Freaked Out

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Duration: 01:19

Mark remembers how a still from the 1932 film Freaks terrified him as a child. Director and Producer Tod Browning used a cast of real disabled circus performers to create a horror movie like no other.

Available since Tue 5 Oct 2010

Credits

Presenter
Mark Gatiss
Series Producer
John Das
Director
John Das
Executive Producer
Michael Poole

This clip is from

A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss Frankenstein Goes to Hollywood

1/3 Mark Gatiss explores the early horror era of Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff.

First broadcast: 11 Oct 2010

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