Help me find a movie please?!

Ok, this is racking my brain, back when I was 13-14 I saw a movie and now I cannot remember what the name of it is!. It has something "Freaks" or "Freakz" It is about these puppets that get caught by this evil circus, and it is so freaking funny!. It has that dude that has the weird voice and he plays the sock puppet!. Somehow they are able to us macadamin (sp) nuts to stop the circus leader!. I can't remember if they are puppets when they are caught and brought to the circus or if they turn into them because of hte evil circus leader!. Oh, I want to hunt it up on Ebay to find it but each search comes up with "Eight legged freaks" and that is not the movie!. This one would have been in the 1980s-early 1990s!. Thanks!!!Www@Enter-QA@Com

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