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Would you admit to watching or owning this movie?


I will admit to having seen this movie and owning the blu ray. What about you?

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I'll admit to having seen it. It was about 1,000,000 years ago when I was on one of my many exploitation movie binges, possibly in a double-bill with Reefer Madness or The Terror of Tiny Town or Freaks or something like that. Wouldn't want to own any of those movies though. Wouldn't feel a need to watch any of them a second time.

But then, from what I gather, you're a bit of a collector, aren't you? So it makes sense you'd own these things... Slightly surprised it even made it to Blu-Ray though.

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i don't understand why you wouldn't watch Freaks again. Those other films are not in the same league

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You have a valid point. If I was going to watch one of those movies again it would be Freaks.

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Thre Freaks are relatable and the heroes.

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I'm definitely a collector. I have quite a few exploitation movies on blu ray, including Reefer Madness. I love Freaks, but don't own a copy of it (yet).

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Never heard of it before but I found it on YouTube, skipped through it in a few minutes and I think that's enough.

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Why would it be embarrassing? I haven't seen it, but judging from the premise, it seems ahead of its time. Older dudes being with extremely younger women (especially underage) was common back then and I think it's great that a movie form the 30s called out the creepiness.

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The premise sounds ok ,

but the tagline makes it sound like the premise is a front for something unsavory

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It is.

It's an exploitation movie disguised by the fig leaf of having an 'educational' message, which was a very common practice in the early Hays Code era. There are many such 'educational' movies. For obvious reasons, this is one of the more notorious and therefore a 'classic' of that strange little subgenre.


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It has a skinny dipping scene with a 12 year old girl that makes some people uncomfortable.

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Do they show anything or sexualize it?

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I don't think it is sexualized, but you do see the girl's bare bottom and her chest.

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Yeah, that's gonna be a "no" from me.

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You don't like movies with naked children in them?

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No, but I'm sure Roman Polanski does.

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Most people don't Mr. Allaby!

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I've seen it, it's no big deal.

"Pretty Baby" (1978) starring Susan Sarandon and Brooke Shields is 100 times worse.

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I haven't seen Child Bride but I did see Pretty Baby and I'm sure you're right.

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you got that right.

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I rest my case your honor.

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We aren't a courtroom and no one is on trial. You must watch too many lawyer tv shows.

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