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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80IGNIGNDespite all the cinematic thievery and homage, The Funhouse manages to stand on its own as an eerie, slow-brewing slasher that builds quite a bit of effective tension and dread leading into the more generic final act.
- 75The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasHooper doesn’t entirely escape the rote business of semi-regular mutilations and impalings, but The Funhouse succeeds in updating a monster from the Universal pantheon and setting it loose in the type of traveling death trap that’s been haunting small towns forever.
- 70Time OutTime OutIt's rare that any film follows through its chosen themes with such attention to detail, much less leavening the package with a truly anarchic blend of black humour.
- Mr. Hooper almost persuades us that he is up to more than just gore, creepiness and trauma.
- 50TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineWhile certainly not as interesting or accomplished as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Funhouse is a cut above the average slasher film.
- 37Washington PostGary ArnoldWashington PostGary ArnoldThe Funhouse begins with a lamely facetious reprise of the shower sequence from Psycho and slides steadily downhill there. [18 Mar 1981, p.B4]