Le bouffon de l'horreur

Titre original : Funny Man

1994
R
1h 33min

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Dark Comedy Supernatural Horror Comedy Horror

Après avoir gagné une maison de maître anglaise lors d'une partie de poker, un producteur de disques découvre qu'elle est hantée par un bouffon démoniaque qui a l'intention d'assassiner sa f... Tout lireAprès avoir gagné une maison de maître anglaise lors d'une partie de poker, un producteur de disques découvre qu'elle est hantée par un bouffon démoniaque qui a l'intention d'assassiner sa famille.Après avoir gagné une maison de maître anglaise lors d'une partie de poker, un producteur de disques découvre qu'elle est hantée par un bouffon démoniaque qui a l'intention d'assassiner sa famille.

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Récompenses
- 1 nomination au total

Anecdotes
Was initially intended to be a serious horror film, and the project was partially treated as such. However, Tim James (Funny Man) evolved his character greatly during production, which caused director Simon Sprackling to gradually ignore the script. Because of this, several scenes were the result of improvisation.

Citations
Callum Chance: [last lines post titles] You're a funny man Mr. Taylor... but I've met funnier.
[darkly]
Callum Chance: And So Will You

Crédits fous
During the credits a song called "Funny Man" is played, The Funny Man talks over the top of this song telling the audience to sing amongst other things. After the credits finish we see Funny Man standing in a garden. He looks at the camera and says "No rest for the wicked!" he then walks off camera.

Versions alternatives
Uncut version is longer than the U.S. "R" rated version and contains extra scenes and gore (including a scene in which the Funnyman literally shoots a girls brains out of her head with her eyeballs still attached).

Connexions
Features Sûpâ Mario Rando (1989)

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6/10

Brilliant and Underated

I was suprised to see how low this film has rated. I guess it's been watched by a lot of people that either don't like horror at all or are too caught up in a particular genre to get this.

It's very tounge in cheek, which many simple people won't get. However it has the distinction of being one of the few horror comedies around that is both funny and eerie/disturbing.

The Thelma (from scoobie doo) character was hilarious, especially when she died, and I couldn't help but think of that when that awful Scoobie doo film came out. They should have hired the woman from funny man.

The relation between Christopher Lee's character and the fates of those in the house reminded me a lot of Hammer Horror. But then you can probably drop Chris Lee into any cheap horror and immediately raise the standard. His minor involvement worked for me. Tim James was brilliant as the killer. His Yorkshire accent along with some of his lines had me convinved it was Shawn Bean right up until the end credits. He is the kind of movie bad guy that you could see spawning endless sequels, and while he may not be on the level of a Fred Krueger he's way above the level of a Chucky.

The effects, the set and the sound track are all quite cheap, but you don't need a big budget to make a good movie and this demonstrates that.