The Funhouse
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The Funhouse is a 1981 horror film directed by Tobe Hooper, known for its sinister carnival setting and cult status among slasher-movie fans.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Funhouse canonical | 5 |
| Funhouse | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
ⓘ
slasher film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Andrew Laszlo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsHomageTo |
Frankenstein
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Halloween NERFINISHED ⓘ Psycho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| cultStatusAmong | slasher-movie fans ⓘ |
| director | Tobe Hooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jack Hofstra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | deformed killer ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Miami, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | group of teenagers trapped overnight in a funhouse ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
slasher ⓘ supernatural horror ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasHomeMediaRelease |
Blu-ray
ⓘ
DVD ⓘ VHS ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
carnival grotesque
ⓘ
family dysfunction ⓘ voyeurism ⓘ |
| mainCastMember |
Cooper Huckabee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elizabeth Berridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Kevin Conway NERFINISHED ⓘ Largo Woodruff NERFINISHED ⓘ Miles Chapin NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylvia Miles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs | slasher movie ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | John Beal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | sinister carnival setting ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American slasher film cycle ⓘ |
| period | 1980s American horror cinema ⓘ |
| posterTagline | Pay to get in, pray to get out. ⓘ |
| producer | Derek Power NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | MCA/Universal Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1981-03-13 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Larry Block NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
carnival
ⓘ
funhouse ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | contemporary to early 1980s ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Funhouse