Freaks

Freaks is a 1932 American Pre-Code horror film about sideshow performers, directed and produced by Tod Browning and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with a cast mostly composed of actual carnival (funfair) performers. The film was based on Tod Robbins' 1923 short story "Spurs". Director Browning took the exceptional step of casting real people with deformities as the eponymous sideshow "freaks," rather than using costumes and makeup. Browning had... More
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  • 1932

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Runtime:

  • 1 h 4 min

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Also known as:

  • Nature's Mistakes,
  • Forbidden Love,
  • Freaks,
  • The Monster Show

Film

Directed by

Tod Browning

Tod Browning (born Charles Albert Browning, Jr., 12 July 1880 – 6 October 1962) was an American motion picture actor, director and screenwriter. Browning's career spanned the silent and talkie eras. Best known as the director of Dracula (1931), the cult classic Freaks (1932), and classic silent...

Tagline:

  • Can a full grown woman truly love a MIDGET ?
  • "We'll Make Her One of Us!" from the gibbering mouths of these weird creatures came this frenzied cry... no wonder she cringed in horror... this beautiful woman who dared toy with the love of one of them!
  • The Strangest... The Most Startling Human Story Ever Screened... Are You Afraid To Believe What Your Eyes See?
  • The Love Story of a SIREN, a GIANT, and a DWARF!
  • Do Siamese Twins Make Love?

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Release date(s):

  • 1932

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Runtime:

  • 1 h 4 min
  • 1 h 2 min
  • 1 h 30 min
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Currency Amount
  • 310,607

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Adapted From

Spurs

"Spurs" is a short story by Tod Robbins. The story was published in February 1923 in Munsey's Magazine and included in Robbins' 1926 anthology Who Wants a Green Bottle? and Other Uneasy Tales. In 1932 the story became the basis for the Tod Browning film Freaks. In a small travelling circus in...

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List Rank Year Note
  • 556
  • 7.0
  • 1994
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