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Freaks
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0022891978008
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: MGM
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language),
Manufacturer: MGM
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 31, 1969
Running Time: 64 minutes
Studio: MGM
Theatrical Release Date: February 20, 1932
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Editorial Review:
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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - "These are God's children."
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 ... Read More
Rating:  - Odd classic
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 ... Read More
Rating: - A Classic Masterpiece!!!
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!"
Rating:  - Good classic
I know some people dislike this movie, citing bad acting and what have you. But keep in mind that in the 1930's, 'talkie' films were still pretty new, and they did not have editing tools like we do today. I wish there could have been more to the movie's story (doubtless if it were remade today, it would) but for its time, it was a good movie and still is in its own way.
Rating: - So much more than a mere horror film...
`Freaks' is one of those movies that just has to be seen, by everyone. It is classified as a horror film but to me it is much more than that. Much like the beautifully written (and adapted) `Of Mice and Men', `Freaks' broaches the horrors of mistreating and misjudging others based on their physical limitations. There is no reason to simply cast this film aside as nothing more than a `scary movie' for `Freaks' is far too important a film to be typecast in such a way.
Like the prologue ... Read More
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