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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5014780545076
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 64 minutes
Theatrical Release Date: February 20, 1932
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Tod Browning, who directed Bela Lugosi in the original Dracula, stepped into even eerier territory with this 1932 story of betrayal and retribution in the circus. Evil trapeze artist Olga Baclanova seduces and marries a midget in the circus sideshow, hoping to inherit his wealth. But in doing so, she has crossed the wrong folks: the tightly knit group of nature's aberrations, who stick together like family--and who set out to avenge their little pal. Browning brought in some of the most famous sideshow attractions of the era, include Siamese twins Daisy and Violet Hilton and Johnny Eck the Legless Boy, as well as Zip and Pip, microcephalics whose appearance in this film inspired cartoonist Bill Griffith to create his comic strip, "Zippy the Pinhead." So disturbing that it was banned for 30 years in Great Britain. --Marshall Fine
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Once a horror movie is now a morality play. Completely identifiable characters and identifies predjudices and their consequences. Browning suffered after making this film but he was a visionary for sure.
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Growing up, I never thought I was very attractive. I spent too much time complaining about my physical imperfections. I wish someone had shown me the classic horror film, "Freaks." Seeing the unfortunate humans, known as "circus freaks," who suffered from birth defects made me appreciate that I had arms and legs. My heart broke for them. It is sad to think that people would abuse and exploit other humans simply because they are handicapped.
Todd Browning, who directed 1931`s ... Read More
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Freaks is a film that is entertaining and disturbing. As a matter of fact, it is just so very disturbing that it was banned for many years. When first released, the studio cut almost half an hour from it because it so disturbed audiences of the day. Freaks was directed by Tod Browning, who also is responsible for Bela Lugosi's Dracula.
Somehow this film was rediscovered by the counterculture and it became a favorite at midnight shows. If you were in college at the time, you've probably ... Read More
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Tod Browning's 1932 cult classic film Freaks is not what most people seem to think it is. It is neither a blatantly exploitative film nor a film of profound compassion. Of all of his films, silent or not, it is in many ways both his most artlessly produced yet also his most indelible- even more so than Dracula, which came out a year before. Most of all, though, it is not a horror film. Yes, it is horrifying to look at the poor freaks that are onscreen, and the film has the exterior trappings of a horror film, ... Read More
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I received this as a Christmas present back in 2005! This is a very good film. When it came out, it was hugely controversial. The idea of actually getting real circus freaks was, at the time, unthinkable. The little woman who played Frieda was pretty hot. In a way, it's not really scary, but shown how they were treated and how they get back at the ones who torment them. If you love classics, you'll love FREAKS!!!
"Gooble Goble, Gooble Goble, we accept you one of us!"
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