The Funhouse is a 1981 horror film that centers on four teenagers who become trapped inside a funhouse and stalked by a deformed man. The film was directed by Tobe Hooper and the screenplay was written by Larry Block. The cast features Kevin Conway, William Finley and two-time Academy Award-nominee Sylvia Miles.
Against her father's orders, teenage girl Amy goes to a sleazy traveling carnival with her new boyfriend Buzz, her best friend Liz, and ...
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The Funhouse is a 1981 horror film that centers on four teenagers who become trapped inside a funhouse and stalked by a deformed man. The film was directed by Tobe Hooper and the screenplay was written by Larry Block. The cast features Kevin Conway, William Finley and two-time Academy Award-nominee Sylvia Miles.
Against her father's orders, teenage girl Amy goes to a sleazy traveling carnival with her new boyfriend Buzz, her best friend Liz, and Liz's boyfriend Richie. Amy's father has forbidden her going to the carnival because a couple of Girl Scouts were found murdered at its previous set-up. At the carnival, the four teens smoke marijuana. They peep into a 21-and-over strip show. They heckle Madame Zena the Fortune Teller, visit a freaks-of-nature exhibit, and view a magic show.
They telephone their parents and lie to them so they can spend the night in the carnival's funhouse - actually a darkride - after it closes. Then they notice the Funhouse Barker's assistant - a man in a...
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