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The Funhouse (1981)
It stuck with me...
I saw this movie in 1981 when I was in high school and have never forgotten it! I find that when I discuss movies that I found to be particularly disturbing, this one always comes up. I would recommend it to anyone with one word of warning. Remember when it was made and don't try to compare the effects with what is possible today. Still, those drippy globs of slobbering spittle gross me out every time I think of them...
The plot is simple and direct, but effective. Four teen-aged kids (two couples) attend a creepy carnival that has recently been opened in town. As a prank, they decide to take the last ride through the fun house, get off the ride, and spend the night in the fun house -- presumably to have sex.
The idea sounds appealing and all is well until they whiteness a murder and make a string of fatally bad decisions. For the rest, rent the movie.
Twenty years later, I still remember this movie as one of the most original and frightening horror films that I have ever seen.
Hypnotized by the flickering lights...
Craig
Lessons for an Assassin (2003)
I knew that it would not be good...
I knew when I picked up the box that it would be a pretty bad movie. Still, I wanted to see Shannon Lee and the movie having Michael Dorn in it looked like it could be a sleeper. It wasn't...
Shannon Lee and Michael Dorn did a good job with what they were given. The rest of the movie was pretty bad. I won't repeat what has already been said by others. They put it pretty well.
I can see why the actors made the movie. It's easy for me to imagine reading the script and thinking that it had the potential to be better than it turned out to be. Too bad...
If you like Shannon Lee, you may not be too disappointed with this movie. I'm glad that I picked it up, but wouldn't watch it again.