Classic freak art, painted 100 years ago, but available to hang on your wall today!

Apper chimps, Chewbacca lookalikes called Lionel and the monstrous ‘Homme Poisson’ (Fish-man). That’s what the Victorians used to have to amuse themselves with – this was, after all, long before the invention of reality TV shows.

These beautifully-painted images were used to advertise freakshows and circuses between about 1880 and 1930 (although mainly in the first decade of the 20th Century), and come from the collection of the late Jaap Best, the Dutch king of this sort of thing.

Some of the freaks are famous – the Jade Goodies of their day. Lionel, for instance was highly regarded as both a raconteur and wit who could speak five languages and as a very hairy man who was called Lionel and looked a bit like a lion. Others, like L’Homme Poisson, may have been acclaimed as “The greatest wonder in the world” at the time, but have since proved themselves to be as memorable as Saskia or Sandy.

Other bodily dysmorphic megastars have been lost entirely in the mists of history, leaving only feverish and absinthe-addled artists’ impressions. Did the spider lady (opposite page) really look like that? Was “Princess Elizabeth” really smaller than a cockatoo? We may never care.

It’s interesting how the obsessions of the time reflect those of today. Look at the fat people! Hang on, this woman is too thin! Hey, is that a well-dressed chimp or what?! Okay maybe not the last one. But still, freak art… Le freak, c’est chic.

To see more freak art and to buy posters of any of these, go to Circusmuseum.nl

These freaky posters is now available on the above website .. Wanna try !!! ;)

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After studying a selection of classic movies and models used to calculate the effects of pandemics the University of Ottawa researchers concluded that civilization would probably be wiped out.

1.White Zombie (1932) – Directed by Victor Halperin – A young man turns to a witch doctor to lure the woman he loves away from her fiancé, but instead turns her into a zombie slave.

2.Night of the Living Dead (1968).– Directed by George A Romero – A group of people hide in a farmhouse after something causes the recently deceased to rise from the grave and feed on the living.

3.Dawn of the Dead (1978).– Directed by George A Romero – Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

4.Evil Dead II (1987) – Directed by Sam Raimi – A man takes his girlfriend to a remote cabin where they find a tape-recorder which contains a recitation of the Book of the Dead. When they play it back the spell calls up an evil force in the woods which turns the girl and a number of other visitors into zombies.

5.Army of Darkness (1992) – Directed by Sam Raimi – A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead and retrieve the Necronomicon so he can return home.

6.Braindead (1992) – Directed by Peter Jackson – A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, then comes back to life as a zombie, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbours.

7.Dellamorte Dellamore.(1994) – Directed by Michele Soavi – About the guardian of a cemetery in Italy who destroys corpses as they rise from their tombs.

8.Bio Zombie (1998) – Directed by Wilson Yip – A soft drink tainted with bio-chemicals has the power to turn people into flesh-eating zombies.

9.28 Days Later (2002) – Directed by Danny Boyle – Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary as they try to run from victims who have turned into zombie-like psychopaths.

10.Shaun of the Dead (2004) – Directed by Edgar Wright – A man decides to turn his dead-end life around by winning back his ex-girlfriend, reconciling his relationship with his mother, and dealing with an entire community that has returned from the dead to eat the living.

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Toronto Zombie Walk festival happened on Sunday with more zombies than ever. This is the World's most freaky show open down the street where children are strictly not allowed ... Check this creepy list .....

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World's most Bizarre Bakery In Thailand. Imagine running up to the bakery around the corner and coming across bread shaped like body parts. Sound yummy?

A master's degree in fine arts and creates bruised and battered heads, feet and other internal organs at a bread shop in Thailand.

He started using his skills and made sculptures out of bread. This came naturally to him because his family runs a bakery. The bread is made out of dough, raisins, cashews and chocolate. He just adds his own touch to the finished product. Check out the list of shocking images for sure but I still warning you coz it contains a graphical content ..

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VAN WILDER [2002] : "You shouldn't take life too seriously. You'll never get out alive."

ROAD TRIP [2000] : "Think about it, Josh, you're in college. The window of opportunity to drink and do drugs and take advantage of young girls is getting smaller by the day."

PCU [1994] : "No, I'm not talking about human sacrifice . . . I'm talking about something we used to do every Saturday night as a matter of principle. Here's a hint: legions of hand-stamped meatheads and 'Coed Naked' lacrosse T-shirts power chugging watered-down meister chow, regurgitating on the blue-matted floor . . ."

HORSE FEATHERS [1932] : "Why don't you go home to your wife? I'll tell you what, I'll go home to your wife, and outside of the improvement she'll never know the difference."

THE NUTTY PROFESSOR [1963] :

—"And I always say that to love yourself is the beginning of a life-long romance. And after watching you, I know that you and you will be happy together."

—"Just a minute, sweetheart. I don't recall dismissing you."

—"You rude, discourteous egomaniac!"

—"You're crazy about me, right? And I can understand it. Only this morning, looking in the mirror before shaving, I enjoyed seeing what I saw so much I couldn't tear myself away."

THE SURE THING [1985] : "What the hell's wrong with being stupid once in awhile? Does everything you do always have to be sensible? . . . Didn't you ever get really shitfaced and maybe make a complete fool of yourself and still have an excellent time?"

BACK TO SCHOOL [1986] : "Bring us a pitcher of beer every seven minutes until somebody passes out. And then bring one every 10 minutes."

REVENGE OF THE NERDS [1984] :

—"Wait, would you rather live in the ascendancy of a civilization or during its decline?"

—"Poindexter, do you wanna fuck, or not?"

—"OK."

OLD SCHOOL [2003] : "Well, uh I guess I, deep down, am feeling a little confused. I mean, suddenly you get married and you're supposed to be this entirely different guy. I don't feel different. I mean, take yesterday for example. We were out at the Olive Garden for dinner, which was lovely. And uh, I happen to look over at a certain point during the meal and see a waitress taking an order, and I found myself wondering what color her underpants might be. Her panties. Uh, odds are they are probably basic white, cotton, underpants. But I sort of think well maybe they're silk panties, maybe it's a thong. Maybe it's something really cool that I don't even know about . . ."

ANIMAL HOUSE [1978] :

—"What the fuck happened to the Delta I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're gonna let is be the worst. 'Ooh, we're afraid to go with you Bluto, we might get in trouble.' Well just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. Wormer, he's a dead man! Marmalard, dead! Niedemeyer . . ."

—"Dead! Bluto's right. Psychotic, but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional weapons that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part."

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