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One sheet on board poster for the controversial 1932 film
Freaks, directed by Tod Browning. The movie is a cult classic horror-drama that features real sideshow performers with physical disabilities in its cast.
Film Details
Director: Tod Browning
Main Cast: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, and Roscoe Ates, alongside real-life performers like Harry and Daisy Earles (dwarfs), Johnny Eck (half-boy), and Daisy and Violet Hilton (conjoined twins)
Plot: The story is set in a traveling circus where a beautiful but cruel trapeze artist, Cleopatra, plans to marry and murder Hans, a wealthy little person, for his inheritance. When the other sideshow performers discover her plot, they band together to enact a brutal revenge, ultimately turning her into one of them.
Legacy: The film was a box-office failure upon its initial release and was banned in many countries for decades due to its shocking content. However, it was later rediscovered and critically reappraised in the 1960s and 70s for its sympathetic portrayal of the performers and its message that true monstrosity lies within. |
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