Freaky

Name: Freaky
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Comedy
Released: November 13, 2020
Rating: 67
Cast: Alan Ruck, Charles Green, Dana Drori, Deja Dee, Dustin Lewis

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Universal Pictures International (UPI) | Release Date: November 13, 2020

Starring: Alan Ruck, Charles Green, Dana Drori, Deja Dee, Dustin Lewis, Kathryn Newton, Katie Finneran, Mitchell Hoog, Uriah Shelton, Vince Vaughn

Summary: Seventeen-year-old Millie Kessler (Kathryn Newton) is just trying to survive the bloodthirsty halls of Blissfield High and the cruelty of the popular crowd. But when she becomes the newest target of The Butcher (Vince Vaughn), her town’s infamous serial killer, her senior year becomes the least of her worries. When The Butcher’s mysticalSeventeen-year-old Millie Kessler (Kathryn Newton) is just trying to survive the bloodthirsty halls of Blissfield High and the cruelty of the popular crowd. But when she becomes the newest target of The Butcher (Vince Vaughn), her town’s infamous serial killer, her senior year becomes the least of her worries. When The Butcher’s mystical ancient dagger causes him and Millie to wake up in each other’s bodies, Millie learns that she has just 24 hours to get her body back before the switch becomes permanent and she’s trapped in the form of a middle-aged maniac forever. The only problem is she now looks like a towering psychopath who’s the target of a city-wide manhunt while The Butcher looks like her and has brought his appetite for carnage to Homecoming. With some help from her friends—ultra-woke Nyla (Celeste O’Connor), ultra-fabulous Joshua (Misha Osherovich) and her crush Booker (Uriah Shelton)—Millie races against the clock to reverse the curse while The Butcher discovers that having a female teen body is the perfect cover for a little Homecoming killing spree. … Expand

Director: Christopher B. Landon

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror, Comedy

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Ryan Larson

Nov 4, 2020

It’s a love letter to the genre without ever aping or mimicking it. With an incredible supporting cast and two engaging leads, it’s an out and out blast that finds Landon inching closer and closer to slasher masters like Craven and Carpenter. Read full review

The Guardian Benjamin Lee

Nov 11, 2020

It’s just a rare joy to see a film-maker scrambling together overused tropes and making something so vibrant and vital as a result, an exciting and unexpected studio movie with a brain, some guts and a heart. Read full review

Empire James Dyer

Jun 28, 2021

While not quite on a par with Happy Death Day, Freaky is an ebullient slasher that strikes a perfect balance of comedy and carnage. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Nov 4, 2020

Is the big draw still watching Vaughn act like a teenage girl? You bet. But Freaky‘s success lies in its ability to create around that central performance and not simply rely upon its absurdity. Read full review

David Sims

Nov 12, 2020

Freaky knows it’s a farce and winks at the silliest of slasher tropes, but that satirical edge doesn’t keep it from being one of the most purely enjoyable horror works I’ve seen in a long time. Read full review

Peter Travers

Nov 13, 2020

Not every joke or jolt hits the mark. But thanks to a go-for-broke Vince Vaughn as a hulking serial killer who body swaps with a teen girl, you won’t find a better way to LOL while being scared senseless than with this ‘Freaky’ Friday the 13th. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Nov 12, 2020

Freaky is, dare we say, soul-sucking? Read full review

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manningn15

Jul 26, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just watched Freaky on HBO Max and is was so good, one of the best horror-comedy movies I've ever watched. They blended gruesome and smart kills and suspenseful moments with funny jokes and a hilarious and very weird body swap to perfectly make the movie equally funny, scary, and suspenseful. Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton gave outstanding performances, Vince did an amazingly hilarious job at embodying a teenage girl and Kathryn Newton was excellent at portraying a serial killer in a teenage girls body she was cool, creepy, and scary while still bringing funny dark humor. Misha Osherovich, Celeste O'Connor, and Uriah Shelton gave terrific supporting performances, they were hilarious. The special effects were superb, the kills were so realistic looking. An A+ horror-comedy movie.… Expand

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ChanekeCholo

Dec 13, 2021

It was awesome, the deaths was mightily impressive and all the cast did the best job.

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Diptanshu

Sep 24, 2022

Amazing slasher comedy, the story was simple and the acting was good,the character switching and gender jokes were nice and the usual school and teenage stuff with it the friends getting together to save the day with amazing covering of other characters arcs and the love stuff blending withAmazing slasher comedy, the story was simple and the acting was good,the character switching and gender jokes were nice and the usual school and teenage stuff with it the friends getting together to save the day with amazing covering of other characters arcs and the love stuff blending with literal brutal bloody kills and entertatining situations all over it was a good movie although the ending felt little extra with the extending scene but still good time watching it.… Expand

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Voodoo123

Apr 11, 2021

More woke than it was thrilling, Freaky's interesting body swapping plot provided more than as much fun than I expected. It's clearly a project where everyone who worked on it had fun but in such an oversaturated genre it did little to break new ground. Average but entertaining to watch.

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muldjord

Jan 29, 2023

As with many horror movies of this style it tends to stumble towards the end when it gets to the last chase scenes. It overstays its welcome. And the final scenes and thereby the last 10 minutes are just unnecessary.

The premise, at least on paper, is interesting and has potential for someAs with many horror movies of this style it tends to stumble towards the end when it gets to the last chase scenes. It overstays its welcome. And the final scenes and thereby the last 10 minutes are just unnecessary.

The premise, at least on paper, is interesting and has potential for some backwards who-is-who chase scenes. It tries to work some of that in with mixed results.

Overall it was entertaining.… Expand

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debie

Apr 26, 2021

Of course these type films are supposed to be cheesy fun and aren't to be taken seriously, but this one has way more negatives than positives to be enjoyable. Freaky steals bits and pieces from every other comedy/horror/teen romance movie, without an original thought of it's own, and not inOf course these type films are supposed to be cheesy fun and aren't to be taken seriously, but this one has way more negatives than positives to be enjoyable. Freaky steals bits and pieces from every other comedy/horror/teen romance movie, without an original thought of it's own, and not in any kind of intelligent homage way either. It's not near as clever as Scream, Happy Death Day or even Freaky Friday. This movie takes the low road with way too many F-bombs and vulgar slurs (yea, I know they're teens but it's little much) and these characters are boring, poorly acted, stereotyped teens. To top it off, the slasher and gore scenes were low budget and not very creative. On the plus side, Vince Vaughn was surprisingly adorable playing a teen girl and there are a few, very few, fun moments IMHO. April 2021… Expand

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Monkinsane

Dec 10, 2021

"Never underestimate the propensity for violence of a straight white man." this is the 2nd character to speak just as the movie starts. More woke trash, avoid, unless you like woke movies.

This could have been interesting and fun, but had to go woke.

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