Bradley Gibson, who currently recurs as Everett on the Starz series Power Book II: Ghost is set to join the forthcoming reboot of Kung Fu at the CW in a recurring role.
Gibson will play the character of Joe Harper in Kung Fu. He is described as a man in his 20s who is a graphic artist and community organizer in Oakland. Joe is “funny, sexy, hip — deeply serious about his work and his activism, but equally committed to the joys of life: friendship, art, love.”
Heis a social butterfly, having a foot in many of the San Francisco Bay Area’s communities including gay San Francisco, bohemian San Francisco, the Black community of Oakland — which is where he grew up. Joe is an idealist, but he’s profoundly realistic about the many obstacles to deep, systemic change. However, he can’t keep his guard up about is love. He...
Gibson will play the character of Joe Harper in Kung Fu. He is described as a man in his 20s who is a graphic artist and community organizer in Oakland. Joe is “funny, sexy, hip — deeply serious about his work and his activism, but equally committed to the joys of life: friendship, art, love.”
Heis a social butterfly, having a foot in many of the San Francisco Bay Area’s communities including gay San Francisco, bohemian San Francisco, the Black community of Oakland — which is where he grew up. Joe is an idealist, but he’s profoundly realistic about the many obstacles to deep, systemic change. However, he can’t keep his guard up about is love. He...
- 2/22/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Rian Johnson's Brick is one of my favorite films because of the way the writer/director so deftly created a throwback film noir movie set in a modern day high school. It looks like directors Adam and Aaron Nee have done something similar with Band of Robbers, a comedy that imagines the famous Mark Twain characters of Huckleberry Finn (Kyle Gallner) and Tom Sawyer (Adam Nee) as modern day criminals. If that premise doesn't whet your appetite enough, Supergirl star Melissa Benoist co-stars as Becky Thatcher, and actors like The Office's Creed Bratton, comedian Hannibal Buress, and Avatar's Stephen Lang also have roles here.
The Playlist points us to a new red-band trailer for the film, and this definitely looks like it's worth checking out. Band of Robbers hits select theaters and VOD on January 15th, 2016.
A modern-day retelling of Mark Twain’s iconic books, Band of Robbers...
The Playlist points us to a new red-band trailer for the film, and this definitely looks like it's worth checking out. Band of Robbers hits select theaters and VOD on January 15th, 2016.
A modern-day retelling of Mark Twain’s iconic books, Band of Robbers...
- 12/11/2015
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
Read More: Gravitas Ventures Acquires Mark Twain-Inspired Comedy 'Band of Robbers' Written and directed by Aaron and Adam Nee, "Band of Robbers" is putting a modern spin on Mark Twain's most influential novels by turning Hunk Finn and Tom Sawyer into grownup, small-time crooks. The movie stars Kyle Gallner, Adam Nee, Matthew Gray Gubler, Hannibal Buress, Melissa Benoist and Stephen Lang. The official synopsis reads: "When Huck Finn is released from prison, he hopes to leave his criminal life behind, but his lifelong friend, and corrupt cop, Tom Sawyer, has other plans. Not ready to give up on his childhood fantasies, Tom forms the Band of Robbers, recruiting their misfit friends, Joe Harper and Ben Rogers, to join them for an elaborate plan to find a fabled treasure. But the plan soon unravels, thrusting the guys on a wild journey with dangerous consequences." The film will...
- 12/10/2015
- by Sonya Saepoff
- Indiewire
Band Of Robbers screens Monday, November 9th at 7pm at The Tivoli Theatre as part of The St. Louis International Film Festival. Ticket information can be found Here. The film’s co-directors Adam and Aaron Nee will be in attendance. This screening is sponsored by Tenacious Eats
A modern-day retelling of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huck Finn, the comedy Band Of Robbers re-imagines the characters as adults, now grown from juvenile delinquents into small-time crooks. When Huck Finn (Kyle Gallner) is released from prison, he hopes to leave his criminal life behind, but lifelong friend and corrupt cop Tom Sawyer (co-director Adam Nee) has other plans. Not ready to give up on his childhood fantasies, Tom forms the Band of Robbers, recruiting Huck and their misfit friends Joe Harper (Matthew Gray Gubler) and Ben Rogers (Hannibal Buress) to join an elaborate scheme...
A modern-day retelling of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huck Finn, the comedy Band Of Robbers re-imagines the characters as adults, now grown from juvenile delinquents into small-time crooks. When Huck Finn (Kyle Gallner) is released from prison, he hopes to leave his criminal life behind, but lifelong friend and corrupt cop Tom Sawyer (co-director Adam Nee) has other plans. Not ready to give up on his childhood fantasies, Tom forms the Band of Robbers, recruiting Huck and their misfit friends Joe Harper (Matthew Gray Gubler) and Ben Rogers (Hannibal Buress) to join an elaborate scheme...
- 11/6/2015
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Off to the races!
Caitlyn Jenner continued her streak of stylish outings at the Del Mar Racetrack Opening Day celebration on Thursday, a day after she made her first major public appearance at the Espy Awards.
The 65-year old Olympian was photographed up close and in the action beside the track with a group of friends to toast the summer horse-racing season, sporting a wide-brim derby hat and a red printed wrap dress.
Followed by a camera crew throughout the sunny afternoon, the reality personality was also seen strolling the grounds and chatting with Joe Harper, the president and CEO...
Caitlyn Jenner continued her streak of stylish outings at the Del Mar Racetrack Opening Day celebration on Thursday, a day after she made her first major public appearance at the Espy Awards.
The 65-year old Olympian was photographed up close and in the action beside the track with a group of friends to toast the summer horse-racing season, sporting a wide-brim derby hat and a red printed wrap dress.
Followed by a camera crew throughout the sunny afternoon, the reality personality was also seen strolling the grounds and chatting with Joe Harper, the president and CEO...
- 7/17/2015
- People.com - TV Watch
Off to the races! Caitlyn Jenner ditched her white Versace Espys gown for a red and white wrap dress for the Del Mar Racetrack Opening Day celebration on Thursday, July 16. The transgender star, who was accompanied at the Del Mar Fairgrounds by the president and CEO of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Joe Harper, got into spirit with a matching wide-brimmed hat. Jenner, 65, who made headlines for her moving Arthur Ashe Courage Award acceptance speech Wednesday night, attended the races with her E! I Am Cait [...]...
- 7/16/2015
- Us Weekly
Back when Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos first clambered barefaced upon the international stage with his daring Dogtooth, quite a few hastened to mention its striking resemblance to Arturo Ripstein’s similarly self-contained The Castle of Purity, made some 35 years earlier. In the wake of his first English-language effort The Lobster, one might even go further and compare all that Lanthimos has done thus far to Ripstein’s film: the imposed isolation behind walls that are both physical and psychological, creating a world whose structure is founded upon seemingly intransgressible rules and boundaries. Despite the jump in locale and language, The Lobster is very much a continuation or extension of the themes found in Dogtooth: the sequestered family abode is replaced by an isolated hotel complex; the overprotective father by a domineering hotel manager – the brilliant Olivia Colman. Perhaps the most significant difference, at least on first glance, is that...
- 6/25/2015
- by Nicholas Page
- SoundOnSight
Classic literature endures the changing taste trends because of its timeless ideas and characters that are strongly grounded on human nature’s eternal flaws. These traits make them very desirable properties to put onto the screen. Among these there exists an even more exclusive group of works that have not only been adapted into films, but which have been removed from their original context to be placed and infused with the singular concerns of an entirely different time period
Shakespeare is a favorite for this type of treatment: Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet” and scores of films that attempt to reimagine “Hamlet,” are proof of this fascination. Hits and misses that pursue a symbiotic blend between the themes in the original material and their modern settings.
Finding this cohesive marriage of ideas to a great degree, "Band of Robbers," by co-directors and siblings Aaron and Adam Nee, is a new retelling of Mark Twain's most iconic characters that brings them into 21st century California with comedic spunk. His famous scoundrels, Tom Sawyer (Adam Nee) and Huckleberry Finn (Kyle Gallner), are still great friends looking for an ancient treasure in this modern iteration, but the obstacles to get it are very much of our time.
Segmented into cleverly titled chapters to further its literary quality, the film opens as young Huck and Tom, whose home life is less than ideal, come across Injun Joe (Stephen Lang), a rough-looking villain who is willing to kill in order to get the riches he's been chasing down for years. Caught up in middle of the crime, Huck goes to prison for most of his teenage years, while Tom gets to walk away. But in spite of the abrupt separation no loyalty is lost between them - they are, indeed, each other’s only family.
Cut to about a decade later, Tom has become a police officer and Huck has just been released. Reunited, the ex-con wants to go straight, while the boy in blue is still obsessed with finding Murrel’s legendary treasure - even if their original search is what landed Huck behind bars. Tom has obtained new intel on its whereabouts and he is putting together a gang of misfits to finally put his hands on it.
Besides our two main bandits, a shabby Joe Harper (Matthew Gray Gubler) and the easygoing Ben Rogers (Hannibal Buress) join their ranks in hopes of a quick buck Robin-Hood-style. With an elaborate plan, the band will is ready to rob a pawnshop – where the treasure is supposed to be hidden – but clearly these inept boy-scouts-turned-thieves will find it much more challenging in practice.
Adam Nee's Tom is a charmer - just like in Twain's writing - who longs to become a hero and leave a legacy behind. There is contrived idealism in his persuasive speeches that aim to inspire others to follow his lead even when he is not certain of the outcome himself. Prompted by underlying insecurities derived from living under his detective brother’s shadow, Tom tries to overcompensate with flaky confidence and reckless acts often resulting in humorous mishaps. Nee gets the tone right both when dealing with Sawyer’s heroic exploits and his constant failures.
Though the film is narrated by Gallner’s Huck, his is a much smaller role, almost like and observer who initially trusts Tom blindly. But as Sawyer’s relentless quest for glory becomes more detached with their reality, Huck begins to notice the cracks in his best pal’s personality. While not consciously aware of it or too proud to admit, they have become the villains of their legend by hurting innocent bystanders like rookie officer Becky Thatcher ( played by Melissa Benoist and who is Tom’s partner in this interpretation) or Jorge (Daniel Edward Mora), a hardworking Mexican man who risks deportation after being tricked into helping the robbers.
Huck carries himself with a hint of melancholy, which is Gallner’s best tool to transfer the lonesome vagabond to a new era and render him relevant for current audiences, many of which will have their first encounter with Twain’s world through this film. Not a bad introduction at all.
Since “Band of Robbers” approaches the material with intelligent humor and takes broad liberties with it, there is not an actual need to familiar with these characters to enjoy it. Still, the curious intersection it inhabits - somewhere between millennial bromance and elegant saga – makes the film accessible, yet embellished with sophisticated touches.
The mystery at the center of the plot is clearly not the focus as it unfolds with excessively circumstantial twists that hardly allow for any real tension. However, the film’s strength is the mythical atmosphere that’s able to generate while not being overly solemn. Particularly in the sequences when the misguided heroes confront or hide from Injun Joe, the film sports Scooby-Doo-like undertones, which add a playful mood to the narrative.
The Nee Brother’s “Band of Robbers” has the production value of major studio project and the spirit of an unconventional indie showing off compelling cinematic skills. It's like a thinking man’s “Superbad” with an ethereal quality that’s sort of murky, but delivers in laugh-out-loud moments and thoughtful realizations about young manhood.
In a scene during the first half of the film Tom and Huck wearing modern-day clothing sit in what looks like a candlelit room to discuss their future, the production design is straight from the 1800s but their worries are ageless. At that moment neither them nor us know the time and place they are supposed to be in, but we are completely aware that their emotional distress and uncertainty transcend. Hoping to become something greater never goes out of style.
World rights are being handled by Agency for the Performing Arts, U.S. rights are still available.
Shakespeare is a favorite for this type of treatment: Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet” and scores of films that attempt to reimagine “Hamlet,” are proof of this fascination. Hits and misses that pursue a symbiotic blend between the themes in the original material and their modern settings.
Finding this cohesive marriage of ideas to a great degree, "Band of Robbers," by co-directors and siblings Aaron and Adam Nee, is a new retelling of Mark Twain's most iconic characters that brings them into 21st century California with comedic spunk. His famous scoundrels, Tom Sawyer (Adam Nee) and Huckleberry Finn (Kyle Gallner), are still great friends looking for an ancient treasure in this modern iteration, but the obstacles to get it are very much of our time.
Segmented into cleverly titled chapters to further its literary quality, the film opens as young Huck and Tom, whose home life is less than ideal, come across Injun Joe (Stephen Lang), a rough-looking villain who is willing to kill in order to get the riches he's been chasing down for years. Caught up in middle of the crime, Huck goes to prison for most of his teenage years, while Tom gets to walk away. But in spite of the abrupt separation no loyalty is lost between them - they are, indeed, each other’s only family.
Cut to about a decade later, Tom has become a police officer and Huck has just been released. Reunited, the ex-con wants to go straight, while the boy in blue is still obsessed with finding Murrel’s legendary treasure - even if their original search is what landed Huck behind bars. Tom has obtained new intel on its whereabouts and he is putting together a gang of misfits to finally put his hands on it.
Besides our two main bandits, a shabby Joe Harper (Matthew Gray Gubler) and the easygoing Ben Rogers (Hannibal Buress) join their ranks in hopes of a quick buck Robin-Hood-style. With an elaborate plan, the band will is ready to rob a pawnshop – where the treasure is supposed to be hidden – but clearly these inept boy-scouts-turned-thieves will find it much more challenging in practice.
Adam Nee's Tom is a charmer - just like in Twain's writing - who longs to become a hero and leave a legacy behind. There is contrived idealism in his persuasive speeches that aim to inspire others to follow his lead even when he is not certain of the outcome himself. Prompted by underlying insecurities derived from living under his detective brother’s shadow, Tom tries to overcompensate with flaky confidence and reckless acts often resulting in humorous mishaps. Nee gets the tone right both when dealing with Sawyer’s heroic exploits and his constant failures.
Though the film is narrated by Gallner’s Huck, his is a much smaller role, almost like and observer who initially trusts Tom blindly. But as Sawyer’s relentless quest for glory becomes more detached with their reality, Huck begins to notice the cracks in his best pal’s personality. While not consciously aware of it or too proud to admit, they have become the villains of their legend by hurting innocent bystanders like rookie officer Becky Thatcher ( played by Melissa Benoist and who is Tom’s partner in this interpretation) or Jorge (Daniel Edward Mora), a hardworking Mexican man who risks deportation after being tricked into helping the robbers.
Huck carries himself with a hint of melancholy, which is Gallner’s best tool to transfer the lonesome vagabond to a new era and render him relevant for current audiences, many of which will have their first encounter with Twain’s world through this film. Not a bad introduction at all.
Since “Band of Robbers” approaches the material with intelligent humor and takes broad liberties with it, there is not an actual need to familiar with these characters to enjoy it. Still, the curious intersection it inhabits - somewhere between millennial bromance and elegant saga – makes the film accessible, yet embellished with sophisticated touches.
The mystery at the center of the plot is clearly not the focus as it unfolds with excessively circumstantial twists that hardly allow for any real tension. However, the film’s strength is the mythical atmosphere that’s able to generate while not being overly solemn. Particularly in the sequences when the misguided heroes confront or hide from Injun Joe, the film sports Scooby-Doo-like undertones, which add a playful mood to the narrative.
The Nee Brother’s “Band of Robbers” has the production value of major studio project and the spirit of an unconventional indie showing off compelling cinematic skills. It's like a thinking man’s “Superbad” with an ethereal quality that’s sort of murky, but delivers in laugh-out-loud moments and thoughtful realizations about young manhood.
In a scene during the first half of the film Tom and Huck wearing modern-day clothing sit in what looks like a candlelit room to discuss their future, the production design is straight from the 1800s but their worries are ageless. At that moment neither them nor us know the time and place they are supposed to be in, but we are completely aware that their emotional distress and uncertainty transcend. Hoping to become something greater never goes out of style.
World rights are being handled by Agency for the Performing Arts, U.S. rights are still available.
- 6/16/2015
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
I was a bit hesitant to start watching the series finale for Boardwalk Empire. I didn’t even have it in me to watch it until a few days after it aired. Why was I so hesitant? Probably for a number of reasons. A part of me wasn’t ready to say goodbye to a series I held dear despite the disappointment of its last two seasons. A part of me waited out of fear of watching the show deflate right before my eyes in its final hour. A part of me just didn’t feel it was “must-watch” television anymore; there wasn’t any urgency to watch it. Let’s just say this, I came ready to be underwhelmed. Warning: There are spoilers ahead for those who haven’t finished the show.
I didn’t always have this feeling towards Boardwalk Empire. When the show first premiered, it was...
I didn’t always have this feeling towards Boardwalk Empire. When the show first premiered, it was...
- 11/1/2014
- by Dylan Griffin
- SoundOnSight
Craig D. Lindsey reviews the finale of HBO's Emmy-winning "Boardwalk Empire" airing on Sunday night. Spoilers Ahead. Titled "Eldorado," the show revealed that the young vagrant Joe Harper (Travis Tope) was actually a grown-up Tommy Darmody. His father Jimmy (Michael Pitt) had been killed years earlier by Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi), so his mission in the finale was to return the favor. The deed happened on the Atlantic City boardwalk as Nucky took one last nighttime walk. Over the five-year run on HBO, the show received major Emmy nods, including for Best Drama Series and for Buscemi. Almost all of its wins were in technical categories, but supporting actor Bobby Cannavale and directors Martin Scorsese and Tim Van Patten also prevailed. Vulture -Break- Low-budget thriller "Ouija" tops the box office charts for the weekend with $20 million. Keanu Reeves has a real surprise in the second spot with his latest film "John Wick" bring.
- 10/27/2014
- Gold Derby
This final season of Boardwalk Empire was really all about showing us the rise and fall of Nucky Thompson. After sidelining Nucky during last season, essentially making him a supporting player in his own show, the series not only dived into his past during season five but also explored what Nucky’s remaining legacy would be, something that he fixated on throughout these last eight episodes. What will I leave behind, Nucky wonders, and ultimately, aside from Margaret’s newfound wealth, he leaves nothing but the destruction of the entire Darmody family, from Gillian to Jimmy to now Tommy. Yes, as many Boardwalk Empire fans predicted, Joe Harper, the 15-year-old kid that has been working for Nucky during this final season, is in fact Jimmy’s son Tommy, who has come back to Atlantic City to learn the truth about his real family and enact vengeance upon the man who caused them so…...
- 10/27/2014
- by Chris King
- TVovermind.com
If you have yet to watch Sunday’s series finale of Boardwalk Empire, hit the nearest exit. Everyone else, read on…
I knew something was off about that kid!
In the shocking closing moments of Sunday’s Boardwalk Empire series finale, Joe Harper — the club worker Nucky had taken a special interest in — revealed himself to be none other than Tommy Darmody. The interloper dropped that little bombshell on Nucky right before gunning him down in the middle of the crowded Atlantic City boardwalk. (Those of you who figured out the Joe-Tommy twist weeks ago, go ahead and pat yourselves on the back.
I knew something was off about that kid!
In the shocking closing moments of Sunday’s Boardwalk Empire series finale, Joe Harper — the club worker Nucky had taken a special interest in — revealed himself to be none other than Tommy Darmody. The interloper dropped that little bombshell on Nucky right before gunning him down in the middle of the crowded Atlantic City boardwalk. (Those of you who figured out the Joe-Tommy twist weeks ago, go ahead and pat yourselves on the back.
- 10/27/2014
- TVLine.com
One episode before the end and we're reminded of just how far Boardwalk Empire has come. Here's Michael's review...
This review contains spoilers
5.7 Friendless Child
Perhaps the clearest sign of how far we’ve come with Boardwalk Empire is that I actually felt bad for Mickey Doyle when he finally ran his mouth just a little bit too far. Of course, it might just be that he’d managed to excise that irritating little half-giggle from his personal repertoire but it’s possibly more the case that I’ve spent five seasons in his company and I’d come to like the fellow, even if only through a grudging respect for his ability to stay alive for so long in the face of so many opportunities to die.
That even Mickey bought the farm shows just how dangerous this present season is and specifically, how lethal the ambition of Luciano,...
This review contains spoilers
5.7 Friendless Child
Perhaps the clearest sign of how far we’ve come with Boardwalk Empire is that I actually felt bad for Mickey Doyle when he finally ran his mouth just a little bit too far. Of course, it might just be that he’d managed to excise that irritating little half-giggle from his personal repertoire but it’s possibly more the case that I’ve spent five seasons in his company and I’d come to like the fellow, even if only through a grudging respect for his ability to stay alive for so long in the face of so many opportunities to die.
That even Mickey bought the farm shows just how dangerous this present season is and specifically, how lethal the ambition of Luciano,...
- 10/21/2014
- by michaeln
- Den of Geek
A review of tonight's "Boardwalk Empire" coming up just as soon as I catch you in a good mood... "So I did one thing for him, and then another..." -Lindsay Though we have one episode of the series to go, "Friendless Child" essentially brings the story of Nucky Thompson's empire to a close. He gives it all away — save maybe whatever he's doing with Margaret and the Mayflower Grain stock — to Luciano and Lansky, whose takeover of crime in New York and New Jersey is complete, even as they have bigger plans to make organized crime be truly organized on a national scale(*). The war's over, Nucky conceded utterly — choosing to save Willie over continuing a fight he'd likely lose anyway — and that's the show, right? A boardwalk empire falls, and you roll credits. (*) Probably the biggest casualty of the decision to end the show now — and skip over...
- 10/20/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Boardwalk Empire offers many opportunities for death and for redemption. Here’s Michael’s review…
This review contains spoilers
5.6 Devil You Know
The scent of death has lingered around this season of Boardwalk Empire like the odour of stale booze in a speakeasy. For obvious reasons, it has lingered most keenly around the fictional characters that now seem to be being cleared from the board before we enter the endgame.
Losing Sally Wheet was painful for Nucky, as his self-flagellating and nostalgic drinking mission attests, but for the viewer, losing Van Alden and Chalky, in the same episode no less, may well be the sharper experience. We’ve accompanied them since the very first season all the way to the near-end, through some very strange days indeed. The pair of them inhabited tragedy in their own way (though I suspect that George Raft’s comment about Shakespearean rise and fall...
This review contains spoilers
5.6 Devil You Know
The scent of death has lingered around this season of Boardwalk Empire like the odour of stale booze in a speakeasy. For obvious reasons, it has lingered most keenly around the fictional characters that now seem to be being cleared from the board before we enter the endgame.
Losing Sally Wheet was painful for Nucky, as his self-flagellating and nostalgic drinking mission attests, but for the viewer, losing Van Alden and Chalky, in the same episode no less, may well be the sharper experience. We’ve accompanied them since the very first season all the way to the near-end, through some very strange days indeed. The pair of them inhabited tragedy in their own way (though I suspect that George Raft’s comment about Shakespearean rise and fall...
- 10/19/2014
- by michaeln
- Den of Geek
When British actress Daisy Ridley was announced as being part of Star Wars Episode VII, many moviegoers responded with a resounding, “Who?!” As one of the principal members of the cast, she will likely have a major role in the J.J. Abrams helmed movie, but is very much an unknown compared to the rest.
She does have some impressive television credits though, and will next be seen in British independent horror movie, Scrawl. Written and directed by Peter Hearn, the movie will be featured at the Andover Arts Festival in June before being submitted to film festivals during 2014/15.
Written and directed by Peter Hearn, Scrawl was shot over a three week period in the South of England in 2013 as well as extra days throughout 2014. It also stars Mark Forester-Evans (The Cave), Elizabeth Boag (Metro 7 bis/Chasing Robert Barker) and Nathalie Pownall (White Box/Twin Suns).
The synopsis below is extremely interesting,...
She does have some impressive television credits though, and will next be seen in British independent horror movie, Scrawl. Written and directed by Peter Hearn, the movie will be featured at the Andover Arts Festival in June before being submitted to film festivals during 2014/15.
Written and directed by Peter Hearn, Scrawl was shot over a three week period in the South of England in 2013 as well as extra days throughout 2014. It also stars Mark Forester-Evans (The Cave), Elizabeth Boag (Metro 7 bis/Chasing Robert Barker) and Nathalie Pownall (White Box/Twin Suns).
The synopsis below is extremely interesting,...
- 5/14/2014
- by Josh Wilding
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Review by Chris Wright, MoreHorror.com
“The Funhouse” (1981)
Directed By: Tobe Hooper
Written By: Larry Block
Starring: Elizabeth Berridge (Amy Harper), Shawn Carson (Joe Harper), Jeanne Austin (Mrs. Harper), Jack McDermott (Mr. Harper), Cooper Huckabee (Buzz), Largo Woodruff (Liz), Miles Chapin (Richie),Sylvia Miles (Madame Zena), David Carson (Geek), Sonia Zomina (Big Lady), Kevin Conway (Carnival Barber), Herb Robins (Carnival Manager), Mona Agar (Strip Show Dancer), Wayne Doba (The Monster), William Finley (Marco the Magnificent)
With Tobe Hooper having many popular films in his directing filmography, The Funhouse falls by the way-side on being familiar in horror. I enjoyed this early Hooper movie a lot. It takes many of the various slasher elements and adds the right mix of camp and bloodshed for a delicate treat for viewers. Opening up at a limited scope of theaters, it had a respectable opening in 1981. It is available on all media formats; it...
“The Funhouse” (1981)
Directed By: Tobe Hooper
Written By: Larry Block
Starring: Elizabeth Berridge (Amy Harper), Shawn Carson (Joe Harper), Jeanne Austin (Mrs. Harper), Jack McDermott (Mr. Harper), Cooper Huckabee (Buzz), Largo Woodruff (Liz), Miles Chapin (Richie),Sylvia Miles (Madame Zena), David Carson (Geek), Sonia Zomina (Big Lady), Kevin Conway (Carnival Barber), Herb Robins (Carnival Manager), Mona Agar (Strip Show Dancer), Wayne Doba (The Monster), William Finley (Marco the Magnificent)
With Tobe Hooper having many popular films in his directing filmography, The Funhouse falls by the way-side on being familiar in horror. I enjoyed this early Hooper movie a lot. It takes many of the various slasher elements and adds the right mix of camp and bloodshed for a delicate treat for viewers. Opening up at a limited scope of theaters, it had a respectable opening in 1981. It is available on all media formats; it...
- 1/11/2013
- by admin
- MoreHorror
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