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Funhouse is a 2019 horror film directed and written by Jason William Lee. The film stars Valter Skarsgård as Kaspar, a washed up reality TV star who are duped into taking part in a reality show where the losers are killed in brutal ways.
FunhouseDirected byJason William LeeWritten byJason William LeeStarringValter SkarsgårdCinematographyShawn SeifertEdited byJason William LeeMusic byBlake Matthew
Production
companies
Ti Bonny Productions
Sandcastle Pictures
Invention Films
Distributed byMagnet Releasing
Running time
106 minutesCountriesSweden
CanadaLanguageEnglish
being reality show stars and social media personalities have been invited to take part in a new reality show hosted by a CGI panda named Furcas. They will be filmed 24/7 and contestants can vote for which people they like the most. Every 3 days the contestant with the lowest amount of votes must take part in a penalty game and if they lose, they are out of the running. If two contestants tie or nearly tie for the lowest amount of votes, they must compete against each other in the penalty games. If they try to leave the house, they will be penalized and removed from the game.
Unbeknownst to the contestants, the show is run by Nero Alexander, a wealthy and sociopathic man who is willing to pay people to commit murder and atrocities for his entertainment. Nero is also controlling the Furcas CGI. The penalty games are actually a matter of life or death, as the odds are high that the games will result in a gruesome death. Prior to the first elimination, the contestants all generally treat the show as they would any other despite clues that something is obviously wrong. For the first elimination two contestants, Lonni and Nevin, are forced to participate in the game while the others watch in a soundproofed room. Lonni is blindfolded and instructed to smash a "pinata" while very loud music plays. As she is blindfolded she is unable to tell that the "pinata" is actually a gagged Nevin and unwittingly beats him to death. After the first death viewers and media outlets debate whether the show is real or fake. The ex-wife of one contestant, Kasper, is brought on a news talk show where she pleads for his return and for viewers to stop watching the livestream. In the show house one of the contestants, a singer named Dex, unsuccessfully tries to leave and is forced to stand in a container of acid until he dies.
As the game continues, every few days one of the contestants is forced to participate in games and face a gruesome death when they lose. One contestant is torn apart while another must fight a contestant to the death. During all of this some of the contestants grow closer together, such as Kaspar and Lonnie, while others crack under the pressure. The FBI is also trying to find the location of the reality show. At one point Kaspar questions Furcas's reasoning for the torture, only for the host to berate
Valter Skarsgård as Kasper
Khamisa Wilsher as Lonni
Gigi Saul Guerrero as Ximena
Christopher Gerard as James
Karolina Benefield as Ula
Amanda Howells as Cat Zim
Mathias Retamal as Dex
Dayleigh Nelson as Nevin
Jerome Velinsky as Nero Alexander
commit to it."[7]
ReferencesEdit
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^ "Movie Review: Not much fun to be had in "FUNHOUSE"". Rue Morgue. 2021-05-28. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
^ "Review: 'Funhouse,' one could argue, offers neither a house, nor fun". Los Angeles Times. 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
^ Abrams, Simon. "Funhouse movie review & film summary (2021)". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
^ Bowen, Chuck. "Review: Funhouse Is a Misfired, Misguided Would-Be Satire of Reality TV". www.slantmagazine.com. Retrieved 2021-10-08.