems to be just a
overnight thrill, soon turns into a nightmare. Baring witness to the murder of the troupe's fortune teller at the hands of a figure dressed in a
Frankenstein costume (after a subtle hand job goes bad), the kids then decide they might be better off leaving... But not until they see the figure
unmasked, and discover it be an ungodly monster, hell bent on tracking them down one by one.
The Funhouse is the sixth effort by director Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Salem's Lot, Poltergeist) but not one of his better
ones. A typical horror film at best, even with the legendary makeup of creature creator Rick Baker (who has worked on everything from Star Wars
and Food for the Goods to Hellboy). The movie has no real moments of fright, and the young, food-for-the-hatchet cast is typical of pretty much
every other fright flick of that time. This film does however make a nice addition to a Saturday afternoon viewing, and a rather good piece of filler to
any horror film collection. It's good, just not that good.
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