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The Funhouse, the Glossary

The Funhouse is a 1981 American slasher film directed by Tobe Hooper, written by Larry Block and starring Elizabeth Berridge, Kevin Conway, William Finley, Cooper Huckabee, Miles Chapin, Largo Woodruff, Wayne Doba, and Sylvia Miles.^[1]

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Films about sideshow performers
Films directed by Tobe Hooper

AFI Catalog of Feature Films

The AFI Catalog of Feature Films, also known as the AFI Catalog, is an ongoing project by the American Film Institute (AFI) to catalog all commercially-made and theatrically exhibited American motion pictures from the birth of cinema in 1893 to the present.

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Akron, Ohio

Akron is a city in and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio, United States.

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Albinism

Albinism is the congenital absence of melanin in an animal or plant resulting in white hair, feathers, scales and skin and reddish pink or blue eyes.

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Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director.

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American Film Institute

The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States.

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Andrew Laszlo

Andrew Laszlo A.S.C. (January 12, 1926 – October 7, 2011, László András) was a Hungarian-American cinematographer best known for his work on the cult film classic The Warriors.

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Animatronics

An animatronic is a mechatronic puppet controlled by a machine to move in a fluent way.

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Arrow Films

Arrow Films is a British independent film distributor and restorer specialising in world cinema, arthouse, horror and classic films.

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Barker (occupation)

A barker, often a carnival barker, is a person who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, such as a circus or funfair, by exhorting passing members of the public, announcing attractions of the show, and emphasizing variety, novelty, beauty, or some other enticing feature of the show.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

Bloomsbury Publishing plc is a British worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction.

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Blu-ray

Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc or BD) is a digital optical disc data storage format designed to supersede the DVD format.

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Blumhouse Productions

Blumhouse Productions, LLC, doing business as Blumhouse (also known as BH Productions or simply BH), is an American independent film and television production company founded in 2000 by Jason Blum and Amy Israel.

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Box office

A box office or ticket office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event.

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Box Office Mojo

Box Office Mojo is an American website that tracks box-office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way.

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Cabal

A cabal is a group of people who are united in some close design, usually to promote their private views or interests in an ideology, a state, or another community, often by intrigue and usually without the knowledge of those who are outside their group.

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Cannabis (drug)

Cannabis, also known as marijuana or weed, among other names, is a non-chemically uniform drug from the cannabis plant.

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Carny

Carny, also spelled carnie, is an informal term used in North America for a traveling carnival employee, and the language they use, particularly when the employee operates a game ("joint"), food stand ("grab", "popper", or "floss wagon"), or ride ("ride jock") at a carnival. The Funhouse and carny are circus films.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.

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Cleft lip and cleft palate

A cleft lip contains an opening in the upper lip that may extend into the nose.

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Cooper Huckabee

Thomas Cooper Huckabee (born May 8, 1951) is an American film and television actor who appeared in The Funhouse, Urban Cowboy, and as Harrison in the 1993 film Gettysburg, among other roles.

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Dark ride

A dark ride or ghost train is an indoor amusement ride on which passengers aboard guided vehicles travel through specially lit scenes that typically contain animation, sound, music and special effects.

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Dean Koontz

Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945) is an American author.

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Deformity

A deformity, dysmorphism, or dysmorphic feature is a major abnormality of an organism that makes a part of the body appear or function differently than how it is supposed to.

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DVD

The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format.

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Eaten Alive

Eaten Alive (known under various alternate titles, including Death Trap, Horror Hotel, and Starlight Slaughter, and stylized on the poster as Eaten Alive!) is a 1976 American horror film directed by Tobe Hooper, and written by Kim Henkel, Alvin L. Fast, and Mardi Rustam. The Funhouse and Eaten Alive are American exploitation films, American serial killer films, American slasher films, films directed by Tobe Hooper and video nasties.

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Edinburgh University Press

Edinburgh University Press is a scholarly publisher of academic books and journals, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Elizabeth Berridge (actress)

Elizabeth Berridge (born May 2, 1962) is an American film and theatre actress.

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Fairleigh Dickinson University Press

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press (FDU Press) is a publishing house under the operation and oversight of Fairleigh Dickinson University, the largest private university in New Jersey.

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Fangoria

Fangoria is an internationally distributed American horror film fan magazine, in publication since 1979.

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Final girl

The final girl is a trope in horror films (particularly slasher films).

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Florida

Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Fortune-telling

Fortune telling is the unproven spiritual practice of predicting information about a person's life.

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Frankenstein's monster

Frankenstein's monster, also referred to as Frankenstein, is a fictional character that first appeared in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus as its main antagonist.

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Freak show

A freak show is an exhibition of biological rarities, referred to in popular culture as "freaks of nature".

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Friday the 13th (1980 film)

Friday the 13th is a 1980 American independent slasher film produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, written by Victor Miller, and starring Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Mark Nelson, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan, and Kevin Bacon. The Funhouse and Friday the 13th (1980 film) are 1980s serial killer films, 1980s slasher films, American serial killer films, American slasher films and video nasties.

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Frontonasal dysplasia

Frontonasal dysplasia (FND) is a congenital malformation of the midface.

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Gene Siskel

Eugene Kal Siskel (January 26, 1946 – February 20, 1999) was an American film critic and journalist for the Chicago Tribune.

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GoodTimes Entertainment

GT Media, Inc. was an American home video company that originated in 1984 under the name of GoodTimes Home Video.

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Halloween (1978 film)

Halloween (advertised as John Carpenter's Halloween) is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, who co-wrote it with its producer Debra Hill. The Funhouse and Halloween (1978 film) are American exploitation films, American serial killer films, American slasher films and American teen horror films.

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Hanging

Hanging is killing a person by suspending them from the neck with a noose or ligature.

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Horror film

Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes.

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IGN

IGN is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc.

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Industrial fan

Industrial fans and blowers are machines whose primary function is to provide and accommodate a large flow of air or gas to various parts of a building or other structures.

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Iowa

Iowa is a doubly landlocked state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States.

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James Whale

James Whale (22 July 1889 – 29 May 1957) was an English film director, theatre director and actor, who spent the greater part of his career in Hollywood.

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John Beal (composer)

John Everett Beal (born January 20, 1947) is an American composer and conductor known for his work in the American film industry.

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John Kenneth Muir

John Kenneth Muir (born December 3, 1969) is an American literary critic.

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Kevin Conway (actor)

Kevin John Conway (May 29, 1942 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and film director.

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Largo Woodruff

Largo Woodruff (born July 18, 1955) is an American actress who appeared in numerous films in the 1980s.

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Last House on Dead End Street

Last House on Dead End Street, originally released as The Fun House, is a 1977 American exploitation horror film written, produced, and directed by Roger Watkins, under the pseudonym Victor Janos. The Funhouse and Last House on Dead End Street are American exploitation films.

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Mace Neufeld

Morris "Mace" Alvin Neufeld (July 13, 1928 – January 21, 2022) was an American film and television producer.

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Magic (illusion)

Magic, which encompasses the subgenres of illusion, stage magic, and close-up magic, among others, is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by tricks, effects, or illusions of seemingly impossible feats, using natural means.

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Mark L. Lester

Mark L. Lester (born November 26, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

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McFarland & Company

McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, that specializes in academic and reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction.

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Metafiction is a form of fiction that emphasizes its own narrative structure in a way that inherently reminds the audience that they are reading or viewing a fictional work.

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Miami

Miami, officially the City of Miami, is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida.

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Midwestern United States

The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau.

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Miles Chapin

Miles Whitworth Chapin (born December 6, 1954) is an American actor and sales consultant.

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Mime artist

A mime artist, or simply mime (from Greek μῖμος, mimos, "imitator, actor"), is a person who uses mime (also called pantomime outside of Britain), the acting out of a story through body motions without the use of speech, as a theatrical medium or as a performance art.

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Newsday

Newsday is a daily newspaper in the United States primarily serving Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, although it is also sold throughout the New York metropolitan area.

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Novelization

A novelization (or novelisation) is a derivative novel that adapts the story of a work created for another medium, such as a film, TV series, stage play, comic book, or video game.

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Palgrave Macmillan

Palgrave Macmillan is a British academic and trade publishing company headquartered in the London Borough of Camden.

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Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film and television production and distribution company and the namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global.

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People (magazine)

People is an American weekly magazine that specializes in celebrity news and human-interest stories.

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Poltergeist (1982 film)

Poltergeist is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Tobe Hooper and written by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais, and Mark Victor from a story by Spielberg. The Funhouse and Poltergeist (1982 film) are films directed by Tobe Hooper.

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Premature ejaculation

Premature ejaculation (PE) is a male sexual dysfunction that occurs when a male expels semen (and most likely experiences orgasm) soon after beginning sexual activity, and with minimal penile stimulation.

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Prostitution

Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment.

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Psycho (1960 film)

Psycho is a 1960 American horror film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The Funhouse and Psycho (1960 film) are American slasher films.

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Review aggregator

A review aggregator is a system that collects reviews and ratings of products and services such as films, books, video games, music, software, hardware, and cars.

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Rick Baker

Richard Alan Baker (born December 8, 1950), known professionally as Rick Baker, is an American retired special make-up effects creator and actor.

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Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.

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Safe

A safe (also called a strongbox or coffer) is a secure lockable enclosure used for securing valuable objects against theft or fire.

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Screen Rant

Screen Rant is an entertainment website that offers news in the fields of television, films, video games, and film theories.

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Shout! Studios

Shout! Factory, LLC, doing business as Shout! Studios (formerly doing business as its current legal name as Shout! Factory) is an American home video and music distributor founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment.

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Slant Magazine

Slant Magazine is an American online publication that features reviews of movies, music, TV, DVDs, theater, and video games, as well as interviews with actors, directors, and musicians.

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Slasher film

A slasher film is a subgenre of horror films involving a killer or a group of killers stalking and murdering a group of people, usually by use of bladed or sharp tools.

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Striptease

A striptease is an erotic or exotic dance in which the performer gradually undresses, either partly or completely, in a seductive and sexually suggestive manner.

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Sylvia Miles

Sylvia Miles (née Scheinwald; September 9, 1924 – June 12, 2019) was an American actress.

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Tampa Bay Times

The Tampa Bay Times, called the St.

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Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida.

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The Des Moines Register

The Des Moines Register is the daily morning newspaper of Des Moines, Iowa, United States.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American independent horror film produced, co-composed, and directed by Tobe Hooper, who co-wrote it with Kim Henkel. The Funhouse and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre are American exploitation films, American serial killer films, American slasher films, American teen horror films, films directed by Tobe Hooper and video nasties.

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Tobe Hooper

Willard Tobe Hooper (January 25, 1943 – August 26, 2017) was an American filmmaker, best known for his work in the horror genre.

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Trapdoor

A trapdoor is a sliding or hinged door that is flush with the surface of a floor, ceiling, or roof.

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Traveling carnival

A traveling carnival (American English), usually simply called a carnival, travelling funfair or travelling show (British English), is an amusement show that may be made up of amusement rides, food vendors, merchandise vendors, games of chance and skill, thrill acts, and animal acts.

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Ultra HD Blu-ray

Ultra HD Blu-ray (4K Ultra HD, UHD-BD, or 4K Blu-ray) is a digital optical disc data storage format that is an enhanced variant of Blu-ray.

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Universal Pictures

Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (informally as Universal Studios or also known simply as Universal) is an American film production and distribution company that is a division of Universal Studios, which is owned by NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast.

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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment LLC (formerly Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, MCA Home Video, MCA Videodisc, and MCA Videocassette, Inc.) is the home video distribution division of Universal Pictures, an American film studio, owned by NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast.

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University of Texas Press

The University of Texas Press (or UT Press) is a university press that is part of the University of Texas at Austin.

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Variety (magazine)

Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.

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Video nasty

Video nasty is a colloquial term popularised by the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (NVALA) in the United Kingdom to refer to a number of films, typically low-budget horror or exploitation films, distributed on video cassette that were criticised for their violent content by the press, social commentators, and various religious organisations in the early 1980s.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Funhouse

Also known as The Fun House.

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See also

Films about sideshow performers

Films directed by Tobe Hooper

References