The Funhouse is a movie novelization written by Owen West (Dean Koontz) in 1980 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by Tobe Hooper in 1981. The movie features Elizabeth Berridge, Cooper Huckabee, Miles Chapin, William Finley, Sylvia Miles, Kevin Conway, and others.
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Storyline
On her first date with Buzz, Amy disobeys her father and goes to the carnival with Richie and Liz, but their first date may end up as their last. After witnessing a murder, the four terrified teens are trapped in the maze of the funhouse and stalked by a real monster, a horribly deformed killer who lurks among the freakish exhibits waiting to butcher them one by one.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
1981
Minutes
96
Movie Rate
5.90
Source: IMDb
Year
1980
Pages
333
Book Rate
7.26
S: Goodreads
Book
The Funhouse
Author: Owen West, (Dean Koontz)
Country: USA
First published in: 1980
Length: 333 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“When you have worked as a screenwriter and watched as many films as I have watched, I think it seeps onto the page. I don't think that's always a good thing.”
DAVID NICHOLLS (Writer and Screenwriter)
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