Freaky

Freaky (2020)
R | 1h 42min | Comedy Horror Thriller

After swapping bodies with a deranged serial killer a young girl in high school discovers she has less than 24 hours before the change becomes permanent.

Director: Christopher Landon
Writers: Michael Kennedy Christopher Landon
Stars: Vince Vaughn Kathryn Newton Celeste O'Connor

Freaky | Official Trailer

REVIEW: Freaky

A WHO'S WHO OF WHO ARE YOU?

A highly enjoyable and consistently clever horror flick delivers a winning blend of a body-swapping Freaky Friday and a body-chopping Friday the 13th.

Not a dull minute is clocked as we work through the strange case of a serial killer known as the Blissfield Butcher (Vince Vaughn). Fresh from dispatching a quartet of his high schoolers to an early grave this lanky streak of pure evil accidentally conjures a spell that sees him switching bodies with a meek mild young student named Millie (Kathryn Newton).

Once the changeover is in play both actors have a field day playing one another. Newton's transformation from wallflower to psychopath is both chillingly convincing and archly amusing. Same goes for Vaughn's highly skilled work heading in the opposite direction.

Reviews by LEIGH PAATSCH from the November 21 2020 issue of The Herald Sun Digital Edition.