29th January 2016, 05:31 PM
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The Funhouse (1981)
A second viewing of this for me and i just don't get the love it receives from fans. It just seems director Tobe Hooper is stuck in a world of oddball characters following the success of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and to a lesser extent Eaten Alive, as all three are essentially the same film, with only his Texas debut being any good.
I'm not going to be critical as it is a fan fave however The Funhouse takes an age to get going with endless meandering around a fair ground by four cardboard cut out teens, and when it does get going there's barely any blood, thrills or tension. Maybe it's because i just don't find fun fairs, circuses or clowns creepy, i really don't know.
Credit where credit's due though. The Funhouse quite possibly has the quickest handjob sequence ever filmed. Under two seconds and four strokes i counted. Seriously, when that's the highlight of the film there really is something wrong somewhere.
Hopefully someone will say why The Funhouse is so well liked.
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