Freaks 1932

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: 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. Read more

New York Times: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer definitely has on its hands a picture that is out of the ordinary. Read more

TIME Magazine: Director Tod Browning, one of the few truly individual directors in the U. S., is a specialist in horror. Read more

Tom Huddleston, Time Out: One of the most powerful films ever made about the need for humanity and solidarity in the face of cruelty and oppression. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: 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. Read more

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: [Boasts] some of the most terrifying scenes ever consigned to film. Read more