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Podcast: The Kulturecast
Episode: Freaked
Description: To coincide with the premiere release of the soundtrack for Freaked on vinyl, we've decided to take a break from Steven Spielberg's b-sides to look at one of the unsung comedy classics of the early '90s: Freaked. Written by Alex Winter, Tom Stern, and Tim Burns, as well as directed by Winter and Stern, the film follows Winter as Ricky Coogan, a sleazy former child actor who heads to South America to shill toxic chemicals. While there, he becomes the victim of Elijiah C. Scuggs, a demented circus leader, who turns Coogan into his latest disgusting creation. It's an i...