The Funhouse
“Pay to get in. Pray to get out!”
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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Cast
29 people
Elizabeth Berridge
Amy Harper
Known for
Amadeus
Smooth Talk
Cooper Huckabee
Buzz Dawson
Known for
True Blood
The Curse
Kevin Conway
The Barker
Known for
Invincible
The Quick and the Dead
Wayne Doba
The Monster
Also in
Scarface
Dog Watch
Largo Woodruff
Liz Duncan
Also in
Coward of the County
Bill
Miles Chapin
Richie Atterbury
Known for
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Hair
Jeanne Austin
Mrs. Harper
Also in
Stuckey's Last Stand
Jack McDermott
Mr. Harper
Known for
Super Fuzz
Odds and Evens
Shawn Carson
Joey Harper
Known for
Something Wicked This Way Comes
David Carson
Geek
Known for
Eaten Alive
Sonia Zomina
Bag Lady
Also in
Eyes of a Stranger
Daniel
Ralph Morino
Truck Driver
Also in
Miami Vice
Tobe Hooper Director · Lawrence J. Block Writer John Beal Composer
Worldwide gross $7.9M · Budget $2M · United States release March 13, 1981
Box office
Budget
$2,000,000
Worldwide gross
$7,886,999
Gross vs. budget
3.9×
Production
Mace Neufeld Productions
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 13, 1981
Theatrical
Brazil
September 24, 1981 · Theatrical
Denmark
December 4, 1981 · Theatrical
France
June 24, 1981 · Theatrical
September 9, 2010 · Premiere · L'Étrange Festival
Germany
February 18, 2010 · Physical · DvD
Ireland
December 17, 1982 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 7, 1981 · Theatrical
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