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Released
2007 · FILM

Freakshow

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Written by
Runtime
85 min
Horror

Synopsis

Set in a modern-day context, *Freakshow* reimagines Tod Browning's *Freaks* (1932) by following a group of criminals who take refuge by working as security at a traveling circus. Initially, they conspire with an insider to steal ticket sales, but Lucy, a cunning member of the gang, has more ambitious plans. She persuades the others to let her seduce and marry Lon, the aging circus owner, with the goal of inheriting his fortune after he "suffers an accident"—a fate Lucy dismisses with the remark, "People die all the time." However, the circus performers, known as the freaks, become aware of the plot. When the youngest among them is discovered by the gang, they kill her to prevent her from revealing their secrets. Upon finding the child's body, the freaks vow revenge, and their fury threatens everyone—especially Lucy.

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Principal cast & crew: 17

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Edited by David Michael LattShot by Mark AtkinsDesigned by Kurt Altschwager

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