Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Gareth Crook A dip into the sometimes murky world of cult classics this evening. Many things were different in the 1930s and this certainly feels like an awkward time capsule from a long gone era. It's not slick cinema by any means, jump cuts are not hidden, cameras aren't steady, but this is very much about the spectacle. The story is functional, following the characters of a travelling circus, but it is genuinely unusual and although it feels exploitative rather than entertaining, there's something very watchable about this unnerving slice of cinema history. Definitely cult. Probably classic. Bloody weird!

bkoganbing The nominal stars of Freaks, Wallace Ford and Leila Hyams, function as nothing more than witnesses to the action. It's through there eyes we see the drama going on with these strange and misshapen people known as Freaks.Ford and Hyams are cirus performers in nothing like Barnum&Bailey, but a road show in Europe where the sideshow exhibits take center stage. Most of these players did not do too much other work due to casting limitations.In Ship Of Fools Michael Dunn explains that he comes from rich parents who keep him perpetually traveling so that his grotesque dwarf appearance in their eyes doesn't embarass them. Harry Earles is one of the midgets in this traveling show, but he too comes from money.When that's learned trapeze performer Olga Baclanova makes a play for the midget to the contempt and disgust of her fiance circus strong man Henry Victor. On one drunken eve Baclanova blurts out what she really thinks of all sideshow fellow circus performers. All I can say is their revenge is swift and terrible.Todd Browning directed Freaks, it's as much a classic as his original Dracula with Bela Lugosi. Maybe a bigger achievement because the players sure aren't actors in the traditional sense. Browning fleshed out believable performances from his non-traditional cast and made them quite real.Given its nature I doubt we'll see a remake of it. That's all right because this film should never be remade. Any more than Gone With The Wind or Citizen Kane.

Rachel Garat This movie made me feel as if I was one of the titular "Freaks". The writing of the characters was fantastic. The environment really helped the movie along. I have watched this movie about 4 times and I loved every viewing. The actors were very good at making you happy, sad or even terrified. When I first watched this movie I was kinda bored during the first 10 minutes and didn't watch the rest of it but, when I got older and my taste in film changed I watched it again and it was fantastic. So, if you like Pre-Code horror films this is definitely a great choice. I would suggest not watching this if you are uncomfortable watching amputees, contortionists and little people. The ending has the greatest twist of fate for the antagonists. Go ahead and give it a watch, if you dare!

Rainey Dawn Freaks is a shocking film. What makes this film so shocking is the fact that these are REAL people with REAL disabilities. You have to keep in mind when watching this film these people were real circus acts before they turned into actors for the film.As far as the story goes, it's fairly interesting. It's not a great story but it is somehow interesting - I would say due to the actors. If this movie was made with average actors then the film would not be nearly as interesting to watch (if I'm explaining it right).Horror? I think the real horror lies in living the way the actors in the film had to live. The ending provides extra shock and horror that is unimaginable.This is a movie you would have to see to get the full understanding of how shocking it is... even by today's movie standards.7/10