Castle Freak

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Mar 31, 2019 What seems to escape many viewers and reviewers about this dark, tragic story is just how deep it is. Spoilers ahead so proceed with caution, the depravity of the Duchess and the lifelong punishment to someone who had little to do with her anger beyond being the progeny of the source of her rage paints an even more horrific and pitiful picture. Looking beyond the appearance of the 'freak', we see a tortured, unfortunate man that knows nothing beyond cruelty at the hands of his own mother. My criticism to the story is the strange connection between Reilly and the Duchess (rather slap-dash if I'm honest as it doesn't make much sense considering the legality of it all) or how the hell John didn't connect any dots at all and the lack of any sympathy toward Giorgio once the truth is found out considering that the Freak tried desperately to communicate who he was to Rebecca at the end, only chaining people up out of either fear of them leaving or not knowing what else to do. The freak is a person who was locked in a cellar from the age of five, mercilessly beaten, had his tongue and penis cut off by his own mother, and yet, he's the 'monster' of the film. Certainly he did horrible things but I see this as more of a tragedy than horror and I greatly enjoyed this film. See more

Anakin S Feb 9, 2018 Underrated, in my opinion.

Draco P Oct 9, 2017 Good creature-type flick. Classic Full Moon! I would definitely watch this again.

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