Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Release Date: 09/07/2004
SubTitles: Espanol/French
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 96 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Universal Studios

This low-budget horror film about teenagers trapped in a carnival funhouse with a freakish monster is pretty standard stuff. Director Tobe Hooper manages a few shocks and includes some typically peculiar supporting characters, but this film is less entertaining than either of his previous excursions into such territory. Not as scary as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) nor as bizarre as Eaten Alive (1976), The Funhouse may as well have been directed by an anonymous hack as one of the foremost names in the genre. The movie tie-in novel, penned by Dean R. Koontz under the pseudonym "Owen West," is actually far more frightening than the film on which it was based.

~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Elizabeth Berridge - Amy
Cooper Huckabee - Buzz
Miles Chapin - Richie
Largo Woodruff - Liz
Sylvia Miles - Madame Zena
Kevin Conway - The Barker
William Finley - Marco The Magnificent
Wayne Doba - The Monster
Shawn Carson - Joey Harper

Production:
Tobe Hooper - Director
Mark L. Lester Mace Neufeld Derek Power Steven Bernhardt - Producer
John Beal - Composer
Jack Hofstra - Editor
Lawrence Block - Screen Writer
Tom Coll - Set Designer
Jose Duarte - Art Director
Fern Champion - Casting
Andrew Laszlo - Cinematographer
Norman Cohen - First Assistant Director
Mort Rabinowitz - Production Designer
Rick Baker - Special Effects
Pamela Basker - Casting

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