Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticA delightful mutant hybrid of two seemingly incongruous teen movie genres, cheeky Blumhouse satire “Freaky” might just as well have been called “Freaky Friday the 13th.” That’s essentially the pitch for a mashup that’s half slasher movie and half body-swap comedy, delivered with the self-aware wink of Wes Craven’s “Scream,” as a serial killer known as “the Blissfield Butcher” (Vince Vaughn) unwittingly trades places with his latest victim, dorky high school misfit Millie (Kathryn Newton).Picture this: On Thursday the 12th, Millie is humiliated by the shop teacher (Alan Ruck).
On Friday, she settles the score … only it’s not Millie but the Butcher who’s driving her body — and leaving corpses all over school —.
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