Freaks
moderate threat, discrimination
Director(s)Tod Browning
Production year1932
Date12/03/1952
Genre(s)Drama, Horror
Approx. running minutes62m
CastPeter Robinson, Koo Koo, Zip, Edward Brophy, Schlitze, Randion, Martha Morris, Pip, Matt McHugh, Daisy Hilton, Daisy Earles, Roscoe Ates, Olga Baclanova, Angela Rossitto, Josephine Joseph, Wallace Ford, Henry Victor, Harry Earles, Johnny Eck, Elizabeth Green, Olga Roderick, Frances O'Connor, Leila Hyams, Violet Hilton, Rose Dione
Freaks
moderate threat, discrimination
FREAKS is horror drama from 1932, in which a trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of the side-show performers.
FREAKS is horror drama from 1932, in which a trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of the side-show performers.
threat and horror
A woman is surrounded by a gang of people wielding weapons. No explicit violence is shown, although it is subsequently implied that she has been mutilated by the gang. A man has a knife thrown into his chest and it is implied he is then attacked, although all details are masked.
discrimination
Characters with physical disabilities and deformities are subject to discrimination, ridiculed and are called names. Characters with disabilities express upset at the discriminatory way people treat them.
additional issues
There are mild verbal sex references, and sequences of mild violence.
moderate horror
Classified Date:
07/04/2015
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Hollywood Classics
threat and horror
In one scene, a woman is surrounded by a gang of people wielding weapons. No explicit violence is shown, although it is subsequently implied that she has been mutilated by the gang. A man has a knife thrown into his chest and it is implied he is then attacked, although explicit details are not shown.
Contains theme of disability and some horror
Classified Date:
13/08/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI (Collections)
Classified Date:
09/05/1963
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Antony Balch
Unsuitable for classification
Classified Date:
12/03/1952
Version:
2D
Distributor:
Adelphi Films Ltd
Unsuitable for classification:
The BBFC determined this content to be unsuitable for classification at the time it was submitted.
moderate threat, discrimination
Classified Date:
16/08/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
threat and horror
A woman is surrounded by a gang of people wielding weapons. No explicit violence is shown, although it is subsequently implied that she has been mutilated by the gang. A man has a knife thrown into his chest and it is implied he is then attacked, although all details are masked.
discrimination
Characters with physical disabilities and deformities are subject to discrimination, ridiculed and are called names. Characters with disabilities express upset at the discriminatory way people treat them.
additional issues
There are mild verbal sex references, and sequences of mild violence.
Classified Date:
18/05/1999
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
11/01/1995
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Visionary
Classified date16/08/2023
LanguageEnglish
threat and horror
A woman is surrounded by a gang of people wielding weapons. No explicit violence is shown, although it is subsequently implied that she has been mutilated by the gang. A man has a knife thrown into his chest and it is implied he is then attacked, although all details are masked.
discrimination
Characters with physical disabilities and deformities are subject to discrimination, ridiculed and are called names. Characters with disabilities express upset at the discriminatory way people treat them.
additional issues
There are mild verbal sex references, and sequences of mild violence.
Director(s)Tod Browning
Production year1932
Date12/03/1952
Genre(s)Drama, Horror
Approx. running minutes62m
CastPeter Robinson, Koo Koo, Zip, Edward Brophy, Schlitze, Randion, Martha Morris, Pip, Matt McHugh, Daisy Hilton, Daisy Earles, Roscoe Ates, Olga Baclanova, Angela Rossitto, Josephine Joseph, Wallace Ford, Henry Victor, Harry Earles, Johnny Eck, Elizabeth Green, Olga Roderick, Frances O'Connor, Leila Hyams, Violet Hilton, Rose Dione
moderate horror
Classified Date:
07/04/2015
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Hollywood Classics
threat and horror
In one scene, a woman is surrounded by a gang of people wielding weapons. No explicit violence is shown, although it is subsequently implied that she has been mutilated by the gang. A man has a knife thrown into his chest and it is implied he is then attacked, although explicit details are not shown.
Contains theme of disability and some horror
Classified Date:
13/08/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BFI (Collections)
Classified Date:
09/05/1963
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Antony Balch
Unsuitable for classification
Classified Date:
12/03/1952
Version:
2D
Distributor:
Adelphi Films Ltd
Unsuitable for classification:
The BBFC determined this content to be unsuitable for classification at the time it was submitted.
moderate threat, discrimination
Classified Date:
16/08/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
threat and horror
A woman is surrounded by a gang of people wielding weapons. No explicit violence is shown, although it is subsequently implied that she has been mutilated by the gang. A man has a knife thrown into his chest and it is implied he is then attacked, although all details are masked.
discrimination
Characters with physical disabilities and deformities are subject to discrimination, ridiculed and are called names. Characters with disabilities express upset at the discriminatory way people treat them.
additional issues
There are mild verbal sex references, and sequences of mild violence.
Classified Date:
18/05/1999
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
11/01/1995
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Visionary
Classified date16/08/2023
LanguageEnglish
