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| Freak
Year: 1999
Classification: Horror
Directed:
- Tyler Tharpe
This is NOT Leguizamo's Freak.
Although, I did a thorough search for a dvd by john leguizamo called "The Freak", Amazons search engine lead me to this page. It even offered a commbined purchase with margaret cho/ another great stand up comic. HOWEVER. this is NOT Leguizamos Freak. So put a sigh aside and keep searching, it's bound to turn up somewhere in the near future, either in a clearance bin or on an overpriced cult list, along with "Spic-O-Rama". In any case. it's not here. John should really consider distributing these two stand up shows. Both shows are currently owned by HBO, sitting on a shelf collecting somebodies dust bunnies.
FANGORIA Magazine review (by Michael Gingold)
(DVD REVIEW): Also set in rural America and just as largely "quiet" as SIGNS (despite the in-your-face packaging), FREAK is an indie winner that I'm sorry slipped under my radar until now. Clearly and admittedly influenced by HALLOWEEN yet possessed of its own subtle style (and shot on genuine and thus far more persuasive Midwest locations), this is the kind of modest but accomplished first feature that makes me anxious to see what writer/director Tyler Tharpe comes up with next. Shot on 16mm, the movie has been given a solid full screen transfer by E.I., with frequent but never distracting grain and naturalistic colors. A brief behind the scenes feature manages to pack in plenty of nifty details, from an uncredited Tharpe himself playing the killer, to an asylum door portal that was actually cut out of a cardboard box. This segment is a good complement to the commentary by Tharpe and several of his crew, which contains nothing too suprising or revelatory, but still contains enough intersesting stories to be a worthwhile listen.
utter trash!!!
stupid me for reading the covers. should have known that being released by shock-o-rama that this movie would be a complete piece of junk. terrible movie about a guy escaping from a van thats escorting him to another mental institution. the guy is all bandaged up but they never even show his face like they do on the cover, go figure! anyways the guy kills like one or two people, not even good deaths, in fact i don't think they really show him killing anybody if i remember right. no thrills, chills, or scares to be had. just a waste of time! the people that gave this movie good reviews had to have helped make the film, sorry but theres no other explanation, just terrible.
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