Cult Classic ’80s Slasher Movie To Stream on Prime Video

Prime Video will soon begin streaming an underrated ’80s slasher movie from iconic horror director Tobe Hooper. The Funhouse was released in 1981 and garnered a lukewarm response from the general audience. However, it fared better with critics and currently has a 67% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Funhouse sets Prime Video streaming date

The Funhouse arrives on Prime Video on January 31, 2026. Some of the other movies that will become available on the platform that day are The Big Lebowski (1998), Waterworld (1995), Earthquake (1974), and The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988).

Hooper directed the movie from a script by Larry Block. The cast includes Elizabeth Berridge as Amy Harper, Cooper Huckabee as Buzz, Largo Woodruff as Liz Duncan, Kevin Conway as Freak Show Barker / Strip Show Barker / Conrad Straker, Miles Chapin as Richie, Wayne Doba as Gunther Twibunt, Sylvia Miles as Madame Zena, and William Finley as Marco the Magnificent.

The plot of The Funhouse revolves around four friends who decide to spend the night on the eponymous dark ride at a sleazy traveling carnival. They witness a man in a Frankenstein’s Monster mask killing a woman and realize that they have to survive murderous carnival employees.

Hooper garnered widespread fame for helming classic horror movies, including The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), Eaten Alive (1976), and Poltergeist (1982).

In a review, Matt Brunson of Film Frenzy noted, “The imaginatively designed funhouse, oddball characters along the periphery, and a masterfully staged climax allow this to stand out.” Brunson added, “The Funhouse was released during the glut of countless Friday the 13th and Halloween slasher rip-offs (e.g. My Bloody Valentine, The Burning, Hell Night, all also 1981), and it was unfairly dismissed as more of the same. Don’t you believe it.”

Source: Comingsoon.net