Rotten
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.
Variety Staff, Variety
Freaks
Can a full grown woman truly love a midget?
1932 · 1h 4m · Not Rated
Drama, Horror
Directed by
Tod Browning
Overview
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.
Director and cast
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95%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
It has now achieved deserved recognition as a masterpiece.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
Director Tod Browning, one of the few truly individual directors in the U. S., is a specialist in horror.
TIME Magazine
Fresh
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer definitely has on its hands a picture that is out of the ordinary.
New York Times
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