How "Freaks" is not a Horror

For the movie Freaks, I believe that it was placed in the horror category for the wrong reasons from a society that is not as accepting as today’s is. From my perspective it would be more like a drama/thriller/human rights genre. Freaks showed it was more of a drama by switching relationships, going from Phroso and Venus relationship problems to the difficulty of Siamese twins getting married to the, lack of a better word, “gold digger” marriage of Hans and Cleopatra. Along with the relationship drama Freaks had a lightheartedness about it, where Phroso forgot to take Venus out because what looked like he was taking a bath but in reality a skit for his next show. The theme continues with the Siamese twins too. Where Rosco is marring Daisy but since Violet (no nice way of putting this) stuck with her, the drama of the relationship ensues. Later on in the movie Violet gets engaged and the two men meet for the first time they offer that they each should come over some time and act as if there isn’t a problem with the idea. There isn’t as much to joke about when Hans is marring Cleopatra, where her goal is to get to Hans fortune. This shows that it is more of a soap opera thriller than horror. Cleopatra discusses this with strongman about how they will become rich while others over hear and not until the “One of us” song Hans learns of her true intention. The thriller comes in next where Strongman comes in but stopped by Phoso, once outside attacked by the others in the circus. This is where people of today would see it as a thriller not a horror. The people are not supposed to be scary here it’s the fact that there are people coming to kill you. This is where today's society and early 20th centuries clash. They maybe different and out of what we call the norm but as the movie tried to portray they are human beings that love, joke, have real life drama, and most of all have feelings too.