There’s been a lot of talk in recent years about so-called “elevated horror,” but what isn’t being discussed as much is the new wave of inventive slasher films that pay homage to the ’80s classics while adding new twists to old formulas.
Enter “Freaky,” a new slasher comedy film by Christopher Landon that shakes up the formula by infusing it with a body-swap comedy and lots of heart.
Plot-wise, “Freaky” is not that different from Landon’s previous horror-comedy, “Happy Death Day,” we also have a heroine with some soul-searching to do, troubles at home, and a masked killer chasing her.
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