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.
Directed by Tobe Hooper
mask
carnival
slasher
funhouse
video nasty
deformed face
Rank
#40 in 1981·#6467 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.0 / 5
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Cast
Elizabeth Berridge
Amy Harper
Cooper Huckabee
Buzz Dawson
Kevin Conway
The Barker
Largo Woodruff
Liz Duncan
Miles Chapin
Richie Atterbury
Shawn Carson
Joey Harper
William Finley
Marco the Magnificent
Sylvia Miles
Madame Zena
Sid Raymond
Strip Show MC
Frank Grimes
Strip Show Voyeur
Shawn McAllister
Garbage Collector #1
Sandy Mielke
Garbage Collector #2
Crew
Tobe Hooper
Director
Lawrence J. Block
Writer
Andrew Laszlo
Director of Photography
Mark L. Lester
Executive Producer
Neal Adams
Conceptual Design
Rick Baker
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Miles Goodman
Orchestrator
Fern Champion
Casting
Cynthia Streit
Production Coordinator
Daniel Pearl
Additional Photography
Popular Reviews
199 reviews
Blue
9.0★ · 05/06/26
is that an euphoria reference....i'm joking
is that an euphoria reference....i'm joking
Eli M
9.0★ · 04/22/26
Super fun!! Very very lovable characters!! Hooper really does have a thing for mistreated masked killers who don’t talk, and I love that for him. Definitely closer to a 5 ⭐️ than a 4 ⭐️. Definitely want to rewatch!
Super fun!! Very very lovable characters!! Hooper really does have a thing for mistreated masked killers who don’t talk, and I love that for him. Definitely closer to a 5 ⭐️ than a 4 ⭐️. Definitely want to rewatch!
Jimmy Wpaylel
7.0★ · 04/19/26
Pretty cool
Pretty cool
Jimmy Wpaylel
7.0★ · 04/19/26
Pretty cool
Pretty cool
Mia
6.0★ · 03/12/26
went a totally different direction than i had anticipated. pacing is a bit slow but i didn’t hate it. maybe did expect a bit more from hooper
went a totally different direction than i had anticipated. pacing is a bit slow but i didn’t hate it. maybe did expect a bit more from hooper
