Film Review: Freaky

 Genre: Comedy / horror / thriller

Cert: 15 cert

Director:  Christopher Landon

Screenwriter: Michael KennedyChristopher Landon

Starring: Vince Vaughn, Kathryn Newton, Celeste O'Connor, Misha Osherovich, Emily Holder, Nicholas Stargel, Kelly Lamor Wilson, Mitchell Hoog, Dana Drori, Katie Finneran, Alonzo Ward, Dustin Lewis, Jennifer Pierce Mathus, Uriah Shelton, Melissa Collazo, Zack Shires, Alan Ruck, Magnus Diehl

Running time: 1h 42min

Parents advised reading before viewing the film as some scenes may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: None

Violence & Gore:  There are a few bloody horrors moments

Profanity: few words like Bitch, sucking D, hand gesture

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: Side character is assumed to be drinking

Frightening/Intense Scenes: Not really frightening or intense. 

Story: Seventeen-year-old Millie Kessler spends her days trying to survive high school and the cruel actions of the popular crowd. But when she becomes the latest target of the Butcher, the town's infamous serial killer, her senior year becomes the least of her worries. When the Butcher's mystical dagger causes him and Millie to magically switch bodies, the frightened teen learns she has just 24 hours to get her identity back before she looks like a middle-aged maniac forever

Likes: Freaky is a movie that is very similar to Freaky Friday where two people swap bodies and try to find a way to swap back which end in very funny situations along the way, with Freaky take that concept and add a horror element to it where a serial killer (Vince Vaughn) swap bodies with a Teenage girl Millie who played by the beautiful Kathryn Newton which end up in a race for time to get millie to get her body back, while the killer is killing teenager left/ right and center.


I will give the film is fair dues, there were moments through this film that made me laugh, especially from Vince Vaughn channeling a teenage girl while looking like a man in his 40s which was hilarious at times with some Awkard moment as well. Kathryn Newton played the role pretty well channeling the serial killer in a teenage girl, where most of the time she does come off well as a killer, but the role tends to fall flat at times.

I like the tongue-in-cheek nod to Friday the 13th and Jason Voorhees, which trying to be funny, which few times film was funny where others the film just got overtop stupid which is ok if you like that sort of things in films. It also uses that cliche think most horrors does where the victim hide thinking the killer moved away, yet find that they haven't which was ok but done before.

While I would say that the film is good to watch, it not gonna be a cult classic, but one of those films, you add to your DVD or Blu-ray collection to watch again later, but if worth watching once for Vince Vaughn challenging a teenage girl.     

Dislikes: While the film a good watch, there were a few flaws that could have made the film better for what it was, like the comedy side it was lacking in a lot of parts as some of the jokes just weren't funny I think it because of the screenwriting here which did slightly affect  Kathryn Newton performance channeling the serial killer because there was much for her to do on that side.

The film comes off a light dull at times because it's trying to be a comedy and a serious film at the same time it doesn't quite get that balance right. 

Overall: Funny in places, Good horror moments, great acting.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 for entertainment / 7.8 out of 10 for a new twist to freaky Friday.