Random notes: August 2016
Brief thoughts on some genre movies released on Blu-ray by Arrow Video, plus a couple of interesting books about the making of Cy Endfield’s Zulu and Sam Peckinpah’s Pat Garrett & Billy the […]
Review: The Funhouse (1981)
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Elizabeth Berridge, Shawn Carson, Jeanne Austin, Jack McDermott, Kevin Conway,
Elizabeth Berridge
Shawn Carson
Jeanne Austin
Jack McDermott
Kevin Conway
Plot: Rebellious teen Amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town. In tow are her boyfriend, Buzz, and their friends Liz and Richie. 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. Locked in, Amy and her friends must evade the murderous carnival workers and escape before it leaves town the next day.
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