History Film / Freaks2018

* FlyingBrick: Chloe's mom is very powerful when flying, as she is shown nearly liquefying one enemy soldier she flies into.

* ShockwaveStomp: Mary's flight whether taking off or landing causes a shockwave so powerful it destroys everything around her, and turns anyone unlucky enough to get caught in it into a bloody smear

* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Abnormals have Abnormal children with different, but generally stronger, powers. It's mentioned at one point that while Abnormals were forcibly relocated if possible, their children are killed as they're just too powerful to control or contain.

* AmbiguousSituation: It's never made clear whether the destruction of Dallas was caused by [[EnfantTerrible malice on the part of the abnormal children]] or [[PowerIncontinence an inability to control their powers]]].

* BadHumorTruck: This appears to be Mr. Snowcone's schtick, luring Chloe into his van with a promise of ice cream, and then driving off with her. [[spoiler:He's her grandfather, and wants both a chance to spend time with her, and to recruit her to save his daughter, Chloe's mother]].
* BaitAndSwitch: on the part of the script writers. When introduced, the ice cream man shows all the hallmarks of an evil child abductor. However it turns out he's her granddad. He also appears to be manipulating Chloe into hating cops by calling them "the Bad People" who are trying to kill them, but it turns out they are!
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: there are parallels between the cops who instantly shoot dead anyone who has bleeding from their eye, and real life allegations against cops who shoot suspects without knowing for certain if they are armed.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Nancy, after being controlled by Chloe calls her and her family in to get them killed. Chloe uses her powers to make the agents think shes the abnormal and kill her.

* PleaseWakeUp: Chloe does this with [[spoiler:her father Henry]] near the end of the film, saying it over and over, because her power to influence people is activated when she gives them a command multiple times.

Not to be confused with [[Film/{{Freaks}} the 1932 horror film of the same name]].

* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Abnormals have Abnormal children with different, but generally stronger, powers.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: combined with FridgeLogic - it's difficult to see how the time dilation gene and the flying gene mix to create the mind control gene.

* ProperlyParanoid: The film makes it appear that Henry is extremely paranoid about the outside world to the point of parental abuse, but it turns out he's right.

* LaserGyudedKarma: Nancy, after being controlled by Chloe calls her and her family in to get them killed. Chloe uses her powers to make the agents think shes the abnormal and kill her.

* PowerStrainBlackout: [[spoiler: Near the end, both Chloe and her dad nearly faint from overuse of their powers, but recover long enough to both get out of their house before the droke strike hits, and to possess the guards in the mountain base to allow Chloe's mom to escape.]]

* {{Flight}}: One of Chloe's mother's powers.
* FlyingBrick: Chloe's mother is also apparently very tough when flying, as she is shown nearly liquefying one enemy soldier she flies into.

* PleaseWakeUp: While she probably ought to know better by then, Chloe does this with [[spoiler:her father Henry]] near the end of the film.
* PowerStrainBlackout: Near the end, Chloe faints from overuse of her power, but recovers long enough to save the day.
* PsychicNosebleed: The Abnormals tend to bleed from the inside corner of their eyes when they exert their power. Standard issue for the ADF is a UV flashlight to look for the telltale smear of blood even if it's been wiped away.

* TimeStandsStill: This is apparently how Henry's power operates when he activates his personal bubble of time. Things are still moving slowing outside of the bubble.
* YearInsideHourOutside: Chloe was born a few months before the events of the film. She's seven and a half now, due to her father's time dilation power.

* {{Flight}}: This is Chloe's mother's power.

* EnfantTerrible: Early on, Chloe uses her powers to force a pre-teen neighbour to pretend to be her absent mother, and to hug and kiss her in order to fill the void that she feels due to her mother's absence. Later, she escalates to forcing people to kill themselves and others (albeit as an act of self defense). It's indicated in news stories during the film that the tendency of Abnormal children to abuse their powers is part of why the government is tracking down and eliminating Abnormals with a reference to a memorial for Dallas which is credited to allowing Abnormal children to live.

* EnfantTerrible: Early on, Chloe uses her powers to force a pre-teen neighbour to pretend to be her absent mother, and to hug and kiss her. Later, she escalates to forcing people to kill themselves and others (albeit as an act of self defense). It's indicated in news stories during the film that the tendency of Abnormal children to abuse their powers is part of why the government is tracking down and eliminating Abnormals with a reference to a memorial for Dallas which is credited to allowing Abnormal children to live.

Her mother (Crew) is not as dead as Chloe had been told, there are dangerous people named Abnormals (referred to by most as Freaks) who are known by the bleeding from their eyes, Mr. Snowcone knows more about her than he has let on, and her new family across the road may not be as willing to take her in as Henry believes. Chloe may not be ready to out into the world, but they're definitely not ready for her.

''Freaks'' is a 2018 American-Canadian science fiction thriller film written and directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, starring Creator/EmileHirsch, Creator/BruceDern, Creator/GracePark, Amanda Crew, and Lexy Kolker. Chloe Lewis (Kolker) is a seven-year-old girl who has been kept in the house all her life by her father, Henry (Hirsch), who tells her that there are "bad men" outside who will kill her if she ever leaves, and that her only chance is to be completely normal. With the influence of a mysterious ice cream man, Mr. Snowcone (Dern), and a growing curiosity about the world outside, Chloe finds that the world outside is not ready for her.