Review – The Funhouse

Imagine Halloween with everything done exactly wrong and you’ve got some idea what’s in store for you here. The plot is a meandering mish-mash about a quartet of teens who – eventually – get trapped in a carnival funhouse with a psychotic, physically-differently-abled carny. The production is cheap and poorly-paced; indeed, in spots it’s downright boring. The cast is bad; in particular, Elizabeth Berridge’s witless mugging is a poor substitute for Jamie Lee Curtis. Even the sets fail to work. The main setting is one of those trailer-style funhouses, but for some reason it has a second floor and a basement. See if desperate