Freaks is a 2018 science fiction thriller film written and directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, and starring Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Grace Park, Amanda Crew and Lexy Kolker.

Seven-year-old Chloe Lewis has spent her entire life confined to a decrepit house with her father Henry, who forbids her from leaving under the threat of being killed by "the bad men".

Using her manipulation abilities, Chloe begins to help Mary escape from Madoc Mountain, but is hindered by the arrival of ADF Agent Cecilia Ray who reveals she knows the truth about their family, and a drone strike will be ordered if they kill her.

Dakota Daulby appears as the Madoc Mountain executioner and Dean Redman plays an ADF captain.

[8] The Vancouver festival programmers wrote "Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein's skewed sci-fi thriller ratchets up the go-for-broke audacity as it laces the family drama of Room with genre confections indebted to vintage Spielberg.

The website's critical consensus reads, "Stocked with solid performances, Freaks is a clever sci-fi/horror hybrid that suggests a bright future for co-writers/co-directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein.

[18] Germain Lussier of io9 called Freaks "a wonderful, exciting film, filled with complex, robust ideas that not only have a unique twist to them but a realistic grounding that makes them more relatable and impactful.

The ever-versatile Dern delivers a slyly subversive turn as Mr. Snowcone, whose hidden agenda involves much more than frozen treats.

Collider's Perri Nemiroff called her performance "truly unforgettable work"[21] and Variety's Andrew Barker said "relative newcomer Kolker carries the film effortlessly.