Running time 90 minutes (Original cut) 64 minutes (Edited cut) Country United States Language English German French Budget $316,000 or $350,000 Freaks is a 1932 American produced and directed. The original version of the film, running 90 minutes, was considered too shocking to be released, so several scenes were cut, resulting in an abridged runtime of 64 minutes. The original version no longer exists.

The film is based on elements from the short story '. The eponymous characters were played by people who worked as performers and had real deformities. The film stars,, and. Among the deformed cast were siblings, the torsoless, the sisters, and. Freaks has been described as standing alone in a subgenre of one. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • Background [ ] Tod Browning the film's creator-director and co-producer left his affluent family at the age of 16 to join a traveling circus; he drew on his personal experiences when devising Freaks. Because of his success as the director of, he was given considerable leeway for a major studio's first horror film; this and the fact he was working in enabled a unique production.

In the film, the physically deformed 'freaks' are inherently trusting and honorable people, while the real monsters are two of the 'normal' members of the circus who conspire to murder one of the performers to obtain his large inheritance. Leila Hyams plays Venus in Freaks Plot [ ] The film opens with a sideshow barker drawing customers to visit the sideshow. A woman looks into a box to view a hidden occupant and screams.

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The barker explains that the horror in the box was once a beautiful and talented trapeze artist. The central story is of this conniving trapeze artist Cleopatra, who seduces and marries sideshow midget Hans after learning of his large inheritance. Cleopatra conspires with circus strongman Hercules to kill dwarf performer Hans and inherit his wealth. At their wedding reception, Cleopatra begins poisoning Hans' wine. Oblivious, the other 'freaks' announce that they accept Cleopatra in spite of her being a 'normal' outsider: they hold an initiation ceremony in which they pass a massive goblet of wine around the table while chanting, 'We accept her, we accept her.

One of us, one of us. Gooba-gobble, gooba-gobble'. The ceremony frightens the drunken Cleopatra, who accidentally reveals that she has been having an affair with Hercules.

Faronics Anti Executable Con Crack on this page. She mocks the freaks, tosses the wine in their faces and drives them away. The humiliated Hans realizes that he has been played for a fool and rejects Cleopatra's attempts to apologize, but then he falls ill from the poison. While bedridden, Hans pretends to apologize to Cleopatra and also pretends to take the poisoned medicine that she is giving him, but he secretly plots with the other freaks to strike back at Cleopatra and Hercules. In the film's climax, the freaks attack the evil pair during a storm, wielding guns, knives, and other sharp-edged weapons.

Hercules is not seen again (the film's original ending had the freaks him: the audience sees him later singing in ). Patch Frecce Tricolori Su Ebay. As for Cleopatra, she has become a grotesque, squawking 'human duck'.

The flesh of her hands has been melted and deformed to look like duck feet, her legs have been cut off and what is left of her torso has been permanently. She is the opening scene's cause for alarm. In a final scene MGM inserted later for a, Hans is living a millionaire's life in a mansion. Venus and her clown boyfriend Phroso visit, bringing Frieda, to whom Hans had been engaged before meeting Cleopatra. Hans refuses to see them, but they force their way past his servant.

Frieda assures Hans that she knows he tried to stop the others from exacting revenge. Phroso and Venus leave as Frieda comforts Hans when he starts to cry. Promotional poster MGM had purchased the rights to Robbins' short story 'Spurs' in the 1920s at Browning's urging. In June 1931, MGM production supervisor offered Browning the opportunity to direct with. Browning declined, preferring to develop Freaks, a project he had started as early as 1927. Screenwriters and were assigned to the project at Browning's request.

Leon Gordon, Edgar Allan Woolf, and an uncredited would also contribute to the script. The script was shaped over five months. Little of the original story was retained beyond the marriage between a midget and an average-sized woman and their wedding feast. Was considered for the role of Hercules, while was initially slated to star as Cleopatra, with as Venus. Ultimately, Thalberg decided not to cast any major stars in the picture. [ ] Sideshow cast [ ] Among the characters featured as 'freaks' were Peter Robinson ('The Human Skeleton'); Olga Roderick ('The '); Frances O'Connor and Martha Morris ('); and the Daisy and Violet Hilton.

Among the who appear in the film (and are referred to as 'pinheads') were Zip and Pip (Elvira and Jenny Lee Snow) and Schlitzie, a male named Simon Metz who wore a dress—mainly due to, it has been claimed, though this is disputed. Also featured were the Josephine Joseph, with her left-right divided gender; Johnny Eck, the legless man; the completely limbless Prince Randian (also known as The Human Torso and miscredited as 'Rardion');; and Koo-Koo the Bird Girl, who had or bird-headed dwarfism and is most remembered for the scene wherein she dances on the table. [ ] Filming and controversies [ ] Freaks began in October 1931 and was completed in December. Following disastrous in January 1932 (one woman threatened to sue MGM, claiming the film had caused her to suffer a ), the studio cut the picture down from its original 90-minute running time to just over an hour.

Much of the sequence of the freaks attacking Cleopatra as she lies under a tree was removed, as well as a gruesome sequence showing Hercules being castrated, a number of comedy sequences, and most of the film's original. A new featuring a was added, as was the new epilogue featuring the reconciliation of the tiny lovers. This shortened version—now only 64 minutes long—had its at the in on February 20, 1932. Reception [ ] Despite the extensive cuts, the film was still negatively received by audiences, recording a loss of $164,000, and remained an object of extreme controversy. Today, the scenes that were removed are considered.

Browning, famed at the time for his collaborations with and for directing in (1931), had trouble finding work afterward and this effectively brought his career to an early close. 'Freaks' became the only film ever to be pulled from release before completing its domestic engagements. Because the film was thought to be overly exploitative, it was banned in the for 30 years. Freaks lobby card A number of contemporary reviews were not only highly critical of the film, but expressed outrage and revulsion. Wrote that 'Any one who considers this entertainment should be placed in the pathological ward in some hospital.' Moffitt wrote, 'There is no excuse for this picture.

It took a weak mind to produce it and it takes a strong stomach to look at it.' Called it an 'outrageous onslaught upon the feelings, the senses, the brains and the stomachs of an audience.' Also published a negative review, writing that the film was 'sumptuously produced, admirably directed, and no cost was spared, but Metro heads failed to realize that even with a different sort of offering the story is still important. Here the story is not sufficiently strong to get and hold the interest, partly because interest cannot easily be gained for too fantastic a romance.' The review went on to state that the story 'does not thrill and at the same time does not please, since it is impossible for the normal man or woman to sympathize with the aspiring midget.

And only in such a case will the story appeal.' Not all reviews were as harsh. Called it 'excellent at times and horrible, in the strict meaning of the word, at others' as well as 'a picture not to be easily forgotten.' The wrote that it was 'obviously an unhealthy and generally disagreeable work,' but that 'in some strange way, the picture is not only exciting, but even occasionally touching.' Of wrote a positive review, calling it 'a little gem' that 'stands in a class by itself, and probably won't be forgotten in a hurry by those who see it.' He found its 'perfectly plausible story' a key to the effectiveness of its horror, writing that 'It's a chilling notion to imagine these weird beings, with their own lives and vanities and passions, all allied in a bitter enmity against us.' Addressing the controversial subject matter, Mosher stated: 'if the poor things themselves can be displayed in the basement of, pictures of them might as well be shown in the.

They may hereafter even be regarded in the flesh with a new dread bordering on respect.' Later years [ ] In 1947 MGM sold the rights to the film to for $50,000.

Beginning in the early 1960s, Freaks was rediscovered as a and throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the film was regularly shown at screenings at several theaters in the United States. In 1994, Freaks was selected for preservation in the, which preserves 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant' films.

The freaks' climactic revenge was ranked 15th on 's list of the. On website, Freaks holds a 93% 'fresh' rating based on 45 reviews; the general consensus states: 'Time has been kind to this horror legend: Freaks manages to frighten, shock, and even touch viewers in ways that contemporary viewers missed.' Cultural influence [ ] The film, especially the famous chant, 'We accept her, one of us,' is referenced in many works, including: • ' song ' was inspired by a screening of the film by the band. • The film is parodied in the premiere of, ', and earlier referenced in the episode '. • The episode ' spoofs the film. • The chant, along with a corresponding clip from the movie, is used in, directed.

• Characters in 's reference the famous 'One of us' chant from the film. • The ' entrance video, set to the 's song 'Oddities', featured clips from the film. • The film is referenced in the comic. A documentary/biopic about Schlitzie, titled Schlitzie: One of Us, has been in production since 2016. [ ] References [ ]. August 13, 2001.

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