Freakshow (film)

Freakshow
Freakshow Official Movie Poster
Directed by	Drew Bell
Written by	Keith Leopard
Starring	Rebekah Kochan Dane Rosselli Diego Barquinero
Distributed by	The Asylum
Release dates	January 30, 2007 (2007-01-30)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Freakshow is a 2007 independent film which was made by The Asylum Studios, directed by Drew Bell. It is an unofficial remake of the Tod Browning film Freaks. According to the film poster and DVD cover art, Freakshow is banned in 43 countries, though there is no mention of which countries banned it.

Plot

Freakshow portrays a gang of thieves, working as security guards in a traveling carnival, who plot to steal their rich owner's fortune.

Lucy, one of the thieves, attempts to take the fortune by herself by seducing the Boss and marrying him. The youngest member of the Freakshow, Kimmie stumbles across a few of the gang members stealing food and she is murdered by the thieves. When the murder is discovered, the freaks plot revenge. In a variety of gruesome ways, the thieves are murdered by the freaks. Lucy attempts to escape punishment by swearing her love for the carnival Boss. The freaks "spare" her by giving her a freakshow "act" which will make her a full member of their troop. They mutilate her, cut out her tongue, sew her mouth shut, strip her flesh, and cut off her limbs small parts at a time and finally display her in the Freakshow Gallery as "The Worm Girl".

Cast

Christopher Adamson as The Boss (Lon)
Rebecca Kochan Lucy
Dane Rosselli as Hank
Mighty Mike Murga as Curtis the Dwarf
Jeffrey Allen as Strongman
Diego Barquinero as The Wolfman
Jimmy Goldman as The Great Riwami
Sharon Edrei as Sherri
Amy Dunton as Bobby-Bobbie
Amanda Ward as Cannibal Girl
McKenna Geu as Little Kimmie
John Karyus as Elephant Man
Stefanie Naifeh as Bearded Lady
Evan Block as Human Shadow
Bill Quinn as The Chef (Legless Man)
Etta Devine as Mongoloid
Ken Gardner as Clown
Wayne Baldwin as Narrator

Production

The film was heavily inspired by Tod Browning's 1932 horror film Freaks. Many of the film's cast were actual circus performers and disabled actors which was also inspired by Browning's film.^[1]

Release

Freakshow was released on DVD Jan 30, 2007. It was later re-released on DVD by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment in May 18, 2010.^[2]

Reception

Critical reception for the film has been mostly negative. Horror News.net gave the film a negative review stating, "Freakshow is not a movie I recommend, not because it is controversial, but because it is watered down and bland. That being said, I’m not against giving the writer and/or director another shot if I see their names on a different movie; we all make mistakes, and hopefully we learn from our biggest ones".^[3] Eat Horror panned the film, calling the film's acting and script "awful", also criticizing the film's unsympathetic characters, and over the top gore.^[4]

References

↑ Condit, Jon. "Dare You Enter the Freakshow? - Dread Central". Dread Central.com. Jon Condit. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
↑ "Freakshow (2007) - Drew Bell". Allmovie.com. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
↑ seanofthedead. "Film Review: Freakshow (2007)". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
↑ "Freakshow". EatHorror.net. Eat Horror. Retrieved 27 April 2015.

External links

Official site at The Asylum
Freakshow at the Internet Movie Database
Freakshow (2007 at Rotten Tomatoes

The Asylum films

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Adventure	King of the Lost World (2005) Pirates of Treasure Island (2006) 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2007) Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls (2008) Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) The 7 Adventures of Sinbad (2010) Almighty Thor (2011)

Comedy	Fourplay (2001) Jane White Is Sick & Twisted (2002) 18-Year-Old Virgin (2009) Sex Pot (2009) #1 Cheerleader Camp (2010) MILF (2010) Barely Legal (2011) Sharknado: Heart of Sharkness (2016)

Disaster	The Apocalypse (2007) I Am Omega (2007) Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus (2009) Megafault (2009) Airline Disaster (2010) Mega Piranha (2010) Titanic II (2010) Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus (2010) Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (2011) 2012: Ice Age (2011) 40 Days and Nights (2012) Sharknado (2013) Mega Shark Versus Mecha Shark (2014) Apocalypse Pompeii (2014) Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014) San Andreas Quake (2015) Mega Shark Versus Kolossus (2015) Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015) Lavalantula (2015) Sharknado 4 (upcoming)

Drama	Bellyfruit (1999) King of the Ants (2003) The 9/11 Commission Report (2006) 2010: Moby Dick (2010)

Family	Princess and the Pony (2011) Love At The Christmas Table (2012)

Fantasy	Dragon (2006) Merlin and the War of the Dragons (2008) Dragonquest (2009) Dragon Crusaders (2011) Grimm's Snow White (2012) Clash of the Empires (2012) Jack the Giant Killer (2013) Avengers Grimm (2015)

Horror	Speed Demon (2003) Vampires Vs. Zombies (2004) Scarecrow Slayer (2004) Evil Eyes (2004) Shapeshifter (2005) Legion of the Dead (2005) Dead Men Walking (2005) Jolly Roger: Massacre at Cutter's Cove (2005) Exorcism: The Possession of Gail Bowers (2006) When a Killer Calls (2006) Hillside Cannibals (2006) Bram Stoker's Dracula's Curse (2006) Halloween Night (2006) Freakshow (2007) The Hitchhiker (2007) Monster (2008) Haunting of Winchester House (2009) Paranormal Entity (2009) 100 Feet (2009) 8213: Gacy House (2010) Anneliese: The Exorcist Tapes (2011) The Amityville Haunting (2011) A Haunting in Salem (2011) Zombie Apocalypse (2011) 2-Headed Shark Attack (2012) Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012) Adopting Terror (2012) 100 Ghost Street: The Return of Richard Speck (2012) Rise of the Zombies (2012) Hold Your Breath (2013) Hansel & Gretel (2013) Zombie Night (2013) 3-Headed Shark Attack (2015) Night of the Wild (2016) Little Dead Rotting Hood (2016) Zoombies (2016) Hansel vs. Gretel (TBA)

Musical	Sunday School Musical (2008)

Mystery	The Da Vinci Treasure (2006) Sherlock Holmes (2010)

Science fiction	Alien Abduction (2005) H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005) Transmorphers (2007) Invasion of the Pod People (2007) AVH: Alien vs Hunter (2007) Universal Soldiers (2007) 100 Million BC (2008) War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008) The Day the Earth Stopped (2008) Countdown: Jerusalem (2009) The Terminators (2009) Transmorphers: Fall of Man (2009) The Land That Time Forgot (2009) Princess of Mars (2009) 2012: Supernova (2009) Battle of Los Angeles (2011) Alien Origin (2012) Nazis at the Center of the Earth (2012) Bigfoot (2012) AE: Apocalypse Earth (2013) Atlantic Rim (2013) Android Cop (2014) Bermuda Tentacles (2014) Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys (2014) Martian Land (2015)

War	Ardennes Fury (2014) Flight World War II (2015)

Western	6 Guns (2010)

Film series	Apocalypse Mega Shark Paranormal Entity Sharknado 2012 Alien 666 Hansel/Gretel Transmorphers War of the Worlds

Related	List of The Asylum monsters

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