maxwellperfect
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Post by maxwellperfect on Aug 15, 2019 1:38:26 GMT
A horror movie like none before or since.
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Post by movielover on Aug 15, 2019 1:47:07 GMT
7/10
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Post by rudeboy on Aug 15, 2019 4:16:49 GMT
9 - haunting and unforgettable.
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Post by politicidal on Aug 15, 2019 13:55:48 GMT
7/10.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Aug 15, 2019 18:04:41 GMT
A horror movie like none before or since. i have always thought it was a comedy. Anyway 7/10
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Post by maxwellperfect on Aug 16, 2019 1:59:22 GMT
A horror movie like none before or since. i have always thought it was a comedy. Anyway 7/10 It's hard to classify. Certainly a unique movie.
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Post by Vits on Aug 17, 2019 19:00:59 GMT
FREAKS has a couple of terrifying moments (the shot of the deformed CLEOPATRA is very shocking), but the perforances are uneven and there's no clear message. It tries to tell the audience that people with physical deformities shouldn't be treated as monsters... and then shows them committing monstrous acts of revenge. No, being treated like crap for a long time doesn't justify it; the characters could've defended themselves in other ways. Am I wrong? If I am, it's not because I'm an ignorant on the subject; it's because the movie missed had the opportunity to be a complex debate about morals and ethics, but chose to focus on the entertaining horror. I guess that's why presidential debates are often refered to as "freak shows." 2/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog. |
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Post by sjg on Aug 12, 2023 8:50:20 GMT
4/10
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Post by GiantFan1980 on Aug 12, 2023 10:17:50 GMT
Only seen snippets of it years ago but I remember reading up on the contemporary reviews and most of them were offended by having to look at these people on screen and some flat out said their appearance was offensive to the general audience. The point of the story was lost on people back in 1932 but you know, the world wasn't sunshine, water falls and rainbows back in the 1930's.
The way the critics described it back then makes it sound like it was some form of stag porn in their eyes. I give it a 4/10 for the little bit I saw. This movie could pass for the Grandfather to HBO's Tales From The Crypt of the 80's/90's.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Aug 12, 2023 14:30:32 GMT
Only a 6 from me, recency bias. In most film retrospectives, Freaks was hailed as a building block of horror... yet me as an 80's kid, not really horror.
Pre-code shock, it works... yet I wouldn't ever recommend it, nor dissuade. At the end of the day, it plays almost like a non-sexualized porn storyline... & the closest to XXX rating is the final unedited shot, which feels dehumanizing & sexist.
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