Blumhouse has released the first trailer for their upcoming body swap movie titledFreaky. The movie is directed by Chris Landon (Happy Death Day) and stars Kathryn Newton and Vince Vaughn. Uriah Shelton from Hulu’s John Green adaptation,Looking for Alaska, is also starring, along with Alan Ruck, Katie Finneran, Celeste O’Connor and Misha Osherovich. The movie is all set to open in theaters on Friday the 13th of November, which is a fitting day for any horror movie to hit theaters.
Afterswapping bodieswith a deranged serial killer (Vince Vaughn), a young girl in high school (Kathryn Newton) discovers she has less than 24 hours before the change becomes permanent.Freakyis a concept that has been told several times on the big screen, but Blumhouse is shaking things up quite a bit for their take on the body swap genre. The first footage from the movie highlights the pretty twisted storyline with excellent performances from Vaughn and Newton. Luckily, we don’t have to wait too much longer to see the mysteriousFreaky.
Chris Landon is also the director responsible forDisturbiaand fourParanormal Activitysequels. He co-wroteFreakywith Michael Kennedy. Blumhouse has kept the details about this particular project under wraps for over a year now. Vince Vaughn and Kathryn Newton were originally announced back in August of 2019, so the studio has been taking some notes from the Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm playbacks bykeeping everything secretuntil just a few weeks from the project’s release date. Jason Blum is serving as the producer onFreaky, while Greg Gilreath and Zac Locke will serve as executive producers.
Happy Death DayandHappy Death Day 2Uhave both been recent hits for Blumhouse and Chris Landon, so there has been a lot of hype surroundingFreakyfor the last year. Back when the project was first announced, Landon tweeted, “So excited for this cast and my amazing co-writer, the hilarious Michael Kennedy - buckle up for thisgory, batsh*t movie.” As for the director’s description, it is shown off pretty effortlessly in the first trailer. It’s dark, with some bits of dark humor, with Vince Vaughn flexing some different comedic muscles this time around.
Even though we have the firstFreakytrailer, specific story details have yet to be revealed, which means horror fans will just have to wait until Friday, November 13th, to see what all the fuss is about. When production started in August late last year, there were rumors that Christopher Landon was working on aScreamreboot. Landon later debunked rumors that the film was a remake, stating that the upcoming project was to be an original story. you may check out the first trailer forFreakyabove, thanks to theBlumhouse YouTubechannel. And then it might be a good idea to figure out some safe Friday the 13th plans.
