Featuring legendary actors Robert Englund, Clint Howard, Jere Burns, and Courtney Gaines. FX Guru, Robert Kurtzman, is the producer of the special effects and if he's involved in any horror project, you know you're in for one hell of a ride. Cheerfully violent, funny, and brilliant. So much goodness of gore and bodies are everywhere. I felt really cozy and comfy while watching it. My favorite character is Dollface, played by Candice De Visser. She's just extremely great with her craziness and loveliness. Amazing job by the entire cast and crew. Salute to everyone for this horror extravaganza!!!
... View MoreThis is a fun movie to watch. It has a Rob Zombie kind of feel for me too. Jere Burns is outstanding as Mental Manny and I can defiantly say that Candice De Visser steals the show as Dollface. Great over the top gore with some descend effects. Don't try to dissect the what and why's in this movie because you'll just give yourself a headache. Sit back and enjoy.
... View MoreWith a title that is a mash-up of two Tobe Hooper horror classics—The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Funhouse—it's obvious from the start that The Funhouse Massacre isn't going to offer much in the way of originality: it's Halloween night, a group of lunatics have escaped from a high security mental asylum and are killing the patrons of a fun-house. Nope, not much new there! Still, at least the film never pretends to be anything other than a whole load of silly splattery fun, its tongue firmly in cheek as the psychopaths slash, chop, smash, slice and dice their way through the attraction's blissfully unaware customers, who believe that the killing is all part of the show—at least until it is their turn to die.It takes a while to get to the really bloody stuff (the last act is where the best effects happen, including a couple of cool decapitations), but when it does, The Funhouse Massacre proves very enjoyable nonsense, each psycho having their own unique method of dispatching victims: Animal the Cannibal (E.E. Bell) eats them (obviously), demented dentist Dr. Suave (Sebastian Siegel) uses an unusually large drill to treat 'patients', The Taxidermist (Clint Howard) guts and stuffs people, Rocco the Clown (Mars Crain) uses a 'test your strength' hammer to crush heads, and The Stitch Face Killer sews shut the eyes and mouth. Meanwhile Mental Manny (Jere Burns) oversees the carnage, which features some surprisingly good gore effects (just checked the credits and Robert Kurtzman was involved, so maybe not so surprising after all).
... View MoreOkay, so it's not a work of art. But you know what? That's fine because it's not trying to be. In a few words it's basically just "Cheesy Gory Fun". That's it. And on that level, it succeeds tremendously. And guess what? It's actually pretty damn funny. It's not trying to be a serious or even scary horror film. So get that thought out of your head. It's cheesy, low-budget horror with some pretty great effects work by Robert Kurtzman (Wishmaster, 1/3 of K.N.B. EFX Group) and a really strong ensemble cast, with some notable cult icons thrown in like Robert England, Clint Howard and Courtney Gains to name a few. I didn't know what to expect going in, but ultimately this surprised us with how fun, gory, cheesy, and funny it was. And it's also surprisingly well made for a small film.
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