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Freaks

  • 7.8 /10

  • 1263

  • 95%

Plot

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

Cast

Harry Earles as Hans
Harry Earles

as Hans

Olga Baclanova as Cleopatra
Olga Baclanova

as Cleopatra

Daisy Earles as Frieda
Daisy Earles

as Frieda

Henry Victor as Hercules
Henry Victor

as Hercules

Wallace Ford as Phroso
Wallace Ford

as Phroso

Leila Hyams as Venus
Leila Hyams

as Venus

Roscoe Ates as Roscoe
Roscoe Ates

as Roscoe

Angelo Rossitto as Angeleno
Angelo Rossitto

as Angeleno

Jerry Austin as Knife-Throwing Dwarf (uncredited)
Jerry Austin

as Knife-Throwing Dwarf (uncredited)

Daisy Hilton as Siamese Twin
Daisy Hilton

as Siamese Twin

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Not Rated

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • January 1, 1932

Production Companies

  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

  • Français

  • Deutsch

Budget

  • $310,607.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.07 hrs

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Reviews

This is for the misfits the freaks and the runts. Tod Browning's Freaks is as infamous today as it was back in the 30s when it shook film watchers to the core. Of course time has diluted some of its impact, you can imagine that a modern day horror fan drooling over torture porn et al being completely bemused by the reputation afforded Freaks. Yet it still remains a unique and nightmarish piece…

If I have to be honest, I'd say that I have uncertain opinions concerning this film on the whole. On the one hand, I can't say that I didn't enjoy 'Freaks', mainly because of its nice display of bizarre cast members. On the other hand, I can't help feeling slightly at fault, considering that these were real people who probably suffered a lot in their lives because of their malformations, somethin…