Funny Man (1994)

When Max Taylor wins the ancestral home of Callum Chance in a game of Poker, little does he realise that the game is far from over... One by one, Max's family are murdered by the Funny Man,... See full summary »

Director:

Simon Sprackling

Writer:

Simon Sprackling

Stars:

Tim James, Christopher Lee, Benny Young

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tim James	...	The Funny Man
Christopher Lee	...	Callum Chance
Benny Young	...	Max Taylor
Ingrid Lacey	...	Tina Taylor
Pauline Black	...	The Psychic Commando
Matthew Devitt	...	Johnny Taylor
Chris Walker	...	The Hard Man
Rhona Cameron	...	Thelma Fudd
George Morton	...	The Crap Puppeteer
Jamie Heard	...	Jammie Taylor
Harry Heard	...	Harry Taylor
Bob Sessions	...	Card Player
Ed Bishop	...	Card Player
John Chancer	...	Card Player
Jana Shelden	...	The Nurse (as Jana Sheldon)

Storyline

When Max Taylor wins the ancestral home of Callum Chance in a game of Poker, little does he realise that the game is far from over... One by one, Max's family are murdered by the Funny Man, a demonic jester with a varied and imaginative repertoire of homicidal techniques and an irreverent sense of humour. Meanwhile, Max's brother is on his way to the mansion with a bunch on hitchhikers who will be lucky to survive the night.

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Plot Keywords:

mansion | jester | tarot cards | duel | injection | 

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Taglines:

He's cheeky & he's cruel!

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence, language and drug content

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 October 1994 (UK)

Also Known As:

Funnyman

Filming Locations:

Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£50,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nomad Productions, Redman Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Last cinema feature of Ed Bishop

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Quotes

The Funny Man: BLIND, is it you think I am?
The Hard Man: What?
The Funny Man: Do you think I don't know what's been going on behind my back?
The Hard Man: There's nothing going on behind your back.
The Funny Man: I take the pair of you; day on night, night on day!
The Hard Man: I don't know what you're talking about.
The Funny Man: I lie awake at night crying. Crying into my pillow.
The Hard Man: Yeah? Well, I'm very sorry to hear that.
The Funny Man: ...and her kids, screaming. Screaming, they are.

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Crazy Credits

During the credits a song called "Funny man" is played, The Funny Man talks over the top of this song telling the audiance 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.

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Connections

References Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (1969)

User Reviews

Worst Piece of CRAP ever.

I can't for the life of me understand what the heck the users who posted about this movie before me were on when they commented it. I bought this movie at a supermarket wholesale at about $1.50 (bundled with another crappy horror movie) and it was still one of the biggest waste of money I ever got tricked into! And to even think for a second that it was actually NOMINATED for any other award than "crappier film of the decade"...

The story gives cliché a bad name. The dialog is so poor and so boring that "less worse" lines sound almost fine. The movie had such a low budget that they used the same room for most of the scenes, and I am pretty sure they decided to give all the money to hire actors to Christopher Lee, so that they had to ask the technicians to play the other parts. Furthermore, aside from the wife at the very beginning, all women roles are played by transvestites, which adds to the real ridicule of the film. The quality is overall very poor, and obviously they did not think of buying a few spots to make scenes clear for the viewer. The costumes look like they've been stolen from some poor bums, except from the black lady (???) who comes straight from "Hair".

If you ever had the weird idea to watch this movie, just stop right now. This is for your own sake.