Freaks
The film explores the story of a Trapeze artist working in the circus where he decided to marry the leader of the side performers. These people decided to carry out a brutal revenge that makes that girl know what it really means to be a murderous man or a special maniac.
4 July 1891, Austria
10 October 1905, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
18 February 1908, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
18 June 1885, San Francisco, California, USA
27 February 1895, New York City, New York, USA
2 March 1901, Hartwell, Georgia, USA
6 April 1874, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
12 October 1871, Demerara, British Guiana
September 9, 1886 in Bordeaux, France
1880, Minnehaha Falls, Georgia, USA
November 17, 2015
...despite its gruesome conclusion, the movie seems to do everything in its power to create community.
September 28, 2015
[Boasts] some of the most terrifying scenes ever consigned to film.
June 14, 2015
Browning's sympathies are clear; if there are "freaks" on display here, they are not the versatile performers to whom the title seems to allude.
March 26, 2009
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.
June 10, 2015
Undoubtedly flawed, Freaks is also admirably bonkers and quite simply unforgettable.
October 15, 2015
Browning locked in some of horror cinema's most indelible images.
October 28, 2013
A masterpiece of the horror mold, and one that warrants a loyal audience.
September 24, 2007
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.
June 18, 2015
With strong performances and a surprising tenderness, Freaks more than deserves its towering reputation.
June 08, 2015
One of the most powerful films ever made about the need for humanity and solidarity in the face of cruelty and oppression.
