Director: Christopher Landon Starring: Kathryn Newton, Vince Vaughn, Celeste O’Connor Review Author: Tony Synopsis: Millie is a high school student forced to survive the cruel world of high school while comforting her damaged mother following the recent death of her father. To make matters worse, the town’s infamous serial killer, The Blissfield Butcher, has reemerged. After a faithful […]
Freaky (2020)
Christopher Landon’s latest film is an addition to the Happy Death Day expanded universe – not because the narratives explicitly link up here (although Landon has suggested they might in the future) but because Freaky continues the post-slasher signature and sensibility that Landon has made so thoroughly his own. At their height, slasher films were […]
Landon: Freaky (2020)
Collective The title of Alexander Nanau’s taut procedural documentary Collective, comes as a reference to the Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest, Romania, where in 2015, a fire sparked from a metal band’s pyrotechnics during a concert that ultimately killed dozens. It was a tragedy that rocked the conscience of the public, who demanded the government answer […]
Quick Movie Reviews (Collective, Freaky & Residue)
Freaky (2020) Basic switch. Killer new look. It’s hard to believe that it’s taken us this long to get a body-swap slasher movie. Similar to what filmmaker Christopher Landon and producer Jason Blum did with their ghoulish re-working of Groundhog Day (1993), with the one-two punch of Happy Death Day (2017) and Happy Death Day […]
Freaky (2020)
Christopher Landon’s fun twist on the “Freaky Friday” concept isn’t as fresh as his “Happy Death Day” series, but it’s entertaining where it counts.
‘Freaky’ Review: Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton Go Wild in This Winking Horror Comedy
