Claire Brennen stars as a waitress who leaves the greasy-diner business for the excitement of the carnival. She quickly discovers that she despises freaks and human oddities.Claire Brennen stars as a waitress who leaves the greasy-diner business for the excitement of the carnival. She quickly discovers that she despises freaks and human oddities.Claire Brennen stars as a waitress who leaves the greasy-diner business for the excitement of the carnival. She quickly discovers that she despises freaks and human oddities.
- Greasy
- (as Claude Smith)
- Al Babcock
- (as Van Teen)
- Snake Charmer
- (as Lee)
- Pretty-Boy
- (as Bill Bagdad)
- Carnie
- (uncredited)
- Customer
- (uncredited)
- Carnival Giant
- (uncredited)
- Carnival Barker
- (uncredited)
- Police Officer
- (uncredited)
- Max
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaFelix Silla (Shorty) and his leading lady, Claire Brennen, met on the set of this movie. They began a nine-year relationship and managed to keep it secret for all of those years, despite the fact that it produced a son.
- Quotes
[opening lines]
Carnival Barker: Ladies and gentlemen, you're about to behold a sight so strange, so horrifying, so utterly monstrous, that I urge you who are easily frightened or upset, who suffer from nervous disorders, weak hearts, or queasy stomachs, who experience nightmares, and any children under the age of 16, to forgo witnessing this exhibit. There are only two kinds of freaks ladies and gentlemen. Those created by God, and those made by man. The creature in this pit is a living breathing human being that once was... well, that's another story that happened a long time ago, a long way from here. Look if you must.
- Crazy creditsAt the beginning of the film, this disclaimer appears:
"The motion picture you are about to see is wholly fictional, and any resemblance to actual happenings and/or actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
The producers wish to express their gratitude to Mr Bobby Cohn, President, West Coast Shows, Inc., his associates and staff for their co-operation in the making of this film. Mr. Cohn is one of the pioneer leaders of the North American Carnival Industry who found this enterprise in the hands of montebanks and gypsies and transformed it in the realm of big business.
While most of the action of this picture takes place on a large American carnival, and the time is the present, dramatic license has been taken and certain incidents occur in the telling of the story that simply could not happen in this time and setting."
- ConnectionsFeatured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: She Freak (1974)
Examine the names associated to this one, then reference their other works...I'm sure you'll find that "She Freak" is a cut above most of those other entries. It's overall a fun bit of grindhouse nonsense, but could have benefited greatly from the more gratuitous sex and violence one might expect from a Mabe/Friedman epic.
5.5/10
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- Nov 7, 2004
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- Also known as
- Asylum of the Insane
- Filming locations
- Bakersfield, California, USA(Kern County Fair)
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- Budget
- $75,000 (estimated)