Product Details

• Actors: Christopher Adamson, Rebekah Kochan
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Asylum Home Entertaiment
• DVD Release Date: January 30, 2007
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000MEYK96
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #147,307 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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FREAKSHOW - DVD Movie

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better Than I Expected, July 31, 2009

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Home Studio (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Freakshow (DVD)

Reading the reviews here, I really didn't expect much from Freakshow. But I was surprised by how well it held me, and the number of entertaining little touches in what is obviously a very, very low budget effort.

There's not much in the way of "real" freaks here, although there are genuine human oddities scattered among the cast members. And this has to be the only movie I've ever seen about a traveling carnival that never showed a single crowd scene or, indeed, even a single customer coming to visit (looking at the rickety old ferris wheel they had, I doubt it was approved for people to ride on).

But that being said, the photography and art direction were surprisingly good, the period soundtrack was suitably haunting, and the performances were entertaining (if not always professional). A standout was Christopher Adamson in the role of the ringmaster, dripping with squint-eyed malice as well as dripping from numerous boils and ulcers.

The sex and violence aren't really too graphic until the final "transformation" scene, which is so over the top that it seems grafted on from another movie. I think the movie would actually be stronger if it simply implied what was about to happen to the "victim"...and then showed us the results.

I bumped this up to 4 stars to help counterbalance some of the other reviews, and also because I think that within the constraints of a very low budget, the filmmakers did a nice job. Also, the DVD has some nice bonus features.

So don't expect a lot...but don't necessarily write Freakshow off, either. I'm glad I didn't!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Ummmm...well......, May 6, 2007

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Nathan Christian (Pitcairn, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Freakshow (DVD)

Follows the Todd Browning plot line...but not the care and tastefullness he had used. The circus people aren't really in this very much, just briefly here and there. Contains alot of unneeded gore.

Watch something else

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME TOTAL GARBAGE!, April 12, 2007

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! MR. KNOW IT ALL ;-b "DR SHOCK" (TRI STATE AREA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Freakshow (DVD)

I am a fan of the original Freaks. This movie is grade Z garbage. It is a total snooze fest until the gross-out ending which is not even as bad as the description would lead you to believe. The whole thing feels like a really bad porn movie with totally cardboard performances. The ending which could be really horrorific is ruined because the victim is barely reacting to the nasty torturous revenge that is bestowed upon her. One of the worst movies I have ever seen and I've seen a lot!