What is The Funhouse / Texas Chainsaw Massacre about?

THE FUNHOUSE, 1981, Universal Pictures, 96 min. This stylish and atmospheric slasher from American master of horror Tobe Hooper centers on four teenagers who unwisely set up camp at a carnival funhouse for a night of cheap thrills. The sleepover quickly becomes a deadly nightmare as the kids realize they are being stalked by a ghastly carnival freak - a freak who shows no lack of creativity when it comes to carnival props doubling as slaughter weapons. THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, 1974, MPI Media, 83 min. One of the best American horror films of all time. After hearing of a cemetery desecration, Marilyn Burns and friends go on a jaunt in the broiling Texas countryside to check on her grandparents’ graves, only to become stranded at the rural home of a family of inbred cannibals. Director Tobe Hooper expertly escalates the horror until you can’t stand it anymore!. Discussion between films with director Tobe Hooper.

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What is The Funhouse / Texas Chainsaw Massacre about?: THE FUNHOUSE, 1981, Universal Pictures, 96 min. This stylish and atmospheric slasher from American master of horror Tobe Hooper centers on four teenagers who unwisely set up camp at a carnival funhouse for a night of cheap thrills. The sleepover quickly becomes a deadly nightmare as the kids realize they are being stalked by a ghastly carnival freak - a freak who shows no lack of creativity when it comes to carnival props doubling as slaughter weapons.
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, 1974, MPI Media, 83 min. One of the best American horror films of all time. After hearing of a cemetery desecration, Marilyn Burns and friends go on a jaunt in the broiling Texas countryside to check on her grandparents’ graves, only to become stranded at the rural home of a family of inbred cannibals. Director Tobe Hooper expertly escalates the horror until you can’t stand it anymore!. Discussion between films with director Tobe Hooper.