History NightmareFuel / Freaks

** And if that's scary on its own, then the DarkerAndEdgier 1993 comic adaptation is absolutely ''harrowing''. Instead of being castrated, Hercules instead has his [[EyeScream eyes slashed open]] with a shaving razor by one of the dwarves and blindly stumbles into the path of one of the freakshow wagons (all of which is [[SarcasmMode lovingly illustrated]], by the way), while Cleo is slowly tortured and hunted down until she's turned into a far more...''graphic'' version of the already-infamous "duck lady". BodyHorror doesn't even begin to describe it: her skin is burnt and melted, drool is constantly dripping out of her mouth because her lower jawbone has been removed and the remaining flesh left to dangle uselessly. Her nose and upper lip have been cut, her feet have been mutilated, her hands have been slashed between the palm bones to resemble bird talons, her right eye is half closed and a majority of the hair has been plucked from her head. And in a nasty irony, her bustline she was so proud of has been left perfectly intact. When she's revealed in this state, she lives alone and naked on the floor of a trailer. Her new caretaker (who [[VomitIndiscretionShot vomits]] at the sight of her) has been instructed to feed her baby food and merely give her straw to sleep, defecate and urinate in, implying she's considered and maybe also been reduced to the mental level of an animal. But if her wide-open left eye (which feels almost like it's staring at the reader) is anything to go by, ''[[AndIMustScream she's still conscious and aware]].'' Even for what they were planning, that's pretty nasty.

* The ending, though the [[AssholeVictim victims]] had it coming. Cleopatra becomes a human duck (which consists of having her legs amputated, her arms and torso [[TarAndFeathers tarred and feathered]] and her voicebox mutilated so the only noises she can make are demented "quacks"). And as for Hercules? He ends up as a [[GroinAttack castrato]]. Sadly, this scene was cut.
** And if that's scary on its own, then the DarkerAndEdgier 1993 comic adaptation is absolutely ''harrowing''. Instead of being castrated, Hercules instead has his [[EyeScream eyes slashed open]] with a shaving razor by one of the dwarves and blindly stumbles into the path of one of the freakshow wagons (all of which is [[SarcasmMode lovingly illustrated]], by the way), while Cleo is slowly tortured and hunted down until she's turned into a far more...''graphic'' version of the already-infamous "duck lady". BodyHorror doesn't even begin to describe it: her skin is burnt and melted, drool is constantly dripping out of her mouth because her lower jaw is wide-open in what looks like an extreme version of a GlasgowGrin, with the lower face flesh and most of her tongue missing. Her nose and upper lip have been cut, her feet have been mutilated, her hands have been slashed between the palm bones to resemble bird talons, her right eye is half closed and a majority of the hair has been plucked from her head. And in a nasty irony, her bustline she was so proud of has been left perfectly intact. When she's revealed in this state, she lives alone and naked on the floor of a trailer. Her new caretaker (who [[VomitIndiscretionShot vomits]] at the sight of her) has been instructed to feed her baby food and merely give her straw to sleep, defecate and urinate in, implying she's considered and maybe also been reduced to the mental level of an animal. But if her wide-open left eye (which feels almost like it's staring at the reader) is anything to go by, ''[[AndIMustScream she's still conscious and aware]].'' Even for what they were planning, that's pretty nasty.

** And if that's scary on its own, then the DarkerAndEdgier 1993 comic adaptation is absolutely ''harrowing''. Instead of being castrated, Hercules instead has his [[EyeScream eyes slashed open]] with a shaving razor by one of the dwarves and blindly stumbles into the path of one of the freakshow wagons (all of which is [[SarcasmMode lovingly illustrated]], by the way), while Cleo is slowly tortured and hunted down until she's turned into a far more...''graphic'' version of the already-infamous "duck lady". BodyHorror doesn't even begin to describe it: her skin is burnt and melted, her drool is constantly dripping out of her mouth because her lower jaw is wide-open with lower face flesh and most of her tongue missing. Her nose and upper lip have been cut, her feet have been mutilated, her hands have been slashed between the palm bones to resemble bird talons, her right eye is half closed and a majority of the hair has been plucked from her head. And in a nasty irony, her bustline she was so proud of has been left perfectly intact. When she's revealed in this state, she lives alone and naked on the floor of a trailer. Her new caretaker (who [[VomitIndiscretionShot vomits]] at the sight of her) has been instructed to feed her baby food and merely give her straw to sleep, defecate and urinate in, implying she's considered and maybe also been reduced to the mental level of an animal. But if her wide-open left eye (which feels almost like it's staring at the reader) is anything to go by, ''[[AndIMustScream she's still conscious and aware]].'' Even for what they were planning, that's pretty nasty.

** And if that's scary on its own, then the DarkerAndEdgier 1993 comic adaptation is absolutely ''harrowing''. Instead of being castrated, Hercules instead has his [[EyeScream eyes slashed open]] with a shaving razor by one of the dwarves and blindly stumbles into the path of one of the freakshow wagons (all of which is [[SarcasmMode lovingly illustrated]], by the way), while Cleo is slowly tortured and hunted down until she's turned into a far more...''graphic'' version of the already-infamous "duck lady". BodyHorror doesn't even begin to describe it: her skin is burnt and melted, her drool is constantly dripping out of her mouth because her lower jaw is wide-open with lower face flesh and most of her tongue missing. Her nose and upper lip have been cut, her feet have been mutilated, her hands have been slashed between the palm bones to resemble bird talons, her right eye is half closed and a majority of the hair has been plucked from her head. And in a nasty irony, her bustline she was so proud of has been left perfectly intact. When she's revealed in this state, she lives alone and naked on the floor of a trailer. Her new caretaker has been instructed to feed her baby food and merely give her straw to sleep, defecate and urinate in, implying she's considered and maybe also been reduced to the mental level of an animal. But if her wide-open left eye (which feels almost like it's staring at the reader) is anything to go by, ''[[AndIMustScream she's still conscious and aware]].'' Even for what they were planning, that's pretty nasty.

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** And if that's scary on its own, then the DarkerAndEdgier 1993 comic adaptation is absolutely ''harrowing''. Instead of being castrated, Hercules instead has his [[EyeScream eyes slashed open]] with a shaving razor by one of the dwarves and blindly stumbles into the path of one of the freakshow wagons (all of which is [[SarcasmMode lovingly illustrated]], by the way), while Cleo is slowly tortured and hunted down until she's turned into a far more...''graphic'' version of the already-infamous "duck lady". BodyHorror doesn't even begin to describe it: her skin is burnt and melted, her drool is constantly dripping out of her mouth because her lower jaw is wide-open with lower face flesh and most of her tongue missing. Her nose and upper lip have been cut, her feet have been mutilated, her hands have been slashed between the palm bones to resemble bird talons, her right eye is half closed and a majority of the hair has been plucked from her head. When she's revealed in this state, she lives alone and naked on the floor of a trailer. Her new caretaker has been instructed to feed her baby food and merely give her straw to sleep, defecate and urinate in, implying she's considered and maybe also been reduced to the mental level of an animal. But if her wide-open left eye (which feels almost like it's staring at the reader) is anything to go by, ''[[AndIMustScream she's still conscious and aware]].'' Even for what they were planning, that's pretty nasty.
*** And in a nasty irony, her bustline she was so proud of has been left perfectly intact.

For the most part, ''Film/{{Freaks}}'' actually isn't that scary and is mostly just funny and heartwarming. But it's [[NightmareFuel terrifying third act]] is enough to cement the film as a horror classic.

For the most part ''Film/{{Freaks}}'' actually isn't that scary and is even pretty dang funny at times. But it's [[NightmareFuel terrifying third act]] is enough to cement the film as a horror classic.

For the most part ''Film/{{Freaks}} actually isn't that scary and is even pretty dang funny at times. But it's [[NightmareFuel terrifying third act]] is enough to cement the film as a horror classic.

** And if that's scary on its own, then the DarkerAndEdgier 1993 comic adaptation is absolutely ''harrowing''. Instead of being castrated, Hercules instead has his [[EyeScream eyes slashed open]] with a shaving razor by one of the dwarves and blindly stumbles into the path of one of the freakshow wagons (all of which is [[SarcasmMode lovingly illustrated]], by the way), while Cleo is slowly tortured and hunted down until she's turned into a far more...''graphic'' version of the already-infamous "duck lady". BodyHorror doesn't even begin to describe it: her skin is burnt and melted, her drool is constantly dripping out of her mouth because her lower jaw is wide-open with lower face flesh and most of her tongue missing. Her nose and upper lip have been cutted, her feet have been mutilated, her hands have been slashed between the palm bones to resemble bird talons, her right eye is half closed and a majority of the hair has been plucked from her head. When she's revealed in this state, she lives alone and naked on the floor of a trailer. Her new caretaker has been instructed to feed her baby food and merely give her straw to sleep, defecate and urinate in, implying she's considered and maybe also been reduced to the mental level of an animal. But if her wide-open left eye (which feels almost like it's staring at the reader) is anything to go by, ''[[AndIMustScream she's still conscious and aware]].'' Even for what they were planning, that's pretty nasty.

*** And in a nasty irony, that bustline she was so proud of has been left perfectly intact.

** And if that's scary on its own, then the DarkerAndEdgier 1993 comic adaptation is absolutely ''harrowing''. Instead of being castrated, Hercules instead has his [[EyeScream eyes slashed open]] with a shaving razor by one of the dwarves and blindly stumbles into the path of one of the freakshow wagons (all of which is [[SarcasmMode lovingly illustrated]], by the way), while Cleo is slowly tortured and hunted down until she's turned into a far more...''graphic'' version of the already-infamous "duck lady". BodyHorror doesn't even begin to describe it: her skin is burnt and melted, her drool is constantly dripping out of her mouth because her lower jaw is wide-open with lower face flesh and most of her tongue missing. Her nose and upper lip have been cutted, her feet have been mutilated, her hands have been slashed between the palm bones to resemble bird talons, her right eye is half closed, she seems to be stuck in a permanent lotus position, and a majority of the hair has been plucked from her head. When she's revealed in this state, she lives alone and naked on the floor of a trailer. Her new caretaker has been instructed to feed her baby food and merely give her straw to sleep, defecate and urinate in, implying she's considered and maybe also been reduced to the mental level of an animal. But if her wide-open left eye (which feels almost like it's staring at the reader) is anything to go by, ''[[AndIMustScream she's still conscious and aware]].'' Even for what they were planning, that's pretty nasty.

** And if that's scary on its own, then the DarkerAndEdgier 1993 comic adaptation is absolutely ''harrowing''. Instead of being castrated, Hercules instead has his [[EyeScream eyes slashed open]] with a shaving razor by one of the dwarves and blindly stumbles into the path of one of the freakshow wagons (all of which is [[SarcasmMode lovingly illustrated]], by the way), while Cleo is slowly tortured and hunted down until she's turned into a far more...''graphic'' version of the already-infamous "duck lady". BodyHorror doesn't even begin to describe it: her skin is burnt and melted, her drool is constantly dripping out of her mouth because her lower jaw is wide-open with lower face flesh and most of her tongue missing. Her nose and upper lip have been cutted, her feet have been mutilated, her hands have been slashed between the palm bones to resemble bird talons, her right eye is half closed, she seems to be stuck in a permanent lotus position, and a majority of the hair has been plucked from her head. When she's revealed in this state, she lives alone and naked on the floor. Her new caretaker has been instructed to feed her baby food and merely give her straw to sleep, defecate and urinate in, implying she's considered and maybe also been reduced to the mental level of an animal. But if her wide-open left eye (which feels almost like it's staring at the reader) is anything to go by, ''[[AndIMustScream she's still conscious and aware]].'' Even for what they were planning, that's pretty nasty.

** And if that's scary on its own, then the DarkerAndEdgier 1993 comic adaptation is absolutely ''harrowing''. Instead of being castrated, Hercules instead has his [[EyeScream eyes slashed open]] with a shaving razor by one of the dwarves and blindly stumbles into the path of one of the freakshow wagons (all of which is [[SarcasmMode lovingly illustrated]], by the way), while Cleo is slowly tortured and hunted down until she's turned into a far more...''graphic'' version of the already-infamous "duck lady". BodyHorror doesn't even begin to describe it: her skin is burnt and melted, her drool is constantly dripping out of her mouth because her lower jaw is wide-open with lower face flesh and most of her tongue missing. Her nose and upper lip have been cutted, her feet have been mutilated, her hands have been slashed between the palm bones to resemble bird talons, her right eye is half closed, she seems to be stuck in a permanent lotus position, and a majority of the hair has been plucked from her head. When she's revealed in this state, she lives alone and naked on the floor. Her new caretaker has been instructed to feed her baby food and merely give her straw to sleep, defecate and urinate in, implying she's also been reduced to the mental level of an animal. But if her wide-open left eye (which feels almost like it's staring at the reader) is anything to go by, ''[[AndIMustScream she's still conscious and aware]].'' Even for what they were planning, that's pretty nasty.

** And if that's scary on its own, then the DarkerAndEdgier 1993 comic adaptation is absolutely ''harrowing''. Instead of being castrated, Hercules instead has his [[EyeScream eyes slashed open]] with a shaving razor by one of the dwarves and blindly stumbles into the path of one of the freakshow wagons (all of which is [[SarcasmMode lovingly illustrated]], by the way), while Cleo is slowly tortured and hunted down until she's turned into a far more...''graphic'' version of the already-infamous "duck lady". BodyHorror doesn't even begin to describe it: her skin is burnt and melted, her drool is constantly dripping out of her mouth because her lower jaw is wide-open with lower face flesh and most of her tongue missing. Her nose and upper lip have been cutted, her feet have been mutilated, her hands have been slashed between the palm bones to resemble bird talons, her right eye is half closed, she seems to be stuck in a permanent lotus position, and a majority of the hair has been plucked from her head. When she's revealed in this state, her new caretaker has been instructed to feed her baby food and merely give her straw to sleep, defecate and urinate in, implying she's also been reduced to the mental level of an animal. But if her wide-open left eye (which feels almost like it's staring at the reader) is anything to go by, ''[[AndIMustScream she's still conscious and aware]].'' Even for what they were planning, that's pretty nasty.

** And if that's scary on its own, then the DarkerAndEdgier 1993 comic adaptation is absolutely ''harrowing''. Instead of being castrated, Hercules instead has his [[EyeScream eyes slashed open]] with a shaving razor by one of the dwarves and blindly stumbles into the path of one of the freakshow wagons (all of which is [[SarcasmMode lovingly illustrated]], by the way), while Cleo is slowly tortured and hunted down until she's turned into a far more...''graphic'' version of the already-infamous "duck lady". BodyHorror doesn't even begin to describe it: her skin is burnt and melted, her drool is constantly dripping out because her lower jaw is wide-open with lower face flesh and most of her tongue missing. Her nose and upper lip have been cutted, her feet have been mutilated, her hands have been slashed between the palm bones to resemble bird talons, her right eye is half closed, she seems to be stuck in a permanent lotus position, and a majority of the hair has been plucked from her head. When she's revealed in this state, her new caretaker has been instructed to feed her baby food and merely give her straw to sleep, defecate and urinate in, implying she's also been reduced to the mental level of an animal. But if her wide-open left eye (which feels almost like it's staring at the reader) is anything to go by, ''[[AndIMustScream she's still conscious and aware]].'' Even for what they were planning, that's pretty nasty.

** And if that's scary on its own, then the DarkerAndEdgier 1993 comic adaptation is absolutely ''harrowing''. Instead of being castrated, Hercules instead has his [[EyeScream eyes slashed open]] with a shaving razor by one of the dwarves and blindly stumbles into the path of one of the freakshow wagons (all of which is [[SarcasmMode lovingly illustrated]], by the way), while Cleo is slowly tortured and hunted down until she's turned into a far more...''graphic'' version of the already-infamous "duck lady". BodyHorror doesn't even begin to describe it: her skin is burnt and melted, she's constantly drooling because her lower jaw is wide-open with lower face flesh and most of her tongue missing. Her nose and upper lip have been cutted, her feet have been mutilated, her hands have been slashed between the palm bones to resemble bird talons, her right eye is half closed, she seems to be stuck in a permanent lotus position, and a majority of the hair has been plucked from her head. When she's revealed in this state, her new caretaker has been instructed to feed her baby food and merely give her straw to sleep, defecate and urinate in, implying she's also been reduced to the mental level of an animal. But if her wide-open left eye (which feels almost like it's staring at the reader) is anything to go by, ''[[AndIMustScream she's still conscious and aware]].'' Even for what they were planning, that's pretty nasty.

** And if that's scary on its own, then the DarkerAndEdgier 1993 comic adaptation is absolutely ''harrowing''. Instead of being castrated, Hercules instead has his [[EyeScream eyes slashed open]] with a shaving razor by one of the dwarves and blindly stumbles into the path of one of the freakshow wagons (all of which is [[SarcasmMode lovingly illustrated]], by the way), while Cleo is slowly tortured and hunted down until she's turned into a far more...''graphic'' version of the already-infamous "duck lady". BodyHorror doesn't even begin to describe it: her skin is burnt and melted, she's constantly drooling because her lower jaw is wide-open with lower face flesh and tongue missing. Her nose and upper lip have been cutted, her feet have been mutilated, her hands have been slashed between the palm bones to resemble bird talons, her right eye is half closed, she seems to be stuck in a permanent lotus position, and a majority of the hair has been plucked from her head. When she's revealed in this state, her new caretaker has been instructed to feed her baby food and merely give her straw to sleep, defecate and urinate in, implying she's also been reduced to the mental level of an animal. But if her wide-open left eye (which feels almost like it's staring at the reader) is anything to go by, ''[[AndIMustScream she's still conscious and aware]].'' Even for what they were planning, that's pretty nasty.

** And if that's scary on its own, then the DarkerAndEdgier 1993 comic adaptation is absolutely ''harrowing''. Instead of being castrated, Hercules instead has his [[EyeScream eyes slashed open]] with a shaving razor by one of the dwarves and blindly stumbles into the path of one of the freakshow wagons (all of which is [[SarcasmMode lovingly illustrated]], by the way), while Cleo is slowly tortured and hunted down until she's turned into a far more...''graphic'' version of the already-infamous "duck lady". BodyHorror doesn't even begin to describe it: her skin is burnt and melted, she's constantly drooling because her lower jaw is wide-open with lower face flesh and tongue missing, her nose and upper lip have been cutted, her feet have been mutilated, her hands have been slashed between the palm bones to resemble bird talons, her right eye is half closed, she seems to be stuck in a permanent lotus position, and a majority of the hair has been plucked from her head. When she's revealed in this state, her new caretaker has been instructed to feed her baby food and merely give her straw to sleep, defecate and urinate in, implying she's also been reduced to the mental level of an animal. But if her wide-open left eye (which feels almost like it's staring at the reader) is anything to go by, ''[[AndIMustScream she's still conscious and aware]].'' Even for what they were planning, that's pretty nasty.

** And if that's scary on its own, then the DarkerAndEdgier 1993 comic adaptation is absolutely ''harrowing''. Instead of being castrated, Hercules instead has his [[EyeScream eyes slashed open]] with a shaving razor by one of the dwarves and blindly stumbles into the path of one of the freakshow wagons (all of which is [[SarcasmMode lovingly illustrated]], by the way), while Cleo is slowly tortured and hunted down until she's turned into a far more...''graphic'' version of the already-infamous "duck lady". BodyHorror doesn't even begin to describe it: her skin is burnt and melted, she's constantly drooling because her lower jaw is wide-open with lower face flesh and tongue missing, her nose and upper lip are cutted, her feet are mutilated, her hands have been slashed between the palm bones to resemble bird talons, her right eye is half closed, she seems to be stuck in a permanent lotus position, and a majority of the hair has been plucked from her head. When she's revealed in this state, her new caretaker has been instructed to feed her baby food and merely give her straw to sleep, defecate and urinate in, implying she's also been reduced to the mental level of an animal. But if her wide-open left eye (which feels almost like it's staring at the reader) is anything to go by, ''[[AndIMustScream she's still conscious and aware]].'' Even for what they were planning, that's pretty nasty.

** And if that's scary on its own, then the DarkerAndEdgier 1993 comic adaptation is absolutely ''harrowing''. Instead of being castrated, Hercules instead has his [[EyeScream eyes slashed open]] with a shaving razor by one of the dwarves and blindly stumbles into the path of one of the freakshow wagons (all of which is [[SarcasmMode lovingly illustrated]], by the way), while Cleo is slowly tortured and hunted down until she's turned into a far more...''graphic'' version of the already-infamous "duck lady". BodyHorror doesn't even begin to describe it: her skin is burnt and melted, she's constantly drooling because her lower jaw is wide-open with lower face flesh and tongue missing, her hands have been slashed between the palm bones to resemble bird talons, her right eye is half closed, she seems to be stuck in a permanent lotus position, and a majority of the hair has been plucked from her head. When she's revealed in this state, her new caretaker has been instructed to feed her baby food and merely give her straw to sleep, defecate and urinate in, implying she's also been reduced to the mental level of an animal. But if her wide-open left eye (which feels almost like it's staring at the reader) is anything to go by, ''[[AndIMustScream she's still conscious and aware]].'' Even for what they were planning, that's pretty nasty.

** And if that's scary on its own, then the DarkerAndEdgier 1993 comic adaptation is absolutely ''harrowing''. Instead of being castrated, Hercules instead has his [[EyeScream eyes slashed open]] with a shaving razor by one of the dwarves and blindly stumbles into the path of one of the freakshow wagons (all of which is [[SarcasmMode lovingly illustrated]], by the way), while Cleo is slowly tortured and hunted down until she's turned into a far more...''graphic'' version of the already-infamous "duck lady". BodyHorror doesn't even begin to describe it: her skin is burnt and melted, her lower jaw is wide-open with lower face flesh and tongue missing, her hands have been slashed between the palm bones to resemble bird talons, her right eye is half closed, she seems to be stuck in a permanent lotus position, and a majority of the hair has been plucked from her head. When she's revealed in this state, her new caretaker has been instructed to feed her baby food and merely give her straw to sleep, defecate and urinate in, implying she's also been reduced to the mental level of an animal. But if her wide-open left eye (which feels almost like it's staring at the reader) is anything to go by, ''[[AndIMustScream she's still conscious and aware]].'' Even for what they were planning, that's pretty nasty.