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Freaks

1932Movie1 h 4 minNR

DramaHorror
83
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.8Letterboxd3.9/5Metacritic807.4Rotten Tomatoes95%88%
83
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.8Letterboxd3.9/5Metacritic807.4Rotten Tomatoes95%88%

Summary

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.

Good for

  • Friends night
  • Teens
  • Thought-provoking

Skip it if

  • You need an uplifting mood
  • Graphic violence bothers you
  • You scare easily

Where to watch

Fingerprint

  • Scares you.
  • Gets under your skin.
  • Weighs on you.
  • Makes you care deeply.
  • Breaks your heart.

Not for warmth or comfort.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

"Join Us" DroneRare · in 22 titlesThe famous "one of us" chant comes from the titular freaks accepting Cleo as someone who has joined them, whether she likes it or not.Ugly Hero, Good-Looking VillainRare · in 44 titlesThe titular "freaks" (especially Hans and his lover Frieda) each have nearly every possible body dysfunction one could have, but they're good-hearted and look out for each other, meanwhile, in contra…All 73 tropes

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