Four teenagers visit a local carnival for a night of innocent amusement, but soon discover that nothing there is innocent or amusing.Four teenagers visit a local carnival for a night of innocent amusement, but soon discover that nothing there is innocent or amusing.Four teenagers visit a local carnival for a night of innocent amusement, but soon discover that nothing there is innocent or amusing.
Ralph Morino
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- (as Ralph Marino)
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- TriviaDirector Tobe Hooper was at one point nearly struck by a flying cog but was saved by an extra who broke their arm in the process.
- GoofsDespite the funhouse being a portable carnival attraction, it has a basement.
- Quotes
Richie Atterbury: Amy'll hit it off for sure. Buzz is a terrific guy.
Liz Duncan: She's stoned. When you're stoned, Charles Manson is a terrific guy.
- Alternate versionsAlthough the 1987 UK CIC video release was uncut in terms of violence it ran around 3 minutes shorter than the cinema version, and the differences appeared to be some dialogue and narrative edits. It contained the scenes of reefer smoking which were missing from some later Film Four showings.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Terror in the Aisles (1984)
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Not Great and Not Terrible Either
Fun-loving teenagers break into a carnival funhouse for an overnight spree and discover that there's a bloodthirsty and deformed murderer inside waiting to pick them off one by one.
The Funhouse can't help but be unfavorably compared to director Tobe Hooper's triumph, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It doesn't quite hold a candle to that film and it's intensity, but all the candy colors of the funhouse corridors aren't a terrible place to lounge around for 90 minutes and the makeup effects for the main bad guy are impressive.
The Funhouse can't help but be unfavorably compared to director Tobe Hooper's triumph, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It doesn't quite hold a candle to that film and it's intensity, but all the candy colors of the funhouse corridors aren't a terrible place to lounge around for 90 minutes and the makeup effects for the main bad guy are impressive.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $7,886,857
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,765,456
- Mar 15, 1981
- Gross worldwide
- $7,886,999
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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