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Freaks (1932)

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All Time

of 190,068

728

1930's

of 13,971

52

1932

of 2,303

4
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,969
  
  424
  
  Drama of 1932
  
  of 306
  
  4
  
  Drama of the 1930's
  
  of 2,664
  
  32
Horror
- Horror All Time
  
  of 4,950
  
  48
  
  Horror of 1932
  
  of 17
  
  1
  
  Horror of the 1930's
  
  of 92
  
  6

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Freaks (1932) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.0651

Avg Critic Score:2.9014

Freaks (1932) Movie Reviews

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Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

... Browning made the normal people the grotesque ones, showing how ugly they were because of their intolerance. ...read the complete Freaks movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

MGM has foolishly edited out 30minutes of the film, thus reducing this B&W horror film to around 63minutes. The price paid, is that character development for some of the subplots fails to materialize with any conviction felt. ...read the complete Freaks movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

It's one of the most controversial movies of it or any era, and it stands as possibly the only film ever quoted by Lyle Lovett in another movie. ...read the complete Freaks movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

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See all (15) "Excellent" Reviews

Flipside Movie Emporium (Jeremiah Kipp)

Tod Browning does indulge us in a final shot where we see the outcome of the freaks' experiment on Cleopatra. Though he tosses a tacked on happy ending for Hans afterwards, the real conclusion is when a carnival barker reveals his new sideshow freak....read the complete Freaks (1932) review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Jeremiah Kipp)

See all (51) "Very Good" Reviews

Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)

Running just over an hour in length, "Freaks" tells the story of Hans (Harry Earles), a dwarf man-child who works in Mme. Tetrallini's traveling carnival as one the side-show attractions. Like the other freaks, he is mostly rejected by the normal...read the complete Freaks (1932) review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)

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See all (1) "Fair" Reviews

Bob Bloom

Released by MGM in the wake of the early horror film cycle, Freaks, directed bylongtime Lon Chaney collaborator Tod Browning, is an unflinching story set in acircus sideshow.The movie features actual sideshow professionals: a living torso, midgets,...read the complete Freaks (1932) review at Bob Bloom

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