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5.9Rebellious 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.
Released: 1981-03-1395 minDir: Tobe HooperHorrorBudget: $2.0MBox office: $7.9M
Cast
- Elizabeth Berridge as Amy Harper
- Cooper Huckabee as Buzz Dawson
- Kevin Conway as The Barker
- Largo Woodruff as Liz Duncan
- Miles Chapin as Richie Atterbury
- Jeanne Austin as Mrs. Harper
Themes
- mask
- carnival
- slasher
- funhouse
- video nasty
- deformed face
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- monster film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Tobe Hooper
- Screenwriter
- Larry Block
- Composer
- John Beal
- Producer
- Mace Neufeld
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Andrew Laszlo
- Narrative location
- Iowa
- Filming location
- Florida
- Duration
- 91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 485430
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- publication date
- 1983-09-16
- title
- The Funhouse
- distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- review score
- 67%
- capital cost
- 2000000
- box office
- 7900000
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