After being ditched by her cameraman because of her manipulative behavior at a murder scene, a reporter wanders through town looking for a phone she can use. She finds a small museum, where the proprietor invites her in to have a look around before leaving. In one room, she encounters a strange jar which causes her to have strange visions, visions that are supposedly drawn from her own mind. These 'visions' make up the rest of this four- part anthology, which includes horror and suspense stories about a junkie chasing a dog for his runaway fix, a pizza delivery boy who gets a Halloween surprise, a living but paralyzed OD victim forced to undergo her own autopsy because everyone thinks she's dead, and a deal between a golf course owner and a gravedigger that has some unexpected consequences.
Practical Effects
Gloriously rubbery creature work that ages like expired milk.
Writing
The autopsy scene premise—so wrong it's almost brilliant.
Production
Pure Canuxploitation energy: ambition exceeding budget by miles.
Director
Constantino Magnatta
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Freakshow exemplifies 'Canuxploitation'—Canadian films made for the U.S. direct-to-video market, often disguising Toronto as Anywhere, America.
Director Constantino Magnatta never made another feature; this anthology was somehow both his debut and swan song.
US
CA
