• Director(s)

    Tod Browning

  • Production Year

    1932

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    62m

  • Cast

    Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova

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Freaks

moderate threat, discrimination

FREAKS is horror drama from 1932, in which a trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of the side-show performers. …

FREAKS is horror drama from 1932, in which a trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of the side-show performers.

threat and horror
A woman is surrounded by a gang of people wielding weapons. No explicit violence is shown, although it is subsequently implied that she has been mutilated by the gang. A man has a knife thrown into his chest and it is implied he is then attacked, although all details are masked.
discrimination
Characters with physical disabilities and deformities are subject to discrimination, ridiculed and are called names. Characters with disabilities express upset at the discriminatory way people treat them.
There are mild verbal sex references, and sequences of mild violence.

  • Director(s)

    Tod Browning

  • Production Year

    1932

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    62m

  • Cast

    Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova

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moderate horror
Classified Date:
07/04/2015
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Hollywood Classics
threat and horror
In one scene, a woman is surrounded by a gang of people wielding weapons. No explicit violence is shown, although it is subsequently implied that she has been mutilated by the gang. A man has a knife thrown into his chest and it is implied he is then attacked, although explicit details are not shown.
Contains theme of disability and some horror
Classified Date:
13/08/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI (Collections)
Classified Date:
09/05/1963
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Antony Balch
moderate threat, discrimination
Classified Date:
16/08/2023
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
threat and horror
A woman is surrounded by a gang of people wielding weapons. No explicit violence is shown, although it is subsequently implied that she has been mutilated by the gang. A man has a knife thrown into his chest and it is implied he is then attacked, although all details are masked.
discrimination
Characters with physical disabilities and deformities are subject to discrimination, ridiculed and are called names. Characters with disabilities express upset at the discriminatory way people treat them.
There are mild verbal sex references, and sequences of mild violence.
Classified Date:
18/05/1999
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
11/01/1995
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Visionary

  • Classified date

    16/08/2023

  • Language

    English