Episode 522: In The Seats With...Gabriele Mainetti and 'Freaks Vs. The Reich'

Everyone has to have something to fight for....On this episode and in theatres and on VOD today we get ourselves a little slice of fantasy with a health sprinkling of realism.  It's time for 'Freaks vs The Reich'.Looking to flee the Nazi menace for the shores of America are four super-powered circus performers: there’s beautiful, young, electrically-charged Matilde, Cencio, an albino with the ability to control insects, Mario, a dwarf graced with magnetic powers, and Fulvio, a strongman covered from head to toe with hair. On their heels is the psychotic Franz, an ether-addicted, six-fingered Nazi who runs the nearby circus and believes that the supernaturally gifted quartet will help him turn the tide of the war, delivering the ultimate victory for Hitler and the Reich. Will the “freaks” be able to escape the grasp of the brutal Nazis or will their incredible powers be harnessed in a way that could change both their destinies and the entire course of history forever?'Freaks vs The Reich' is really a unique mashup of various kinds of cinema and it makes for an experience that you just won't want to look away from.  We sat down with co-writer and director Gabrielle Mainetti about the origins of the story and so very much more....