A mystical, ancient dagger causes a notorious serial killer to magically switch bodies with a 17-year-old girl.
Director: Christopher Landon
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Kathryn Newton, Katie Finneran, Celeste O'Connor, and Alan Ruck.
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Rated R for strong bloody horror violence, sexual content, and language throughout
Runtime: 1 h 41min
Review:
Christopher Landon obviously loves horror movies it was obvious in his 2017 debut Happy Death Day and even more so in his newest film Freaky. Horror aficionados will find plenty of little Easter Eggs scattered throughout the film. The film itself is a fairly hilarious riff on the Freaky Friday trope with Vince Vaughn delivering one of his best performances in recent memories. Vaughn is thoroughly committed to the role and his comedic timing makes him the best thing on screen throughout the film. Watching him channel a teenage girl in his massive frame is just comedic gold especially as the situations get more and more absurd. Kathryn Netwon isn't asked to do much outside of holding a steely gaze and look menacingly at her victims. She does have a few moments were she lets loose a bit but them moments are few and far between. It's mostly Vaughn's showcase but that doesn't mean that supporting players like Celeste O'Connor and Misha Osherovich don't get their time to shine with the latter leaving a memorable impression. Those looking for real scares might be a little let down since there are a handful of jump scares and gore aplenty but you'd be hard pressed to ever call it scary. Freaky leans much more on the comedy side and it works well as a farcical horror comedy where you can leave your brain at the door.
B
