Funny Man

Max Taylor wins Callum Chance's ancestral home in a high-stakes poker game. He does not realize the game is far from over, and Chance's ominous warning lingers as he claims the prize. This victory sets the stage for a deadly curse to awaken beneath the house.

Soon after the win, Max ignores the warning and moves his wife and kids into the ancestral home. The family attempts to settle in, unaware that a malevolent force is waking beneath the soil. The stage is set for the nightmare to begin.

Max spins a four-part wheel inside the house, with two 'win' segments and two 'lose' segments. The wheel lands on lose, awakening a demonic presence that has slept beneath the soil. The family remains oblivious as the threat starts to stir.

From the soil, the Funny Man—a jester with a shocking, irreverent humor—emerges and marks the start of the family’s nightmare. He directly addresses the audience, turning the events into a pantomime of grisly comedy. The house becomes a playground for his deadly game.

Max's son walks around a pillar in circles, playing with the Funny Man. The child is killed off-screen, marking the first brutal turn in the family's nightmare. The killer uses taunts and misdirection to heighten the dread.

The Funny Man imitates the son's voice and speaks to Max's wife through a keyhole while watching from a crack in the door. He drags the child's body away and smirks at the audience with a macabre line about hosting a party. The line underscores the killer's irreverent humor.

Max's wife is trapped in an endless room and killed with a club when she fails to escape. The scene blends brutal violence with the film's dark, tongue-in-cheek humor. The family's horror deepens as hope fades.

Max's daughter is hooked up to jumper cables on her head while playing Game Boy, electrocuting her to death and setting her alight. The death is depicted with a grim, cartoonish humor that matches the movie's tone. The violence escalates the sense of inescapable dread.

Max's brother Johnny Taylor travels with a group of hitchhikers toward the mansion, unaware of the threat inside. The arrival introduces the wider cast and amplifies the sense that danger follows the Funny Man. The journey threads into the house's escalating nightmare.

Among the hitchhikers is a voodoo woman who uses tarot cards to sense the awakening of the Funny Man. She reads signs from the supernatural and foreshadows the carnage to come. Her insight adds a mystical edge to the unfolding horror.

Johnny and the hitchhikers arrive at the ancestral home and, at first, everything seems fine. The previously hidden menace begins to seep into the rooms, sharpening the tension. The contrast between calm and menace heightens the dread.

With all targets in place, the Funny Man launches his macabre pantomime across the mansion. The house becomes a Scooby-Doo Rock'n'Roll madhouse full of bizarre scenes and gruesome yet humorous kills. The killer directly addresses the audience, blurring the line between fiction and nightmare.