Freaks
The love story of a siren, a giant, and a dwarf!
The love story of a siren, a giant, and a dwarf!
Drama, Horror
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1932
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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.
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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
62 min
Release date:
12 Feb 1932
Country:
US
Languages:
English, French, German
Budget:
$310,607
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Freaks is sumptuously produced, admirably directed, and no cost was spared. But Metro failed to realize that even with a different sort of offering the story still is important.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
If the heart of the horror movie is the annihilating Other, the Other has never appeared with more vividness, teasing sympathy, and terror than in this 1932 film by Tod Browning.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
24 Sep 2007
fresh:
It has now achieved deserved recognition as a masterpiece.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
Director Tod Browning, one of the few truly individual directors in the U. S., is a specialist in horror.
– ,
TIME Magazine,
7 Oct 2008
fresh:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer definitely has on its hands a picture that is out of the ordinary.
– ,
New York Times,
8 Aug 2006