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. They band together and carry out a brutal revenge that leaves her knowing what it truly means to be a 'freak.'
22 January 1894, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA
27 August 1911, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
29 April 1907, Stolpen, Germany
19 August 1893, Russia
20 January 1895, Grange, Mississippi, USA
28 February 1877, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
December 18, 1877 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1912, Hartwell, Georgia, USA
24 July 1889, London, England, UK
27 February 1895, New York City, New York, USA
18 June 1885, San Francisco, California, USA
12 October 1871, Demerara, British Guiana
12 February 1898, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
April 30, 1887 in Ebenezer, Tennessee, USA
18 February 1908, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
August 21, 1881 in Germany
6 April 1874, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
2 October 1892, London, England, UK
1880, Minnehaha Falls, Georgia, USA
10 October 1905, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
5 February 1908, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
18 November 1889, Moscow, Russia
8 September 1914, Granite City, Minnesota, USA
10 September 1901
2 March 1901, Hartwell, Georgia, USA
5 February 1908, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
September 9, 1886 in Bordeaux, France
13 October 1877, Paris, France
4 July 1891, Austria
June 18, 2015
With strong performances and a surprising tenderness, Freaks more than deserves its towering reputation.
March 26, 2009
Freaks is sumptuously produced, admirably directed, and no cost was spared. But Metro failed to realize that even with a different sort of offering the story still is important.
September 24, 2007
If the heart of the horror movie is the annihilating Other, the Other has never appeared with more vividness, teasing sympathy, and terror than in this 1932 film by Tod Browning.
September 28, 2015
[Boasts] some of the most terrifying scenes ever consigned to film.
November 17, 2015
...despite its gruesome conclusion, the movie seems to do everything in its power to create community.
October 28, 2013
A masterpiece of the horror mold, and one that warrants a loyal audience.
June 10, 2015
Undoubtedly flawed, Freaks is also admirably bonkers and quite simply unforgettable.
June 14, 2015
Browning's sympathies are clear; if there are "freaks" on display here, they are not the versatile performers to whom the title seems to allude.
June 08, 2015
One of the most powerful films ever made about the need for humanity and solidarity in the face of cruelty and oppression.
October 15, 2015
Browning locked in some of horror cinema's most indelible images.
