Freaks

Pros: Appearances are deceiving in this incredibly interesting movie...
Cons: There will never be another like this one...

For some people, it's probably, "It's a Wonderful Life," "Citizen Kane," "Sunset BLVD," or "Miracle on 34th Street," or maybe even "Psycho." For me, it's "Freaks." The 1932 movie, directed by Tod Browning, and banned for many years in both England and...

Pros: The most unique cast ever
Cons: Boring until the end, hard to understand dialogue

Freaks is a unique film from 1932 that was directed by Tod Browning, who previously made the original Dracula film with Bela Legosi. It is about a group of carnival folk and most of the cast are real sideshow attractions with unique ...

Pros: excellent and compelling story. not politically correct. invites discussion
Cons: sound can be a bit choppy at points.

When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat. ... so said George Carlin. There was a time where the freak show was a part of every travelling circus. We weren't so politically correct and ...

Pros: A film of compassion and still powerful nightmarish climax
Cons: Dated, some wooden acting.

Freaks is a dated, stylish, melodramatic, horror film which boasts an ending so powerful and shocking, it still resonates with modern film-goers. Several fine reviews of this film can be found by good writers and critics here at epinions and I strongly...

Pros: Tells us something about the time it was filmed
Cons: Grotesque.

It's tough to say which is creepier: the idea that someone thought the black-and-white 1932 movie "Freaks" needed to be made or the choice of the snippets that are used to advertise it. I just can't figure out where this story came from or how it ...

Pros: Sympathetic view towards the "freaks," Melodramatic structure hold interest, some nice scenes that give insights into the characters, Classic ending in the rainstorm
Cons: Does seem dated, predictable, not for all--some may be too squeamish to accept the misshapen humanity depicted

“The revulsion with which we view the abnormal, the malformed and the mutilated is the result of long conditioning by our forefathers.”


While Tod Browning will probably be most remembered for his classic version of...

Pros: Sympathetic treatment of sideshow performers, good example of film history
Cons: 63 minutes, overacting is hilarious, unmemorable protagonists, disturbing

The first time I watched Tod Browning's Freaks, it was at a Midnight Mass presentation at San Francisco's Bridge Theatre. This comical celebration is performed a la Rocky Horror Picture style in which audience members shout, scream, and throw crap at the ...

Pros: Shocking, beautiful, and important!
Cons: There are probably still people who won't get it.

Most of you may not have ever heard of director Tod Browning but you've all seen the original 1931 Dracula starring Bela Lugosi. Well if not for Brownings vision, said film would not still be talked about today. You might say "Well how come the guy ...

Pros: Great insight into the carny lifestyle...
Cons: May be too extreme for some audiences...

Todd Browning's semi-documentary appalled worldwide audiences upon release, causing it to be banned across the globe before finding its niche as a cult classic nearly a half century later. Irving Thalberg, a visionary at MGM who is best known for the...

Pros: A fascinating look at a vanished way of life (circus sideshows)
Cons: Does not hold up well to repeated viewings. Worth a rental.

The circus sideshow was an American phenomenon for decades, satisfying the public's need to be scared, disgusted, and left in disbelief. Attractions were more and more preposterous, but many of the performers in "Freaks" were memories of sideshows past. ...

Pros: excellent performances by the "freaks," who come off as more human than the "normal" characters
Cons: Not your typical horror movie

I'm writing this on the eve of the premiere of The Farrelly Bros.' Jim Carrey comedy Me, Myself, and Irene--an intended comedy which, in best Farrelly tradition, pokes fun at mental illness, albinos, blacks, and midgets, among other politically incorrect...

Pros: excellent story and one of the best endings to a movie I have seen in a long time
Cons: none

Freaks
Directed by Tod Browning
Starring:
Wallace Ford
Roscoe Ates
Olga Baclanova
Edward brophy
Harry Earles
Daisy Earles

(1932)

Based off the short story Spurs written by Tod...

Pros: cast, story, originality, direction
Cons: boring male, female leads

After director Tod Browning's big success at Universal with "Dracula", he was given freedom at MGM for his next film project. "Freaks" was the result, with its unusual cast of people with various birth defects, and its chilling finale...

Pros: Interesting
Cons: Is not made to be liked by everyone

This movie is a cult classic, and is not for everyone. I had heard different opinions and decided to view it recently. The movie takes place in a circus performers enviornment, showing different types of performers, but it begins with the showing of...

Pros: Interesting look at the world of freaks in 1930 before sideshows were considered cruel
Cons: this really isn't any good as a movie

I saw this movie on Halloween night with a bunch of friends a couple of years ago. I think this movie alone drove my fascination with the unbelieveable un-politically correct world of freaks and sideshow performer. Freaks is not a movie you watch...