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<div class="large-6 columns">'''Freaks''' ([[:Category:1932|1932]], [[:Category:USA|USA]]) is a [[:Category:Horror/Thrillers|Thriller]] cult film directed by [[:Category:Tod Browning|Tod Browning]]. | <div class="large-6 columns">'''Freaks''' ([[:Category:1932|1932]], [[:Category:USA|USA]]) is a [[:Category:Horror/Thrillers|Thriller]] cult film directed by [[:Category:Tod Browning|Tod Browning]]. | ||
*'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/DVD|Available DVDs]] | [[/Comments|Comments]] | [[Freaks (1932)|Poster Art]] | [[/Press Kit|Press Kit]] | [[/Fun Facts|Fun Facts]] | *'''Contents''': [[/Trailer|Watch Trailer]] | [[/Review|Film Review]] | [[/BluRay|Blu Ray]] | [[/DVD|Available DVDs]] | [[/Comments|Comments]] | [[Freaks (1932)|Poster Art]] | [[/Press Kit|Press Kit]] | [[/Fun Facts|Fun Facts]] | [[Freaks/White Zombie|Double-Feature Poster]] | ||
*'''Featured in''': [[American Grindhouse]] | *'''Featured in''': [[American Grindhouse]] | ||
*'''Featured on''': [[TCM Underground]] | *'''Featured on''': [[TCM Underground]] | ||
*'''Included in''': [[Low Budget & Lurid: A List of Exploitation & Grindhouse Fare]] | |||
[[File:Freaks_poster_04.jpg]] | [[File:Freaks_poster_04.jpg]] | ||
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* Released in 1932 | ===Main Details=== | ||
* Released in 1932 | |||
* B&W | |||
* Running Time: 64 Min. | * Running Time: 64 Min. | ||
* Production Co: [[:Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)]] | * Production Co: [[:Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)]] | ||
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* Directed by Tod Browning | * Directed by Tod Browning | ||
* Written by Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins, Al Boasberg, Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon, Charles MacArthur, Edgar Allan Woolf | * Written by Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins, Al Boasberg, Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon, Charles MacArthur, Edgar Allan Woolf | ||
* Starring Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova | * Starring Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova | ||
* Produced by Tod Browning, Dwain Esper, Harry Rapf, Hildegarde Stadie, Irving Thalberg (uncredited) | * Produced by Tod Browning, Dwain Esper, Harry Rapf, Hildegarde Stadie, Irving Thalberg (uncredited) | ||
* Cinematography by Merritt B. Gerstad (uncredited) | * Cinematography by Merritt B. Gerstad (uncredited) | ||
* Film Editing by Basil Wrangell (uncredited) | * Film Editing by Basil Wrangell (uncredited) | ||
====Also Known As | |||
* Fenómenos (Uruguay / Venezuela) | ===Plot Summary=== | ||
*A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance. | |||
===Also Known As=== | |||
* Fenómenos (Uruguay / Venezuela) | |||
* A Parada dos Monstros (Portugal) | |||
* Dziwolagi (Poland) | |||
* Forbidden Love (USA) (informal title) | |||
* Freaks (Austria) | |||
* Freaks - La monstrueuse parade (France) | |||
* Freaks - Missgestaltete (Germany) (DVD box title) | |||
* Freaks - kummajaiset (Finland) (TV title) | |||
* Monstres (France) | |||
* Monstros (Brazil) | |||
* La Monstrueuse parade (France) | |||
* Nature's Mistakes (USA) (informal title) | |||
* La Parada de los monstruos (Spain) | |||
* La Parade des monstres (France) | |||
* Sirkusseurue (Finland) (informal title) | |||
* The Monster Show | |||
===Taglines=== | |||
* Can a full grown woman truly love a MIDGET? | * 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! | * "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 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! | * The Love Story of a SIREN, a GIANT, and a DWARF! | ||
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[[Category:1932]][[Category: Films]][[Category:Horror/Thrillers]][[Category:Red Light Roadshow Revue]][[Category:Joseph Brenner Associates]][[Category:Dwain Esper]][[Category:USA]][[Category:Cult Films]][[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]][[Category:Tod Browning]] | [[Category:1932]][[Category: Films]][[Category:Horror/Thrillers]][[Category:Red Light Roadshow Revue]][[Category:Joseph Brenner Associates]][[Category:Dwain Esper]][[Category:USA]][[Category:Cult Films]][[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]][[Category:Tod Browning]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:43, 2 March 2024
Freaks (1932, USA) is a Thriller cult film directed by Tod Browning.
- Contents: Watch Trailer | Film Review | Blu Ray | Available DVDs | Comments | Poster Art | Press Kit | Fun Facts | Double-Feature Poster
- Featured in: American Grindhouse
- Featured on: TCM Underground
- Included in: Low Budget & Lurid: A List of Exploitation & Grindhouse Fare
Main Details
- Released in 1932
- B&W
- Running Time: 64 Min.
- Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- Distribution Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1932) (USA) (theatrical) | Excelsior (1949) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) | Joseph Brenner Associates (1970) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Directed by Tod Browning
- Written by Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins, Al Boasberg, Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon, Charles MacArthur, Edgar Allan Woolf
- Starring Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova
- Produced by Tod Browning, Dwain Esper, Harry Rapf, Hildegarde Stadie, Irving Thalberg (uncredited)
- Cinematography by Merritt B. Gerstad (uncredited)
- Film Editing by Basil Wrangell (uncredited)
Plot Summary
- A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
Also Known As
- Fenómenos (Uruguay / Venezuela)
- A Parada dos Monstros (Portugal)
- Dziwolagi (Poland)
- Forbidden Love (USA) (informal title)
- Freaks (Austria)
- Freaks - La monstrueuse parade (France)
- Freaks - Missgestaltete (Germany) (DVD box title)
- Freaks - kummajaiset (Finland) (TV title)
- Monstres (France)
- Monstros (Brazil)
- La Monstrueuse parade (France)
- Nature's Mistakes (USA) (informal title)
- La Parada de los monstruos (Spain)
- La Parade des monstres (France)
- Sirkusseurue (Finland) (informal title)
- The Monster Show
Taglines
- 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!
