The genesis of MGM's Freaks was a magazine piece by Ted Robbins titled Spurs. The story involved a terrible revenge enacted by a mean-spirited circus midget upon his normal-sized wife. In adapting ...

Freaks was released in 1932, and it's as disturbing as any film you'll see today. A feature about love and deception set within a carnival sideshow, it stars real freaks — people of varying ...

Schlitzie, as shown in the movie Freaks, sits smiling and holding a beer glass in front of the movie's poster. Image by Nimesh Niyomal Horror movies might be more popular than ever now, but a century ...