本部饱受争议的离奇影片围绕马戏团里一群畸形人展开。矮人汉斯(哈利·厄尔斯 Harry Earles饰)暗自倾心于“正常人”——美貌的秋千表演者克里奥佩特拉(奥尔加·巴古拉诺娃 Olga Baclanova饰),同为侏儒人的弗里达(黛西·厄尔斯 Daisy Earles饰)告诫汉斯,她只是为他的钱财。克里奥佩特拉与“正常人”大力士赫克留斯(道格•霍奇森 Henry Victor饰)两人相好,设计让克里奥佩特拉嫁给汉斯得到钱财。婚礼上,克里奥佩特拉大吼在场的人都是“FREAKS”,激怒了所有畸形人。雨夜,畸形人对这两个“正常人”展开了报复……
本片在1932年发行后因题材过于怪诞而被禁止,成为了当时的赔钱电影。可在当下来看,却是一部难得的“正常”影片。导演向我们抛掷了一个赤裸裸的提问:到底谁才是“正常人”?
福尔摩斯因为过分的寂寞,整日注射可卡因,他的好友华生医生强烈反对他这样摧残自己的身体。一天,福尔摩斯接到一封神秘的请帖,邀他去观看苏联芭蕾舞。芭蕾舞演员彼得洛娃,希望和福尔摩斯结合,因为她想要个孩子,还希望孩子父亲的智能与她的资丽能造就个好孩子。福尔摩斯婉言谢绝。几天后,福尔摩斯收到一件奇怪的包裹,里面是在一个被人从泰晤士河中救起的患有健忘症的女人手里找到的,一张写有福尔摩斯住址的纸条。
In World War II era Los Angeles, the manager of the Culver Hotel leaves his nephew in charge for a weekend. The nephew changes the name to the Hotel Rainbow and overbooks with royalty, assassins, secret agents, Japanese tourists, and munchkins. Secret Service agent Bruce Thorpe and casting director Annie Clark find romance amidst the intrigue and confusion.
The Huge are dwarf superheroes who inhabit Huge City, within another dimension. The problem arises when Max (who once was also a Huge) uses the technology of his former companions to enter the world of humans and, under the nickname of The Lord of Evil, become the leader of a criminal gang that kidnaps the Hour Officer (Magalí Moro) to ask for 10,000 kilos of gold as a ransom.