Directed by Tobe Hooper
Written by Larry Block
Starring Elizabeth Berridge, Cooper Huckabee, William Finley and Kevin Conway
USA, 1981
Now it’s time for some straight up slasher schlock from one of the masters of the genre, Tobe Hooper (TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE). A group of four teens on a double date at the traveling carnival decide it’d be fun to hide out in the funhouse until after closing and spend the night there. Unfortunately for them, the funhouse is inhabited by a murderous and deformed carnie and when they finally try to escape, they find they’re locked inside.
This is a pretty straight-forward teen slasher, with the only unique element being the use of the funhouse/carnival as a location for the carnage. It’s about as rough around the edges as CHAINSAW, but not nearly as ground-breaking or innovative. POLTERGEIST, which Hooper directed the very next year, is way more polished. Still, this is far from the worst the often terrible genre has to offer and is a must-see for fans of the carnival.
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