The deliberate, slowburn pacing of the film s first forty minutes are utterly enthralling, taking on the appearance and feel of a naturalistic sliceoflife. The funhouse is a 1981 horror movie the place in a carnivaltobe hooper directed this one, is should be ok, right. A creepy and enjoyable film, the funhouse shared a double bill in 1981 with my. Thinking it would be fun to spend the night in the campy funhouse horror ride, the teens witness a murder by a deformed worker wearing a mask. Jeepers creepers 2016 tv episode part of the episode is set in a hall of mirrors and a funhouse, like the tobe hooper classic. The funhouse is a 1980 novelization by american author dean koontz, based on a larry block aka lawrence j. Four teenage friends spend the night in a carnival funhouse and are stalked by a deformed man in a frankenstein mask. A creepy and enjoyable film, the funhouse shared a double bill in 1981 with my bloody valentine. The performers actually move through the funhouse backwards, entering at what should be the exit and emerging at the entrance. There are also several alternate scenes and some scenes have been shortened for the tv version due to nudity or violence and i. One that would probably be too simple in this day and age. The funhouse opens with what can only be described as an intentional loving homage to the first scene in 1978s halloween before changing gears entirely. Directed by tobe hooper, the funhouse was a low budget horror film.
Locked in, amy and her friends must evade the murderous carnival workers and escape. Director tobe hooper manages a few shocks and includes some typically peculiar supporting characters, but this film is less entertaining than either of his previous excursions into such territory. The funhouse 1981 tobe hooper cast and crew allmovie. I mean tobe hooper brought us the texas chainsaw massacre. The funhouse 1981 where to watch it streaming online. Find movie and film cast and crew information for the funhouse 1981 tobe hooper on allmovie. Rent the funhouse 1981 starring elizabeth berridge and shawn carson on dvd and bluray.
The several animatronic dolls like the clown or the executioner and sprung shock props like the plastic skeleton or the spider in the funhouse always deliver a nice jump scare when its appropriate. In tow are her boyfriend, buzz cooper huckabee, and their friends liz largo woodruff and richie miles chapin. After seeing the usual attractions, they smoke some dope and have the bright idea to stay in the funhouse. Joey is unable to speak and thus explain to his stern and abusive parents that amy and her friends are still inside the funhouse. Jun 29, 2017 so, turning back the clock, 1981s the funhouse is all the more interesting. Massacres dans le train fantome the funhouse streaming, regarder massacres dans le train fantome the funhouse en streaming vf hd 1981 en francais complet gratuit. The funhouse 1981 extra footage from the tv version. The funhouse 1981 nude scenes film and not a lot happens in the movies hour and a half run time. When four teenagers decide to spend the night in a carnival funhouse as a joke, they quickly find out theyre getting more than they signed up for. Director tobe hooper manages a few shocks and includes some typically. Koontz novel, koontz actually wrote the book as a screenplay adaptation under the pseudonym owen. The opening sequence of tobe hoopers 1981 gem the funhouse riffs on psycho by way of halloween.
Le film the funhouse 1981 vostfr admin 20170624t17. The funhouse 1981 british board of film classification. Four teens amy, buzz, richie and liz are having a double date and decide to visit the travelling carnival. This stylish, if somewhat mediocre, horror film might as well have been entitled the good, the bad, and the very ugly. The film was unsuccessfully prosecuted as a video nasty in the uk a few years after its release. Richie is first when gunther throws a noose around his neck and he is strangled to death. After texas chainsaw massacre and before poltergeist there was this little horrorfilm tobe hooper did in 1981, called the funhouse. Provided to youtube by tunecore the funhouse main title john beal the funhouse music from the original film score. Rebellious teen amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town. Some of these elements may be fierce shrieking strings, low brooding woodwinds, strange synthesized effects, and the everpresent highsustained strings. Four teenage friends spend the night in a carnival funhouse and are stalked by a deformed man in a. The buxom heroine disrobes and steps into the shower while an unseen stalker, tracked via firstperson killercam, slips on a scary mask, grabs a blade, and heads into the bathroom after her. In tow are her boyfriend, buzz, and their friends liz and richie.
Excellent sinister soundtrack score accompanies the animatronic horrors of the funhouse. There is currently one video available for the film. It went through fairfield last year, when they found the bodies of those two girls in the. The story concerns four teenagers who visit a local carnival for a night of innocent amusement. Director tobe hooper the texas chainsaw massacre, poltergeist pays affectionate tribute to various classic horror movies in this tale of two teenage couples who spend the night in a sleazy carnival funhouse.
Not as scary as the texas chainsaw massacre 1974 nor as bizarre as eaten alive 1976, the funhouse may as well have been directed. Gallery of 20 movie poster and cover images for the funhouse 1981. The funhouse 1981 is a horror movie starring elizabeth berridge and shawn carson. Jan 11, 2011 four teenage friends spent the night in a carnival funhouse and are stalked by a deformed man in a frankenstein mask. The guy knows how to make a movie, and with the funhouse he effortlessly blends the slasher, creature, and haunted house subgenres together to give us one hell of a captivating and intense fright flick. Theres a nice amount of tension in that final scene too. It takes over an hour for the film to even get into its stalkandslash aspect, and by that time i was trying to keep myself from turning off the movie. It is unclear why this tale of carnival jollity made it on to a list of notorious horror movies that tend to deprave or corrupt persons as it is a slasher movie similar to many movies at the time that.
The funhouse also released as carnival of terror is a 1981 american slasher film directed by tobe hooper, written by larry block and starring elizabeth berridge, kevin conway, william finley, cooper huckabee, miles chapin, and sylvia miles. Watch the latest the funhouse trailer on video detective. Now, there seems to be no escape from the funhouse and the kids who have disappeared in neighboring towns might have met a similar fate. Cast includes cooper huckabee, miles chapin, elizabeth berridge, largo woodruff, sylvia miles, shawn carlson. The funhouse 1981 frightfully forgotten ep 17 duration. No gore to be found here, and what once was an x film now comes in for a 15cert. Get notified if it comes to one of your streaming services, like netflix, on.
Listen, how would you like to go to the movies instead of the carnival. Two teenage couples on a double date, with the boys played by men in their late twenties, dare to sneak off the ride and spend the night inside a carnivals haunted mansion. Video archive for the film the funhouse, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 1981. The funhouse is the second of tobe hoopers films to make it to the uk video nasty list the first being eaten alive the film about the crocodile, not the umberto lenzi one about cannibals. Block screenplay, which was made into the 1981 film the funhouse, directed by tobe hooper. The funhouse is a 1981 american slasher film directed by tobe hooper, written by larry block. Petty criticisms aside, however, its an entertaining film. The whole metaartificial feel of the funhouse in itself is both enticing and eerie to the audience. Its a weak attempt at a slasher film and not a lot happens in the movies hour and a half run time. An early 80s slasher flick that is anything but traditional, the funhouse just may be tobe hooper at the top of his game.
I dont know where youre going tonight, but dont go to that damn carnival. And coming up to the plate right now is the opening scene from a personal favorite of mine, tobe hoopers 1981 slasher flick, the funhouse. For the 1981 film, the funhouse, director tobe hooper poltergeist, the texas chainsaw massacre chose composer john beal to make the horror in the film even more horrific. Voir film massacres dans le train fantome the funhouse en. The funhouse poster horror posters, classic horror movies. Four teenage friends spent the night in a carnival funhouse and are stalked by a deformed man in a frankenstein mask. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. The funhouse robots are pretty rad, and the monster is badass. The 1981 horror film the funhouse is about four teenagers who encounter a serial killer while spending the night in a traveling carnivals funhouse.
Extra scenes from the tv version that arent in the theatrical cut. Apr 20, 20 its where i talk about scenes from your favorite horror movies that made you utter that phrase and pause for a minute during your cinematic viewing. As the film production took longer than expected, the book was released before the film. This lowbudget horror film about teenagers trapped in a carnival funhouse. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto. So, turning back the clock, 1981s the funhouse is all the more interesting. Oct 16, 2012 the funhouse collector s edition film horror. Jun 24, 2017 le film the funhouse 1981 vostfr admin 20170624t17. May 18, 2016 an early 80s slasher flick that is anything but traditional, the funhouse just may be tobe hooper at the top of his game. The clown head on top of the rv in 31 is exactly the same as a clown statue featured in the funhouse. Coming off the cult classic tv miniseries salems lot 1979, it was his first theatrically released film in five years he was replaced as director of 1979s the dark. The attraction shown in the movie is actually a dark ride. Rent the funhouse 1981 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Its all a big fakeoutthe knife is plastic and the stalker is her horrorobsessed little brother.
This lowbudget horror film about teenagers trapped in a carnival funhouse with a freakish monster is pretty standard stuff. Some commentators have questioned its attempted banning, given that the film is fairly tame in comparison to other entries on the list, leading some to suggest it was mistakenly chosen instead of the infamous last house on dead end street, which was released under an alternative title the. Most famously known as the helmer of the gory texas chainsaw massacre 1974, hooper has directed several offthewall films. Elizabeth berridge, kevin conway, william finley, cooper huckabee, miles chapin, sylvia miles. It seemed to be a carnival funhouse just like any other. Bbfcinsight contains moderate horror, sex, violence and threat.
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