fun house
noun
: a building in an amusement park that contains various devices designed to startle or amuse
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Their novelties ran to roller coasters, fun houses, live music and theaters; freak shows, animal acts and spooky rides.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
Adams and Britt Ekland don't add much besides eye candy, but the climactic shoot-out in Scaramanga's hall-of-mirrors fun house is a thrilling homage to Orson Welles' 1948 film The Lady From Shanghai.
—Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 29 May 2024
Some of them are hard to relate to, except as spectacle, and feel like a cross between the Bauhaus and a fun house.
—Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 5 May 2024
Pro tip: On pleasant days, fun house decor and floor mats find their way onto the sidewalk outside the front door for sale.
—Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
But out of the darkness appeared an extravaganza of flashing, twirling colors reminiscent of a circus or a carnival fun house.
—Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
The vibe: part South by Southwest festival, part comedy-club fun house.
—Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
Almodóvar’s gaze is more like a series of fun house mirrors here, passing through classic dime-store-novel narrative, the macho-man canon of midcentury Technicolor westerns and the winky camp of queering it all in circa-2023 couture.
—Leah Greenblatt, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
On the midway, children rode fan favorites Pharaoh’s Fury bumper cars, wended their way through the fun house and played games for prizes and in between.
—Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2023
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
Adams and Britt Ekland don't add much besides eye candy, but the climactic shoot-out in Scaramanga's hall-of-mirrors fun house is a thrilling homage to Orson Welles' 1948 film The Lady From Shanghai.
—Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 29 May 2024
Some of them are hard to relate to, except as spectacle, and feel like a cross between the Bauhaus and a fun house.
—Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 5 May 2024
Pro tip: On pleasant days, fun house decor and floor mats find their way onto the sidewalk outside the front door for sale.
—Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
But out of the darkness appeared an extravaganza of flashing, twirling colors reminiscent of a circus or a carnival fun house.
—Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
The vibe: part South by Southwest festival, part comedy-club fun house.
—Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
Almodóvar’s gaze is more like a series of fun house mirrors here, passing through classic dime-store-novel narrative, the macho-man canon of midcentury Technicolor westerns and the winky camp of queering it all in circa-2023 couture.
—Leah Greenblatt, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
On the midway, children rode fan favorites Pharaoh’s Fury bumper cars, wended their way through the fun house and played games for prizes and in between.
—Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2023
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“Fun house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fun%20house. Accessed 11 Jun. 2024.
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