FreaksHorror master Tod Browning (Dracula) gathered an extraordinary cast of real-life 'freaks' for this terrifying and surprisingly moral vision of life among the weird inhabitants of the sideshow carnival.
Sumptuously produced but subsequently disowned by MGM after unsurprising accusations of tastelessness, this bizarre cult film has many disturbing scenes of immense psychological and pictorial power.
The film focuses on a trapeze artist who marries a dwarf and then poisons him for his money, and concludes with one of the most astounding final shots in the history of Hollywood cinema.
