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SOMETHING IS ALIVE IN THE FUNHOUSE!
The carnival is a place for fun and laughter, but not for Amy and her friends. When their childish dare to stay all night in the spooky funhouse backfires, it leaves a trail of dismembered teenagers a mile long in Tobe Hooper s classic video nasty era slasher.
Will anyone escape the clutches of the stumbling madman that stalks to sideshow? Is there no end to the carnival barkers chilling sadism? The only way to find out is ascend into the funhouse, where the games have no rules and the only prize on offer is a grisly demise.
Join us in The Funhouse. So much fun that you ll never leave...Alive!
ARROWDROME IS A FLEAPIT SELECTED LIBRARY OF CULT FILMS; VIOLENT, HORRIFIC, SLEAZY, EXPLOITATIVE. TO EXPLORE STEP IN TO THE CULT ARENA! EVERY ARROWDROME RELEASE INCLUDES A REVERSIBLE SLEEVE OF ORIGINAL ARTWORK AND A COLLECTOR S BOOKLET!
ALSO INCLUDES AN INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR TOBE HOOPER, TRAILER + A COLLECTOR'S BOOKLET BY AUTHOR KIM NEWMAN!
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
close you eyes...,
This review is from: Funhouse [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
i think tobe hooper's chainsaw massacre is overrated. i think his recent output has been awful at best. this little gem from 1981 took me by surprise, not just for its minimum bloodletting but because i'd never heard of it. its good - its better than good. it has a genuine sense of dread and a fear and paradoxically, an understanding of human vulnerability and mutation.like chainsaw massacre, this challenges our perception of physical appearance and those who live outside the perceived 'norm'. this also manages to be terrific excercise in suspense and homage (referencing among other things, todd brown's freaks and hitchcocks psycho). it works as a straight ahead horror and also as social commentary in a way that the best horror movies do. why have you never heard of it? you tell me...
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
There are no jokes in this funhouse.,
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This review is from: The Funhouse [1981] [DVD] (DVD)
To begin, Tobe Hooper is one of my all-time favourite horror movie directors. From his raw debut shocker THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE to the Spielberg-friendly spookfest POLTERGEIST, Hooper has always managed to raise a fanboy warmth in my heart when one of his new movies is released. THE FUNHOUSE is a minor work in his canon, which benefits from great make-up effects from Craig Reardon/Rick Baker and Hoopers' own strong visual directorial style. The actual script is pretty lame, with four teenagers sneaking into a funhouse for an aftershow scare. They are quickly dispatched by a deformed creature in the most routinest of fashions.The scares are handled well and the excellently spooky cinematography benefits the look and feel of the production. The movie itself echoes an older style of horror film that at that time (the early to mid 80s) seemed to be unfashionable as movie theatres were littered with the likes of FRIDAY THE 13th and the next splatter epic that could outdo the last (I'm not saying that was a bad thing in itself, as Hooper himself returned to gory horror with his own underrated TEXAS CHAINSAW sequel). The cast provide the usual teen-kill fodder, and the main villain (a strange but interesting make-up creation) is always good to look at in this atmospheric chiller that falls short of Hoopers' other work but in itself is an entertaining horror flick that delivers the spooky goods even if a chainsaw isn't involved...
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Legitimate creep fest,
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This review is from: The Funhouse [1981] [DVD] (DVD)
Now I have seen just about all horror films going, and it is really REALLY hard to uncover a genuinely creepy film. I first watched this as a kid, and bought it again a couple of years ago. If your like me and find those pikey funfairs deeply disturbing, and whats more find clowns worthy of gassing, then this is right up your street, if your looking for something a little different.I would not expect less from Tobe Hooper, but to be honest I did not expect to be quite so freaked out by the atmosphere created once the kids are inside the attraction. God damn it, this is good scary stuff. WATCH IT ALONE
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