| | Freaks DVD (9 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Horror Movies, Adult Audience Videos, Essential Cinema, Vintage, Cult, Monsters, Vengeance, Disturbing | | Starring | Wallace Ford, Henry Victor, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates, Rose Dione, Harry Earles, Daisy Earles, Daisy Hilton | | Director | Tod Browning | | Director of Photography | Merritt Gerstad | | Editor | Basil Wrangell | | Producer | Tod Browning | | Screenwriter | Al Boasberg, Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon, Edgar Allan Woolf |
Closed Captioned; Standard Screen; Soundtrack English; English Subtitles Tod Browning's cult classic about the close-knit world of carnival performers and sideshow "freaks." One of the midgets in the show falls for a beautiful acrobat, and is overjoyed when she agrees to marry him. But her apparent affection is merely a cover for her sinister plans, which lead to a horrifying conclusion. Not for everyone's tastes, but there are scenes of immense power that stand-up strongly to modern "shock" pictures.
When released theatrically in 1932, FREAKS was met with near universal disgust by critics and audiences alike, lasting in theatres for only a short time in the states and banned in England. The film stars Harry Earles as Hans, a suave midget who belongs to the sideshow of a seedy circus and who makes the mistake of falling in love with the beautiful Cleopatra, one of the "normal" circus performers. Learning that Hans is about to inherit a fortune, Cleopatra agrees to marry Hans even though she abhors him, planning to steal his money and get rid of him. When the freaks of the circus, who keep a watchful eye on Cleopatra, discover her scheme, they plan to exact an unforgettable revenge.
Far more unsettling than Browning's best known horror film, DRACULA, FREAKS has long been neglected due to its subject matter, even though it is a genuinely effective film. Gripping and often creepy, FREAKS manages to humanize its main performers, even looking at them with a sense of awe. By contrast, the "normal" performers in the film are largely hateful creatures who turn out to be much more repellant than their deformed colleagues. Both an excellent horror film and a unique look at the lives of sideshow performers, FREAKS is a chilling movie whose final ten minutes are some of the most harrowing in all of cinema. FREAKS was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1994.
Rated BBFC 15 by the British Board of Film Classification. Freaks Reviews: "...[FREAKS] has the true compassion of an insider's vision..."
-- Andy Richards, Total Film "...Even now it's hard not to jolted by the sight of real-life sideshow performers..."
-- Entertainment Weekly Staff, Entertainment Weekly "FREAKS has a mythic and compelling narrative....Unforgettable by the end."
-- Premiere Staff, Premiere "Over the years FREAKS has grown in reputation and now is considered one of the most remarkable films of the 1930s."-- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times "Completely unique."
-- Peter Hogan, Uncut "One of the strangest films ever made by a major Hollywood studio..."
-- Geoffrey Macnab, Sight and Sound
This is the only Harry Earles video. Stars also making their debut in this video: Daisy Earles, Daisy Hilton. Freaks | List Price | $19.97 (You save $5.48) | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1932 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  771  | | CD Universe Part number | 6740597 | | Catalog number | 65191 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Aug 10, 2004 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 62 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame; Subtitled; Black & White | | Movie Details | B&W; Full Frame; Subtitled; Black & White |
Freaks Movie Review Average Rating: (4.9 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews An Eerie Movie
This classic gives new meaning to the word eerie! No cheap thrills just good story telling and a world full of different people.
Without blood and gore a novie that many will not make it through because it is too creepy!
Irving Thallberg was indeed a genious.
Submitted by poppahayden (RAHWAY, NJ) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. THE SOLIDARUTY IS TRANSFORMED IN REVENGE
Interpreted from authentics freaks, the movie trasport the spectator in a world of nightmares and fears.
Only in its kind, it's in a position to warring the spectator still today: when the solidarity is transformed in atrocious revenge.
The DVD, present three alternatives ends.
Submitted by enniosterchele (ITALY)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Freaks is fantastic
Its strange that this film was looked upon as just an effort in exploitation when released, as looking at this masterpiece by Tod Browning now, its impossible not to see just how much heart this film has. It is a spectacular film, given a fantastic dvd release, and is instantly now one of my all-time favourites! Look out for the amazing rain-soaked finale!
Submitted by theosh (Melbourne, Australia)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Bizarro world!!
I loved this movie. I used to miss it and see pieces of it on TNT. But to now own it and to know the history of the movie via Special FEatures. It's a treat.
To me this movie is a perfect example of never trust a book by it's cover.
The freaks in this movie has better souls then the so called "normals". The story is simplist, it's about love and how the love for a person can make you blind to who you are and to the situation around you. Making you an easy target for any type of play.
This is a movie I think any goth or wannabe Uniquist would love .
Submitted by warchild98 (B more oh yes)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Finally here
I spent ages searching for this movie.... Old VHS, beta, anything... Having never seen it, I was captivated by what I had heard.
Well finally, a DVD release with commentry and a documentary. Fantastic.. Freeaakss..
Submitted by jasehere2000 (Melbourne, Richmond, Australia)
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