Freaks (1932)

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"8.0/10"

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"Tod Browning’s Freaks has often been cited among the masterpieces of Horror Film. A quite misleading reputation, considering it falls more consistently into the Drama category. The story follows a group of physically impaired people who work at a circus. They have a really tight bond that’s put to test when an outsider seduces a member in order to steal his money. Freaks made quite a rampage when it came out. For the first time, the reality of people with abnormalities was portrayed on the "

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"Released on February 20, 1932"

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"Freaks! Be nice to those, who are different than you."

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" Director: His 38th movie My 2nd movie watched from the director Added to Lists: Favorite Atypical Relationships in Movies "

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"(WATCHED: 26 August 2021)"

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"“It seems surprising, but to me, this movie is really about relationships…and the struggle of love. It’s so earnest…. Tod Browning really should have had a bigger career after this.” - Drew Barrymore “It’s not really a horror film. It’s about life just being lived at a different level with a different kind of people…. It’s such a bizarre film for MGM. They were all for glamor, and to be able to create a movie with this atmosphere I think is kind of amazing.” - Robert Osbou"

1001 Movies ... my own version (1930's) (90 movies items)

" Notes: I wasn’t sure what to expect from this movie but since it has a solid reputation, I was quite eager to check it out. Eventually, I have to admit that I was quite blown away by the damned thing. Seriously, I had never seen anything like this before and, while watching this movie, I was really wondering why they never made more movies about this subject. The problem, if they would make a similar movie nowadays, if it would be fake, it wouldn’t really work but, if it would be for rea"

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" Notes: I wasn’t sure what to expect from this movie but since it has a solid reputation, I was quite eager to check it out. Eventually, I have to admit that I was quite blown away by the damned thing. Seriously, I had never seen anything like this before and, while watching this movie, I was really wondering why they never made more movies about this subject. The problem, if they would make a similar movie nowadays, if it would be fake, it wouldn’t really work but, if it would be for rea"