1983: A group of high school students are having a great time near Hollywood Hills at the weekend when they bump into the Loser from their school, Sam, who's just on his way home. Sam would do anything in order to get Jenny's attention, one of prettiest girls in school. Unfortunately she's also the girlfriend of the school's bully, Biff, the quarterback of the football team. Biff and his buddies are keen to take Sam to the old abandoned amusement park to make him prove his courage as part of their initiation ceremony. They involve Jenny in their cruel game as the grand prize of the competition. Sam accepts the challenge, but the girl wouldn't let him go in by himself; she follows him into the amusement park and a night they'll never forget.
Acting
Tim Curry's unhinged voice work as Gingerclown—clearly having more fun than anyone.
Practical Effects
Grotesque creature designs by Hungarian artists, genuinely unsettling despite the budget.
Production
Real abandoned Budapest amusement park, creepier than anything scripted.
Director
Balázs Hatvani
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Budapest's actual abandoned Vidámpark, which closed in 2013—the same year the film released. The location did most of the heavy lifting.
Director Balázs Hatvani spent years trying to make Hungary's first English-language horror film; the result plays like a love letter to American 80s slashers made by someone who only read about them secondhand.
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