Freaks
1932
Director: Tod Browning
The very cultish film, Freaks, is extremely disturbing, but not for the reasons you’d think so.
The film uses real “freaks” – the people in the film are NOT dressed up in prosthetics or costumes. This is exactly what they look like.
The plot concerns a circus and it’s “attractions”. Cleopatra - the quite un-deformed trapeze artist - is conning the German midget Hans, mostly because he’s in love with her. She’s only after his money – and continues to lead him on to get whatever she wants.
Another midget, Frieda, loves Hans and sees right through Cleopatra. She pleads to stop their impending marriage – but she refuses. What follows is nothing short of bizarre – the wedding feast – where the “Freaks” chant “One of us, one of us, Gooble, Gobble…”
I just have to say that the ending isn’t half as exciting as the buildup to the climax.
Verdict: *** ½ /*****
2 comments:
Pretty sure they were saying "gabba."
Least, that's the name of the Ramones song named after this movie.
I'm sure it's Gooble Gobble since thats what they said in a Simpsons episode which Gary Condit, O.J. Simpson, and the Ramseys meet with Butter's parents after they thought they "killed" him.
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