10 More Body Horror Fates Worse Than Death
1. Freaks - Turned Into A Human Duck
From director Tod Browning, 1932's Freaks is a movie that was utterly slated upon its initial release, but has gone on to become viewed far more fondly in the decades since said release.
Based around trapeze artist Cleopatra (Olga Baclanova) joining a carnival sideshow as part of a plan to con fellow performer Hans (Harry Earles) out of his inheritance, Freaks ends extremely badly for Cleopatra.
Having wooed and seduced Hans, Baclanova's character lets her real intentions be known at the pair's wedding celebrations. And with that, a plan of revenge is put in motion by Hans and the rest of the carnival crew who had been mocked by Cleopatra and her real lover Hercules (Henry Victor).
That revenge culminates with Cleopatra being tortured and turned into what's dubbed a "human duck" - with her tongue removed, an eye pulled out, her hands melted, her legs cut off, and her upper body tarred and feathered.
It's a brutal fate for Cleopatra, but it's hard to argue that it isn't a fate that she absolutely deserved. The moral of the story here is simple: don't be an underhand d*ckhead.