The Funhouse (1981)
Horror • 1h 36m
Director: Tobe Hooper
Cast: Elizabeth Berridge, Cooper Huckabee, Kevin Conway, Largo Woodruff, Miles Chapin, Jeanne Austin, Jack McDermott, Shawn Carson, David Carson, Sonia Zomina, Ralph Morino, Herb Robins, Mona Agar, William Finley, Susie Malnik, Sylvia Miles, Sid Raymond, Larry Ross, Frank Grimes, Frank Schuller, Mildred Hughes, Glen Lawrence, Shawn McAllister, Sandy Mielke, Mike Montalvo, Sherman 'Big Train' Bergman, Raymond Forchion, David Mandel
4K tiers
About the film
Rebellious teen Amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town. In tow are her boyfriend, Buzz, and their friends Liz and Richie. Thinking it would be fun to spend the night in the campy "Funhouse" horror ride, the teens witness a murder by a deformed worker wearing a mask. Locked in, Amy and her friends must evade the murderous carnival workers and escape before it leaves town the next day.
Director: Tobe Hooper
4K Blu-ray has both the original Dolby Stereo mix and a 5.1 remix.
HBO Max Streaming includes the theatrical version with original credits, goofs. 1080p with the 5.1 remix
Second Sight 4K Blu-ray/France Carlotta 4K Blu-ray (preference)
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
(Carlotta 4K Blu-ray has some better shots than Second Sight 4K Blu-ray and is more accurate to the theatrical grade: https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?d1=18250&d2=18597&s1=210919&s2=219265&i=4&l=0&a=1)
LaserDisc/VHS likely will have less filtered and correct audio. MPI 4K Blu-ray’s mono appears to be correct content-wise.
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Caps by asacmurr. Comparison between the Arrow, Vinegar Syndrome and Turbine releases with Arrow (Engine House) being the best encoding-wise. Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray has mediocre encode and over-saturated skin tones. Also, the Arrow 4K Blu-ray has reported issues with Panasonic players.
More Horror on Blu-ray
Director: Ruggero Deodato
Grindhouse Releasing US 4K Blu-ray
(Caveat: 15 seconds cut due to UK animal cruelty laws)
Director: Michael Mann
Theatrical/Director's Cut: Shout! Factory Blu-ray
Hybrid Theatrical Cut: Anchor Bay "Theatrical" DVD
Final Cut: upcoming UK StudioCanal Final Cut 4K Blu-ray
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
UK StudioCanal Final Cut 4K Blu-ray and US Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray with Theatrical and Hybrid cuts
Director: Damian McCarthy
US Decal Releasing or Canada Elevation 4K Blu-ray, France The Jokers 4K Blu-ray maybe better?
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Director: Tom Holland
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
sounds better than the Sony 4K Blu-ray , https://slow.pics/c/pJfES0fl
Twilight Time has an isolated score
Director: Roman Polanski
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
UK 4K teased by 88 Films https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=24252379
Carlotta France 4K Blu-ray > Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray (better encode on Carlotta without any low-pass filtering, more extras and English subtitles on Vinegar Syndrome)
4K restoration of the original 3D left eye and right eye camera negatives
Director: Bernard Rose
Scream Factory/Arrow 4K Blu-ray or Turbine 4K Blu-Ray
SF and Turbine also have the 2004 Audio Commentary with Bernard Rose, Clive Barker, Alan Poul and actors Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd and Kasi Lemmons
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