Cult Horror- Starring Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova & Rosco Ates. Suggested by Tod Robbins' story "Spurs". Screenplay by Willis Goldbeck and Leon Gordon. Directed by Tod Browning.
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| Tod Browning |
Tod Browning directs this 1932 Cult Classic in which the true freaks are not the story's sideshow performers, but "normals" who mock and abuse them. Browning, a former circus contortionist, cast real-life sideshow professionals.
A living torso who nimbly lights his own cigarette despite having no arms or legs, microcephalics (whom the film calls "pinheads"), they and others play the big-top troupers who inflict a terrible revenge on a trapeze artist who treats them as subhumans.
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| Prince Randian |
In 1994, 'Freaks' was selected for the National Film Registry's archive of cinematic treasures.
The dvd release includes: Commentary by David J. Skal, Freaks: Sideshow Cinema featurette, special message prologue and 3 alternative endings.
This movie is a MUST SEE for all fans of classic horror & cult cinema. You need this movie in your life.
Rating 5 out of 5
by Chris Dunlop
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