The opening sequence is an homage to both psycho and halloween. The funhouse in this movie is just as spooky as the ones i used to go into. The funhouse is a 1981 american slasher film directed by tobe hooper, written by larry block. The films plot concerns four teenagers who become trapped in a dark ride at a local carnival and are stalked by a deformed killer inside. Download the funhouse 1981 yify torrent for 1080p bluray. When i was a kid, i once tried to spook my older brother by hiding in his closet. But everything drastically changes as they witness a horrific murder, and are hunted throughout the foreboding place by a mad barker kevin conway and his deformed son gunther wayne doba. Arrow videos bluray of the funhouse is a beauty, with a bright, colorful and sharp image that probably bests original universal release prints. A creepy and enjoyable film, the funhouse shared a double bill in 1981 with my bloody valentine.
The funhouse 1981 i remember watching this originally with my father. Made with the same visual flair as the first movie by muschietti, it chapter two is likewise a bigscreen funhouse full of vivid setpiece thrills animated by each characters fears. Liz, richies little girlfriend ends up offering herself to the monster so the monster will let her live. The funhouse is a 1980 novelization by american author dean koontz, based on a larry block aka lawrence j. The image of crusty old rides, greasy funnel cakes, animal droppings, and dirt mixed together.
The funhouse 1981 miles chapin as richie atterbury. Huckabee, and their friends liz largo woodruff and richie miles chapin. Richie dares the group to spend the night in the funhouse, which is actually a dark ride. Right on the heels of casual toking comes this snide little antipot rejoinder in the odd context of bankrupt teenage logic. Rebellious teen amy elizabeth berridge defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town. Carol diener, richies mother, died in november 2000, aged 67.
Download the funhouse yts yify movies torrents download. See the full list of the funhouse cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Soon enough they find out that they are locked inside and due to richies stupid idea to steal the funhouse barkers money gunther and his father are now hunting them down. The silly richie suggests the group to spend the night in the funhouse for fun. Released by universal pictures, the film was director hoopers first major studio production after eaten alive and the texas chain saw massacre.
Gunther is the secondary antagonist of the 1981 horror film the funhouse he was portrayed by wayne doba. However hooper and spielberg would work together on poltergeist. The funhouse holds up as a movie working wonderfully on the back of a great atmosphere and a director who understands what the movie requires to work. Gunther is the secondary antagonist of the 1981 horror film the funhouse.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing funhouse near you. Download the funhouse 1981 yify torrent for 720p bluray. Tobe hooper directs much of the slow buildup to the scares fairly calmly, which only heightens the expectation of extreme horror content to come. During the night, they witness the murder of the fortune teller madame zena by a man wearing a mask of frankenstein from an opening in the ceiling of a room. This month britnee made brandon, alli, and boomer watch the funhouse 1981. Richie dares the group to spend the night in the funhouse actually a dark ride.
Actually, form is probably a more accurate word, since it felt like i was seeing the. The funhouse is a 1981 american slasher film directed by tobe hooper, written by larry block and starring elizabeth berridge, kevin conway, william finley, cooper huckabee, miles chapin, and sylvia miles. When richie suggests they spend the whole night in the funhouse, amy and liz call their parents and sneakily tell them theyll be spending the night at each others houses. The funhouse suggests its spooky horrors without resorting to a single supernatural explanation, as in the moody but frustrating something wicked this way comes. And thats tobe hooper s note also the director of the texas chain saw massacre 1974 and poltergeist 1981 slasher movie the funhouse. The creature effects by rick baker are unspeakably brilliant, and if you havent seen the movie before, i wont spoil that. Liz is worried the two arent hitting it off and says so to richie who tells her.
The cast features kevin conway, william finley and twotime academy awardnominee sylvia miles. In tow are her boyfriend, buzz cooper huckabee, and their friends liz largo woodruff and richie miles chapin. Lizs isnt right because buzz is a bad guy, shes right because pot clouds your judgment and helps someone like richie maintain the illusions that everythings a joke, theres no danger for the young, and every idea that sounds fun is a good one. In one scene, amys parents weirdly watch willingly as an overeager carnie nurses their traumatized son following a spooky encounter.
During the night, they witness the murder of the fortune teller. Watch online the funhouse free full movie in hd without registration on gostream. I didnt grow up with the funhouse, but i had seen it once or twice on dvd and never really gave it a second thought. Now, i dont know what sort of muppet was running the funhouse he was dressed as frankensteins monster but i think id. They smoke grass and have goodtime visiting the attractions including a side show with. The storyline of this film concerns four teens who go to a local carnival for a night of fun. Four teens amy, buzz, richie and liz are having a double date and decide to. The funhouse is a 1981 horror film that centers on four teenagers who become trapped inside a funhouse and stalked by a deformed man. My final guilty pleasure, a film im, embarassed almost to admit i like, is a film that starts out like a mad slasher movie, except it turns out to be a rubber knife, little brothers having fun with his sister and i dont think ive knocked any other category of film more often than slasher pictures, but this movie, the funhouse, gets beyond that very quickly when it tells the story. Download the funhousethe teenager amy harper dates buzz dawson for the first time and they go to the carnival with their friends richie and liz. With elizabeth berridge, shawn carson, jeanne austin, jack mcdermott. Oct 04, 2012 i didnt grow up with the funhouse, but i had seen it once or twice on dvd and never really gave it a second thought. The alternative title of the movie is richie, the title of the book by thomas thompson on which the movie is based. Rebellious teen amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town.
Director tobe hooper manages a few shocks and includes some typically. The cast features kevin conway, william finley and twotime academy. The funhouse 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Then richie has the idea of spending the night in the funhouse, a popular dark ride at the carnival, for kicks. The silly richie suggests the group to spend the night in the. The extraterrestrial but he turned it down because he was busy on this movie. Funhouse cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. This movie was shot in miami florida, usa due to the more relaxed child. As the film production took longer than expected, the book was released before the film. Buzz, liz, and richie especially richie were all horrible people. The films plot concerns four teenagers who become trapped in a dark ride at a local carnival and are. Excellent sinister soundtrack score accompanies the animatronic horrors of the funhouse. Four teenage friends spend the night in a carnival funhouse and are stalked by a deformed man in a frankenstein mask. In tow are her boyfriend, buzz, and their friends liz and richie.
Then after they see one of the employees murder a woman, they try to get out, find that the funhouse is locked, and realize that they are in terrible danger. The beautiful mansion of richie rich that was built in 1895 by austin stewart. Watch the funhouse online stream full movie directv. Richie dares the crew to spend the night in a dark ride called the funhouse.
Dec 27, 2017 the beautiful mansion of richie rich that was built in 1895 by austin stewart. The funhouse is remarkably wellcrafted all around, benefitting from a talented young cast, brilliant production design, a wildly effective and fully orchestral score, and a screenplay that prefers to show rather than tell. Download the funhouse 1981 720p bluray yts yify torrent. The film was momentarily banned in the uk and labeled as a video nasty. Yify movies the only official yify site at the funhouse 1981 720p bluray yts yify the teenager amy harper dates buzz dawson for the first time and they go to the carnival with their friends richie and liz. Block screenplay, which was made into the 1981 film the funhouse, directed by tobe hooper. This was because the movie was mistaken for the fun house, one of the countless alternate titles for the last house on dead end street 1977. No gore to be found here, and what once was an x film now comes in for a 15cert. Buzz is this ignorant machoman that comes off as a total creep when hes alone with amy, liz is a straight up bad friend, and richie is an obnoxious, greedy little bastard. They smoke grass and have goodtime visiting the attractions including a sid. Although her father forbid it, teenage amy goes to a carnival with her boyfriend buzz. The films stars an incredibly young looking elizabeth berridge playing amy. October 19th, 1999 r 1 hr 36 min follow the movie on facebook. The funhouse 2008 rebellious teen amy elizabeth berridge defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town.
Richie largo woodruff liz sylvia miles madame zena kevin conway the barker. Watch the funhouse online free full movie at gostreams. The funhouse 1981 miles chapin as richie atterbury imdb. The death of richie is a 1977 american madefortelevision drama film based on richie, a nonfiction book by thomas thompson about the 1972 death of george richard richie diener jr. The film was directed by tobe hooper and the screenplay was written by larry block. Koontz under the pseudonym owen west, is actually far more frightening than the film on which it was. The house has a total of 35 bedrooms, 43 bathrooms and 178,926 sq ft of floor space. Against her fathers orders, teenager amy visits a sleazy traveling fun fair with her new boyfriend buzz, her best friend liz, and lizs irresponsible boyfriend, richie.
This lowbudget horror film about teenagers trapped in a carnival funhouse with a freakish monster is pretty standard stuff. Richie rich 1994 mansion location globalfilmlocations. Interestingly, the movies most uncomfortable moments have less to do with the funhouse and more to do with outdated seventies sensibilities. The funhouse tobe hooper, elizabeth berridge, cooper. Four teenage friends spend the night in a carnival funhouse and are stalked by a. The characters in the film were as typical as any horror film. Jan 11, 2011 four teenage friends spent the night in a carnival funhouse and are stalked by a deformed man in a frankenstein mask. Richie and eddie end up back in front of the scary, very scary and not scary at all doors from the first movie. Stupid teens, plenty of fanservice and a deformed albino. After the carnival shuts down, they sneak around and witness a man in a. They smoke grass and have goodtime visiting the attractions including a side show with freak animals. The funhouse also released as carnival of terror is a 1981 american slasher film directed by tobe hooper, written by larry block and starring elizabeth berridge, kevin conway, william finley, cooper huckabee, miles chapin, and sylvia miles. Four teenage friends spent the night in a carnival funhouse and are stalked by a deformed man in a frankenstein mask. Carol diener, richie s mother, died in november 2000, aged 67.
Anyway, about 40 minutes into the movie, stoned richie decides that the kids should all spend the night in the funhouse hence the title of the movie so they get on the ride and manage to hop off halfway through. George diener, the real life father, died of cancer in april 1981 at the age of 52. Meanwhile richie sneaks in the room and steals the money of the manager of the. Although a uk disc, the show ran just fine on my normal u. 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. Aug, 2015 interestingly, the movies most uncomfortable moments have less to do with the funhouse and more to do with outdated seventies sensibilities. The teenager amy harper dates buzz dawson for the first time and they go to the carnival with their friends richie and liz. A novelization of the film was written by dean koontz, it was released before the. And thats tobe hoopers note 1981 slasher movie the funhouse.
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