Four boozing teenagers discuss the urban legend of a serial killer known as the Blissfield Butcher. In the manner of such things, they promptly end up as his latest victims. After the kills, the Butcher leaves with an ancient sacrificial dagger he found in the house.
The next day, Millie Kessler drags herself to school for another day of being a social outcast, mocked and ostracised by most of her peers. Part of why she goes is that her home life isn't much better: her father is dead, and her mother has turned to alcohol to cope.
After that night's high school football game, Millie is left alone at the field. Her mother was supposed to come pick her up, but has passed out from too much wine. Millie thus becomes the latest attempted victim of the Butcher. But something strange happens when he stabs her with the dagger: they both suffer the same injury. This gives the Butcher pause long enough for Millie's older sister - a cop - to turn up and scare him off.
The next day, Millie awaken and the Butcher both awaken ... but they are not in their own bodies. Hijinks will most definitely ensue.
So yep, what we have here is a case of Freaky Friday meets Friday the 13th. This is not something the film is trying to hide: that title is something of a giveaway, after all. It's a sound enough premise, but in the end the big question - if you will pardon the killing related pun - is how is the execution?
I'm pleased to say that Freaky is a fun film that delivers on the entertaining possibilities it presents. It is helped a lot by the cast, who fully commit to the concept, and by a willingness to humorously explore not just the consequences for Millie-in-the-Butcher's body, but also for what it means for a serial killer to suddenly lose the size and strength advantage that they are used to possessing.
If the basic concept appeals, then you should definitely get Freaky.
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