The terrifying tale of the engagement and wedding of a beautiful women and a dwarf is the line that take us through the backstage of a sideshow. With a song we realize the visceral bound that links the sideshow freaks. Hurt one and you have hurt them all!
The story is dull and plain, the acting is not impressive, but the images are among the strongest images ever produced. The director Tod Browning came from a smash hit, “Dracula” (1931) and was hired to produce another monster movie, but “Freaks” went beyond this, it is a social statement one that brings the monsters to the real world. It was so outrageous for the time that it was banned in many states of the U.S.A. (in some states it still is banned) and in England it remained banned until the 1960’s. This translated in a box-office flop and in the beginning of the end of Browning’s career.
Rating: for its importance 8/10
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