FREAKY, THE SUPERNATURAL SLASHER COMEDY | MOVIE REVIEW | SYLVIA PARK

If you are after one of those freaky horror movies, a lovey teen movie and a great comedy all wrapped up in one then this is the movie to go and watch.

You have the pretty girl (Kathryn Newton) and the Massacrest Murderer (Vince Vaughn) playing the main characters of this brilliantly acted high school slasher. If you mix that with the ‘Freaky Friday’ style type of body swapping you have one funny crazy movie.

Kathryn Newton as The Butcher in Millie Kessler’s body in Freaky, co-written and directed by Christopher Landon.
Photo Credit: Universal Pictures

Millie (Newton) is your typical pretty popular high school girl. Smart and happy, however after a football game prancing around as the school mascot, she ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time at the end of a dagger held by the Blissfield Butcher (Vaughn) who is also known to the town. When he slays Millie with ‘La Dola’ the knife nicks him, the sly opens and the world parts to reveal a temple underneath the football field and although Millie escapes she wakes the next morning in the body of the Blissfield Butcher (and he wakes as Millie).

(From left) Millie Kessler (Kathryn Newton) and The Butcher (Vince Vaughn) in Freaky, co-written and directed by Christopher Landon.
Photo Credit: Brian Douglas/Universal Pictures

The revelation here is that Vaughn, channels the body language of the petite young girl and her of the 6 ft murderer. Millie is in real danger and is trying to convince her friends that she is really ‘Millie’ and not the murderer.

Vaughn on the other hand is loving that his new identity and the fact that they are no longer looking for him as this young girl.

(From left) Josh Detmer (Misha Osherovich), Ryler (Melissa Collazo), The Butcher in Millie Kessler’s body (Kathryn Newton) and Nyla Chones (Celeste O’Connor) in Freaky, co-written and directed by Christopher Landon.
Photo Credit: Universal Pictures

All in all this movie is a good movie to watch if want a bit of everything. Horror, love, teen movie and a bit of comedy.

Freaky is in theatres now. Check times & dates for Hoyts HERE, then head to Sylvia Park for a little supernatural slasher comedy to go with your popcorn.