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Horror Film ‘Freaky’ to be released in both M18 and NC16 Ratings
By Flora / 12 Nov 2020 (Thursday)
Credit: United International Pictures
Writer-director Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Paranormal Activity franchise) teamed up with horror powerhouse, Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Get Out) to present the highly anticipated horror comedy, Freaky.
The original unedited version of Freaky is rated M-18 while the NC-16 version has minimal edits. Both advisories for the ratings are ‘Violence and Coarse Language’, where the NC16 rating would probably mean some of the gory and/or violent scenes have been taken out of the film.
“Freaky” is a twisted take on the body-swap movie when a teenage girl switches bodies with a relentless serial killer.
Credit: United International Pictures
Seventeen-year-old Millie Kessler (Kathryn Newton, Blockers, HBO’s Big Little Lies) is just trying to survive the bloodthirsty halls of Blissfield High and the cruelty of the popular crowd. But when she becomes the newest target of The Butcher (Vince Vaughn), her town’s infamous serial killer, her senior year becomes the least of her worries.
When The Butcher’s mystical ancient dagger causes him and Millie to wake up in each other’s bodies, Millie learns that she has just 24 hours to get her body back before the switch becomes permanent and she’s trapped in the form of a middle-aged maniac forever. The only problem is she now looks like a towering psychopath who’s the target of a city-wide manhunt while The Butcher looks like her and has brought his appetite for carnage to Homecoming.
With some help from her friends—ultra-woke Nyla (Celeste O’Connor, Ghostbusters: Afterlife), ultra-fabulous Joshua (Misha Osherovich, The Goldfinch) and her crush Booker (Uriah Shelton, Enter the Warriors Gate)—Millie races against the clock to reverse the curse while The Butcher discovers that having a female teen body is the perfect cover for a little Homecoming killing spree.
The film also stars Alan Ruck (HBO’s Succession), Katie Finneran (TV’s Why Women Kill) and Dana Drori (Hulu’s High Fidelity).
Freaky will be in Singapore cinemas from November 12