Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Rosco Ates. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1932. "Suggested by Tod Robbins' story, 'Spurs.'" Special features: commentary by David J. Skal, author of Dark carnival: the secret world of Tod Browning, Hollywood's master of the macabre; all-new documentary, Freaks: Sideshow Cinema; special message prologue added for theatrical reissue; 3 alternate endings.
Summary:
A group of freaks take revenge on a trapeze artist and her boyfriend after years of abuse. Filmed using real circus performers.
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