In a modern retelling of Tod Browning's 'Freaks' (1932), 'Freakshow' tells the story of a group of criminals who chose to hide out by working security at a traveling circus. At first, they plot with an insider to steal the ticket sales, but the wily Lucy has bigger plans. She convinces the gang to let her seduce and marry the aging circus owner, Lon, in order to secure the entire circus fortune after he 'suffers an accident'. 'People die all the time,' Lucy says. The freaks are on to their sc ...[Read Story ]
All of the actors were, at the time, non-professionals and actual students at Van Nuys Junior High at the time of shooting.