It is open for discussion until midnight tomorrow night.

Also, I'm fixing to post up the next vote. Please, for any of you that haven't, send me the years on any movies you suggested, or the imdb link, so am certain we are talking about the same movie.

Now, the next voting contest.

Pi (1998)

Altered States (1980)

Aliens (1986)

Dark City (1998)

Virgin Spring (1960)

Voting comes to a close on Sunday at 5 PM EST.

my vote is for Altered States.

as for Funhouse, the main thing that stuck out to me was that the entire plotline of the younger brother sneaking out of the house to go to the carnival was completely pointless filler. it could have easily been cut out and the audience never would have known the difference.
he left the house, spied on his sister, stayed out late, and did absolutely nothing. nobody knew he was there, nobody knew he was gone from the house, nothing. why even have that plotline?
I like Funhouse, but I tend to think it's because I'm biased towards movies that deal with the carnival and sideshows. I'm also nostalgic for it b/c it's one of the first horror movies I remember seeing.

I'll decide later. I loved Altered States and would love to have a discussion on here about it, but I also need to see Dark City.

ooo, let's see...

altered states or virgin spring?

well, it's been a lot longer since i've seen altered states, so i'll go with that one.

Altered States (2)

voting Altered States

Altered States (3)

Finished watching The Funhouse...and I was impressed by it. Given my love for slashers, especially from the 80s, this doesn't disappoint the appetite at all. The plot is simple and paper-thin (ala most teen slashers), and I thought the killer/monster was grotesque enough to elicit horrific reactions from the viewers. The minor flaws were the characterisation - Hooper could have made more believable characters (although all the actors do their best), and the first 35-40 mins is a bit slow for a slasher, although one may argue that its the buildup to the delicious 2nd half coming up. All in all, I would give it a 07/10.

My vote is for The Virgin Spring. Would love to see Bergman's masterpiece and the reactions from you all.

still trying to get a copy of Funhouse......I saw it many years ago....loved the whole idea of people traped in a "funhouse" with a killer. Was a bit disappointed in last years "Dark Ride" from the movies to die for" series.

I vote for The Virgin Spring as well.


The Funhouse ended up being a lot better watch than I thought it would be. Adding to what _V_ said I think the circus lent itself well to the atmosphere and I'm one who enjoys a bit of build-up as an hors d'oeuvre before we're treated to a filling course of bloodshed. I would say 7.5/10 as I enjoyed the killer and have an unnatural propensity for avoiding whole numbers. On a side note, I really didn't have an issue with a sound on my DVD, maybe I wasn't listening carefully enough.

Agree totally. The carnival's surreality added a lot to the atmosphere prevalent throughout the 2nd part of the movie. Very twisted, very macabre. It was a fun watch, for sure.

I think the Funhouse caps off sort of a trilogy for Hooper, in the same way that they call the Thing, In the Mouth of Madness and Prince of Darkness a trilogy for Carpenter. Between TCM, Eaten Alive and the Funhouse, I think Hooper has mapped out a nihilistic, confusing apocalyptic America through these movies. The atmosphere is cool and seems to have had a big influence on Rob Zombie later (especially the barker character). It's also one of the earliest Little Red Ridinghood teen slashers, being from a time before they were thirty Friday the 13th movies.

Altered States (3)

Virgin Spring (2)

Bump!

Hour and a half left to vote.

Oh and I remembered that I did see funhouse, but didn't like it very much. It wasn't horrible, it was just horribly average. I think Tobe Hooper is seriously overrated and he's lucky he made TCM because he would probably be flipping burgers right now.

And the winner is:

Altered States

Same as before. You have until Saturday at midnight to watch/buy/discuss. :)

I couldn't find a copy of funhouse, oh well.... one day I will.

I won't be able to particapate in this one as I'm moving so I will leave the voting to those who will be around...