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The Funhouse Blog: Liz and Richie
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A scene-by-scene analysis of Tobe Hooper's 1981 horror masterpiece - The Funhouse. I also write about other genre films at Cinemachine. Content © 2010-2013 Matthew Hurwitz. Monday, August 9, 2010. Like Buzz, Liz wants Amy to "loosen up," and Richie's whole outlook on life is predicated on not taking anything seriously. Is incredible. Here in The Funhouse. Ruminates on the seeming bankrupt logic that is the teenager's impulse towards defecting from the safety of the parental bubble (as imperfect as it cou...
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The Funhouse Blog: God is Watching You
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A scene-by-scene analysis of Tobe Hooper's 1981 horror masterpiece - The Funhouse. I also write about other genre films at Cinemachine. Content © 2010-2013 Matthew Hurwitz. Tuesday, August 31, 2010. God is Watching You. You know, if you play your cards right.". You may not have to spend the rest of your life a virgin.". Particularly youthful in our culture is the idea that losing your virginity is a game that ends with a ride. Beginning with Halloween. The point of this scene is that Amy is a virgin, whi...
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The Funhouse Blog: Late Date
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A scene-by-scene analysis of Tobe Hooper's 1981 horror masterpiece - The Funhouse. I also write about other genre films at Cinemachine. Content © 2010-2013 Matthew Hurwitz. Wednesday, August 4, 2010. First of all, someone close was good enough to lend me her 2004 Universal DVD of The Funhouse. And it's really going to make a difference in picture quality from the 2001 Goodtimes release. You know who you are - thanks again. On TV reinforces the complacent bourgeois status of normal. There's some unfortuna...
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The Funhouse Blog: Frankenstein Unmasked
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A scene-by-scene analysis of Tobe Hooper's 1981 horror masterpiece - The Funhouse. I also write about other genre films at Cinemachine. Content © 2010-2013 Matthew Hurwitz. Sunday, October 7, 2012. SOUNDS OF DOOR UNLOCKING]. BARKER: " - This God damned better be good.Wrecking the place when I - ". Ain't you got no respect? No, of course you don't.". The reappearance of Kevin Conway as The Barker is akin to the reappearance of Jim Siedow as The Old Man / The Cook in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Every bit ...
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The Funhouse Blog: Locked In
http://tobehooperfunhouse.blogspot.com/2012/08/locked-inside.html
A scene-by-scene analysis of Tobe Hooper's 1981 horror masterpiece - The Funhouse. I also write about other genre films at Cinemachine. Content © 2010-2013 Matthew Hurwitz. Sunday, August 5, 2012. Sometimes I feel the high sheriffs miss out on little opportunities to educate, since these type of movies so often contain messages, namely: drugs, fornication and not minding your daddy will cause the evil forces of nature to come down on you big time.". Joe Bob Briggs, Monstervision. Airdate: April 3rd, 1999).
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The Funhouse Blog: The Girl Tent
http://tobehooperfunhouse.blogspot.com/2011/07/girl-tent.html
A scene-by-scene analysis of Tobe Hooper's 1981 horror masterpiece - The Funhouse. I also write about other genre films at Cinemachine. Content © 2010-2013 Matthew Hurwitz. Tuesday, July 19, 2011. My own lovely sister.". Right here. Mona! The beautiful Mona.". She wiggles and she dances.". And just like her six beautiful girlfriends inside.". You ever been in one? AMY: "Oh come on, it's three bucks apiece.". LIZ: "Sign says you have to be 21.". BARKER: "There she goes, turn them. RICHIE: "Come on.".
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The Funhouse Blog: Games and Rides
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A scene-by-scene analysis of Tobe Hooper's 1981 horror masterpiece - The Funhouse. I also write about other genre films at Cinemachine. Content © 2010-2013 Matthew Hurwitz. Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Joey's first in a series of escalating table-turning adult scares for the night is a cheap chair jumper, probably as it should be. The Funhouse. Gets a lot of quiet scenes from his inclusion in the story, which is a purely symbolic and emotional one. Amy bumps into the guy, the first of her. Here's a lobby ...
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The Funhouse Blog: Joey Gets Caught
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A scene-by-scene analysis of Tobe Hooper's 1981 horror masterpiece - The Funhouse. I also write about other genre films at Cinemachine. Content © 2010-2013 Matthew Hurwitz. Sunday, December 2, 2012. As the teenagers nervously tread forward, John Beal’s score reprises the haunting motif previously heard during other moments of ominous contemplation: smoking the joint before Madame Zena. Observing the pickled punk at the Freak Tent. And the godlike crane shot of the carnival shutting down. His helpless pac...