Funhouse (2019) User Reviews

Set your expectations appropriately, and you'll be content.

[viridel · 6/10 · 29 June 2020]

This is not an AAA title. It clearly isn't, and hasn't been marketed as such - so what's the point of complaining about it not being up to those standards. Take it for what it is - a poor-man's Saw or Hostel. It's not a great movie by any measure, and the action scenes are immersion-busting - but again, that's to be expected, and it has a solid enough premise. As others have said, this would have been a good Black Mirror episode.

Turn off the brain, and just enjoy it.

Bad but kinda fun

[RobTheWatcher · 4/10 · 4 June 2022]

So it's definitely not a good movie but I will say I was entertained. You kind of know what you're getting yourself into so you can accept the lower quality of production and acting. Still enjoyable considering.

Cant find anything to watch? WATCH IT

[jesse-hanford28 · 4/10 · 16 August 2022]

Good for one watch if you cant pick anything, its a fun ish movie if you like gore and breast. A couple scenes are predictable with the exception of a plot twist ending thats not predictable. Like i said its a good watch for a having trouble picking a movie kind of night, you will be entertained. I gave it 4 stars cause obviously its not the best movie in the world, not the worst. But for what it is its decent and has been done before.

I watched this for free but still want my money back.

[jhawkyard · 3/10 · 23 May 2020]

This movie handles the idea of vapid celebrity culture and the TMZ style media coverage that follows, while playing out on the backdrop of a Saw style torture tournament. The outstanding issue is that the themes the film tries to comment on we have seen covered a hundred times in better, more subtle projects.

The damnation of meaningless celeb status is constantly waved in the audiences face which doesn't help the characters feel relatable, but perhaps thats the point? Non of these feelings are aided by the tepid script and questionable acting either, which led me into a sort of numb coma halfway through the film as I watched fictional instagram people being killed one by one and feeling nothing.

I recognise and respect that the film had a smaller budget and lesser known cast than most mainstream releases and aesthetically it was fairly pleasing and some scenes hit the mark and just about kept my interest afloat despite my often deflating attention. However I still ended the film feeling beaten down by the film's lacking apsects and especially the ending monologue delivered by the villain (AKA poundland moriarty) was so on the nose even Christopher 'headstone'Gerard would have been K.O'ed by it.

We get it, Instagram is bad, you didn't need to make a movie to tell us.

Creepy

[startover-24465 · 7/10 · 28 June 2020]

I personally enjoyed it. Decent concept with really twisted scenes and gore. Not half bad.

No fun house

[Jblum5 · 2/10 · 21 October 2021]

I keep reading reviews from people who didn't finish or watch most of the movie which is just dumb. I got through it. They were right to stop watching but don't leave reviews if you watched 5 minutes..

This movie features cliche characters , an unlikeable villain , poor effects and an ending that somehow makes it all so much worse. One of the worst endings I've seen in a horror movie in a long time . The worst thing I keep reading is that this is any universe near "Saw." I guess the same as "Sharknado" is as good as "Jaws." Just stop it !

This honestly reminds me of a worse version of the B-movie actual Saw rip off "Are you Scared?" So if you some how liked this movie ... maybe try that. This movie is just awful though.

Not a 9/10 but definitely not 1/10

[jessicartim · 6/10 · 17 June 2020]

I watched many low tier horror flicks but this is definitely not a complete waste of time. Its a bit too long, some of the cast is not amazing but hey, it is what it suppose to be - fun violent horror flick for sunday evening. It has some high points.

I wanted to see what the twist was...

[LincolnSixEko · 2/10 · 11 October 2021]

...and it was really, really dumb.

The acting and writing are horrible, the washed out celebrities are annoying, the news show that pops up after every death is unbelievably cringey.

The 2 best parts about this movie are the hot blonde and her nice rack.

been made before but it was still "fun"

[johnsmithjanuary-20081 · 7/10 · 20 October 2021]

Similar to escape room and various other movies revolving around the same principle. Nevertheless an entertaining gorefest and escape room flick for those who are interested in this style of movie.

What a waste of time!!

[jwetzeldnvr · 1/10 · 12 November 2021]

This movie is a wanna-be Saw movie with way worse acting. The "Saw" concept but televised. Movies like this have been over done and played out. It isn't scary, suspenseful, or even very entertaining. If, big if, the acting was better, it still wouldn't be more than a 3 star movie!

Thoroughly enjoyed this

[bangel3322 · 8/10 · 18 June 2020]

It's not original...this storyline has been done to death, and it doesn't have the best actors in the biz...however I thoroughly enjoyed this. I liked the death scenes, I found them fresh, and it was funny in parts as well. I don't think it's to be taken seriously, it's pretty much tongue in cheek. And I guessed the little twist at the end, it was a bit obvious. Worth a watch.

Not as bad as the rating suggests!

[tchitouniaram · 7/10 · 27 December 2021]

Not as bad as the rating suggests! Very entertaining ,for what it is. I'm not trying to find meaning of life in movies)So, for me that was a perfectly enjoyable one time watch!

not worth spending time on this movie

[playboomboy · 3/10 · 23 May 2020]

This movie tried to convey something. However, the stories used are meaningless and the characters in this movie are not representative enough. The director is ambitious but apparently he needs to dig more in humanity before he could tell an eloquent story. He wants to say that morden people are becoming coarse but this movie itself is coarse enough. Yes, the director succeeded but that success resulted in a rubbish movie. The only things I can remember are an uglified panda and so many children watching a bloody live stream.

Pointless take on "Saw"

[aquilaalba · 1/10 · 23 April 2020]

Pointless, cheap and cruel crap film really. Almost two hours of my life I'll never get back. How did it get this rating?

Panda Power!

[Otkon · 6/10 · 21 May 2021]

An international cast of not-horrible actors. A seemingly thoughtful script with something to do with internet celebrity. A competitive reality show with real and inventive elimination challenges. The ending gets very twisty. It's got masked henchmen. And a villain rocking an Eldredge knot tie.

I was invested throughout.

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Poor Black Mirror episode

[lesheque · 3/10 · 9 April 2020]

A portion of anti social media cliches with lots of unnecessary violence and weak plot. I'm totally not interested how it ends.

smart horror & some visions to discuss

[marcusureel · 7/10 · 11 November 2020]

Entertaining thriller horror. the cruelty is far from human but the messages did let me think about how much, social media is messed up in present times. Even most reality programs on TV are fake or boring or stupid. But Internet is not all that bad, it helps mankind in all aspects for creating a better world. Lets say, some creative and clever scientists or wathever company's can turn into money greedy wolverines or some psychopaths too. And on the other hand, if younger generations prefer and like to live on social media, it is their choice and someone who does not want it is not obliged to participate or look at it. In that way, the characters in the film who were the social media misfit targets got punished havily. For example, I like nice sexy woman too man! even to play memory with one or some. I got scared now. All by all, the picture kept my attention and some plot swiches were even suprising for me. And the acting? well not so bad as i read in most reviews. I could give it an 8 star instead off the 6.2 current average but it would underrate my other film ratings. There are a lot off movies using the similar genre but i need to skip them while watching. Not this one, even if there are some unstable aspects about big brother situations. Give it a try guys & dolls!

Really weak writing and no effort made to follow the movie's internal logic

[leesimon-26357 · 3/10 · 7 September 2021]

Pretty disappointing overall. The story is riddled with plot holes throughout and it is edited really bizarrely. There are weird images of weather events throughout, for absolutely no reason, as well as other visuals that make no sense with the story.

Though this is billed as a "death game with one survivor," the events are randomly either competitor vs. Competitor, or just basically "competitor dies." There is no internal logic to the people who are paired up to 'fight,' and the viewer votes don't actually do anything (seeing as sometimes a random competitor is just asked to compete for their lives, despite not being the lowest voted resident.) The characters were not bad, and the acting, though sub-par at best was not terrible. However the story developments and 'plot twists' were very, very stupid and predictable. There are also a few expository scenes where someones just speaks incredibly dumb lines into the camera, and that "dialogue" was deeply stupid.

The main bad guy also has these weird tattoos on his face for absolutely no reason. What was the point of that??

Lastly, without spoiling anything, the movie ends with a fourth wall break, very much in the vein of "Funny Games," but in this movie it just falls flat.

I wouldn't choose to see this again. Cheap Saw-wannabe, with not enough attention paid to the writing, the story and the script.

Above average horror wt decent acting. i dare you to do better!

[surfisfun · 7/10 · 17 June 2020]

Great song at the end. probably will become a series like Saw. director did a good job with writing too. im going to watch his other films. if you dont like this type of horror then dont criticize it wt low scores. if you think it dosnt deserve over 4 because you are such a horror gore critic ...... same. Recommended. give it a second try if you give up after the beginning. I originally fast forwarded it and realising that it is actually ok I restarted it from the beginning .

Atrocious acting

[brunovanael · 5/10 · 14 September 2021]

I would have given this a high score if it wasn't for the atrocious acting. Luckily the worst actor died first.

Enjoyable popcorn horror

[persson_anneli · 8/10 · 20 June 2020]

Enjoyable popcorn horror. It is way better than the average low budget horror and I find the Black Mirrorish tone of the plot entertaining. There are some twists towards the end that wasn't necessary, but overall a fun watch.

Decent

[ewanfmurray · 6/10 · 16 June 2020]

Let's be honest. This isn't going to win any Oscars. The accents are hilarious and maybe the worst I've heard in recent memory. The plot doesn't make sense but its like those rubbish horror movies you used to rent on vhs. You weren't expecting them to be good. The tragedy is that I enjoyed this more than Us and I loved Get Out.

Horrible acting and immature plot line.

[jjwk-63071 · 1/10 · 30 January 2021]

This movie is one of the worst movies I've seen. The acting is unbelievably bad, the plot is a sad attempt at a black mirror episode mixed with "Saw". No surprises along it's very slow path towards the end. Don't waste time and/or money on this.

Good potential, squandered

[SinisterTwist · 2/10 · 8 October 2021]

I was incredibly disappointed by this film. Going into this I knew that it wasn't going to be on the level of the classics, but I figured that as long as it could give me a good time I'd be happy. I feel that the movie is bogged down by primarily two things:

The cast is too large. A bigger cast makes for more cannon fodder for imaginative kills, but it also means that the writers have to make up reasons for them to be there and so on. This unfortunately resulted in too many of the characters being forgettable. You've got some standouts such as the fantastic bad guy, but then there are just as many who I forgot about until their deaths came about. I mean, after watching the film I realized that I couldn't pick out all of the 8 contestants out on the IMDb cast list. It would have been better to have a smaller cast and focus on building up their personalities and the tension.

The film tries to hard to Impart A Message. I put that into capital letters because the film kind of brow beats us with this at times, particularly towards the end. I get what they were trying to do, but it just fell flat. I think it would have been better if they'd focused on making the storyline more entertaining and then surprised the viewers with character depth that came along as the film progressed. I also hate saying it, but as great as the opening was, I think that it would have been better to leave that out and jump directly into the stars at the house since it made the next few scenes really uninteresting. Like maybe have them arrive at what they think will be the house, only to then get knocked out and placed at the real location. Or just use a regular house and have it have fantastic security, like a moat filled with acid.

This just had so much potential and it just didn't live up to it. Maybe if it had been shorter or if the situation had been a little different, it could have been better. I definitely think it would have been improved by not focusing so heavily on Skarsgard's character. He's great, but focusing on him meant that the other characters didn't get as well fleshed out as they could have been. I'm going to go ahead and tag this as having spoilers even though I don't think that this does have any. Some of the things brush close enough that I don't want it to get removed if some were to be considered spoilers.

Don't take it too serious!

[tvdvaart · 7/10 · 4 September 2021]

This movie was entertaining, had some really creative death scenes and contained a clear and honest message towards the ending. If you're into Saw, Escape room and black mirror, this movie is for you. Don't listen to all the negativity, just turn the movie on, relax and enjoy.