Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Brooke Shields | ... | Skye Daley | |
William Sadler | ... | Dick Brian | |
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Eduardo Ricard | ... | George Ramirez #1 |
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Henry Carbo | ... | George Ramirez #2 |
Deep Roy | ... | George Ramirez #3 | |
Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros | ... | George Ramirez #3 | |
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Brian Brophy | ... | Kevin |
Michael Stoyanov | ... | Ernie | |
Morgan Fairchild | ... | Stewardess | |
Alex Zuckerman | ... | Stuey Gluck | |
Megan Ward | ... | Julie | |
Randy Quaid | ... | Elijah C. Skuggs | |
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Jaime Cardriche | ... | Toad |
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Nicholas Cohn | ... | Bob Vila Look-A-Like |
Derek McGrath | ... | Worm |
A company that produces a toxic chemical tries to improve its image via a popular spokesperson, Ricky Coogan. Ricky travels to South America to get a first-hand look at the chemical's effects and finds himself at a mutant freak farm. Elijah, who runs the farm, is only too happy to have new subjects on which to try his freak machine. The very chemical that Ricky is supposed to promote is the one responsible for creating the great variety of freaks. Written by Christine Sai-Halasz <sai@mit.edu>
"Freaked" is pretty abnormal slapstick; an exercise in bad taste and definitely not intended for all audiences to see. Only if you have high tolerance for vulgar pranks, over-the-top performances & effects and really dumb situations, you might end up liking probably LOVING this junk. This type of "humor", as we'll refer to it, can't really be compared to anything not even the "Bill & Ted" movies as it's obscene, mad as hell and extremely offensive. And yet, this is only obvious on the surface, since the screenplay also contains much more effective jokes and occasionally terrific satire towards showbiz and typically American vanity. Alex Winter plays the overly pretentious and greedy movie star Ricky Coogan, who reluctantly accepts a job as spokesman for a giant industrial company. His first mission is to travel to South Africa and promote this dubious company's most recent product a lethal chemical called Zyglot but, instead, he and his friends are captured by a grotesque freak-show owner and get turned into circus attractions themselves. Ricky and his partners in misfortune attempt to escape the mutant farm, which leads to all kind of indescribably insane situations. It's downright hilarious to see how major Hollywood stars parody themselves, like Mr. T as the bearded lady or Brooke Shields as the dumb talk show hostess. Several other gags made me laugh so hard I nearly had tears in my eyes! At one point, the freaks try to escape by ALL dressing up like milkmen! Can you imagine what a giant worm or a life-sized sock-puppet look like in a milkman outfit? Some of the grotesque special effects are courtesy of Screaming Mad George, so you can be sure they're impressive. Apparently it was Keanu Reeves underneath the wolf man make-up, yet I only discovered that after looking up the film here on this site. So, YES, the make-up is great! Excellent stuff, but be careful to whom you recommend it!