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The Funhouse

Year:

1981

Duration:

96 min | Sweden:90 min (cut) | Belgium:80 min (video version)

Genres:

Horror

IMDB rate:

5.9

Director:

Tobe Hooper

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1981-03-13

Filming Locations: North Miami, Florida, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $2,765,456 (USA) (15 March 1981)

Gross: $2,765,456 (USA) (15 March 1981)

Cast

Actor

Character

Elizabeth Berridge

The Funhouse

Shawn Carson

Joey Harper

Jeanne Austin

Mrs. Harper

Jack McDermott

Mr. Harper

Cooper Huckabee

Buzz Dawson

Largo Woodruff

Liz

Miles Chapin

Richie

David Carson

Geek

Sonia Zomina

Bag Lady

Ralph Morino

Truck Driver

Kevin Conway

Freak Show Barker

Herb Robins

Carnival Manager

Mona Agar

Strip Show Dancer

Wayne Doba

The Monster

William Finley

Marco the Magnificent

Susie Malnik

Carmella

Sylvia Miles

Madame Zena

Sid Raymond

Strip Show MC

Larry Ross

Heckler - Girlie Show

Frank Grimes

Strip Show Voyeur

Frank Schuller

Poker Player #1

Peter Conrad

Midget with Tall Lady

Mildred Hughes

Tall Lady

Glen Lawrence

Spectator

Shawn McAllister

Garbage Collector #1

Sandy Mielke

Garbage Collector #2

Mike Montalvo

Spectator

Sherman 'Big Train' Bergman

Carnival Worker (uncredited)

Allison Caine

Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)

Raymond Forchion

Man in Tent Show (uncredited)

David Mandel

Carnival Strongman (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

In a interview on the DVD, director Tobe Hooper said that the mask worn by one of the creatures in The Funhouse (1981) was a Frankenstein mask. Hooper said that this was selected because the Universal Studios owned the image copyright for it from their Frankenstein (1931) horror film classic.

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Some of the props in Joey's bedroom were owned by Shari Lewis of "Lamb Chop" fame (such as the winking ventriloquist dummy) and were obtainable because co-executive producer Mace Neufeld was a friend of hers.

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Director Tobe Hooper wanted Andrew Laszlo for his cinematographer on this show because he liked Laszlo's lighting of Walter Hill's The Warriors (1979).

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Goofs

Amy and Buzz leave her house in a 1966 Pontiac LeMans (obvious because of the grill and chrome badging behind headlight). The deep recess in the top of the c-pillar indicates that it is a convertible. Moments later when they are going down the road and even more clearly in the carnival parking lot when they are parking, it is a 1967 Pontiac GTO with a black vinyl top (notice the different grill insert and blinkers, as well as missing chrome badges on fender).

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Quotes

Funhouse: I've been expecting you.

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Madame Zena: [after ejecting Amy, Buzz, Richie, and Liz] Don't come back, or I'll break every bone in your fuckin' bodies. Beat it!

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Mrs. Harper: I don't see why you wanna waste your time with a guy who works in a filling station.

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