It's Freaky Friday, but with Vince Vaughn as a serial killer in Blumhouse's Freaky trailer
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Well, you can’t say director Christopher Landon doesn’t have a vision. With Happy Death Day and its sequel, the filmmaker mined a comedic concept for horror (without excising the comedic component). Now, he’s doing it again. Freaky takes the body-swap gimmick popularized by Freaky Friday and asks what might happen if a bullied teen girl switched bodies with a hulking serial killer. The bullies get theirs, that’s what happens—at least according to a new trailer dropped by Blumhouse today.
Blockers’ Kathryn Newton stars as that bullied teen, while Vince Vaughn plays the knife-wielding Butcher, who apparently wields a “mystical dagger” capable of triggering the supernatural mixup. Newton’s beleaguered Millie, trapped in the body of a middle-aged man, has 24 hours to get her body back before the switch becomes permanent. Still, that leaves plenty of time for the Butcher to flex his skills, which haven’t dulled within the teen girl’s body. Connor Roy, for example, appears to get his balls sawed off.
Speaking of balls getting sawed off, this trailer looks to be positively brimming with spoilers—in this case, teens getting comically slaughtered—so be aware of that before hitting play. Sometimes it’s fun to not know who dies!
Despite being perfect for the Halloween season, Freaky is coming out on Friday the 13 of November (likely due to all of this coronavirus business). But, hey, fear is a year-round business.
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Sorry, I couldn’t get past the scribble on the wall in the header photo. It’s a statement for the ages.
Not since NECROBUTCHER SUCKS A FAT DICK has the AV Club been so captivated by scrawled vulgarities in a movie still.
Well it’s no HERE I SIT BROKEN HEARTED / CAME TO SHIT BUT ONLY FARTED, but it’ll do.
Reading the graffiti as a thought bubble is making me happy. I didn’t realize Vaughn was a James Joyce fan.
I thought it was only Nora’s farts he went for?
This sounds interesting — Vaughn has a imposing physical presence so I bet he could have a lot of fun “being” a high school girl and of course slaughtering high schoolers is the kind of anti-Zoomer content my generation craves.
Now that he’s got the middle age spread and has bulked up, he’s definitely a more intimidating guy.
There used to be a lot of comparisons between him and Vincent D’Onofrio back in the day, and now that Vince has really swelled up, there’s one more comparison!
Identical twins, separated at birth, reunite at summer camp and plot bloody revenge on their horrible parents.“TRAP” Coming this Winter.
Blumhouse exec: You sir, are a genius. Here’s your money
But not really that much money, some money. It is Blumhouse after all.
A college student struck by lightning while repairing a mainframe computer mentally merges with the computer and becomes a mathematical prodigy. Unfortunately, he also becomes unhinged, moves to a shack in Montana and becomes a domestic terrorist.“The Unabomber Wore Tennis Shoes” Coming Summer 2021
This film was informally known as “Freaky Friday the 13th”, but that would have infringed on the IP of two different movies, so they had to shorten it.
A sentient car travels to Acapulco and brutally murders anyone who mistreats it or its owner. CHRISTINE GOES BANANAS, coming Winter 1983.
Young Shelby White gets frustrated knowing that even though SHE’S the best soccer player AND teen journalist in the school, none of the guys take her seriously. Until she re-enrolls at the school as her cousin Sheldon White; and discovers a grisly secret on the boys soccer team.“Just one of the…DIES” thrilling audiences at home next week on VOD
I love this entire thread. Everyone’s pitching these ideas like Blumhouse ABSOLUTELY wouldn’t pick up these ideas if well written.I’d workshop “Trap”, though, as a title. “Trapped”, maybe. Negative connotations in the current era.
Don’t tell trap music about those connotations.
Having watched the trailer, I’m not sure “well-written” is a criterion for Blumhouse?
Or Trapt. ‘Back off…he’ll take you on’.
Wendy and her two brothers are amazed when a magical boy named Peter flies into their bedroom, in pursuit of his rebellious shadow. He and his fairy friend, Tinkerbell, come from a mythical world with an overgrown, abandoned labyrinth and a mysterious faun creature. Peter Pan’s Labyrinth, coming this fall…
A deranged supernatural nanny with an umbrella to grind scares the living crap out of the kids she’s supposed to keep an eye on. Also deadly musical numbers and a decapitation of a chimney sweeper.“MP2: The Curse of Mary Poppins” Fall of 2020
“MP2: The Curse of Mary Poppins” Fall of 2020Done and done:
‘and a decapitation of a chimney sweeper.’
SOLD. Those bastards have had it coming.
John Doe gets the chance to relive his teenaged years, filled with gluttony, sloth, lust, greed, envy, pride… and wrath.Se7enteen Again.
A relentless deathmatch between two vicious, rabid beasts:Milo v. Otis: Bloodsport
I’m really really really sorry to do this if you didn’t already know, but, the original kinda already WAS a bloodbath – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Milo_and_Otis#Animal_cruelty_allegations
Shit. Well, that’s depressing.
Two social outcasts use their computing skills to design the perfect woman and bring her to life. She’d do anything for them … even kill.Blumhouse presents ‘Weird’.
A wealthy industrialist tries to capture two telekinetic children, but they have other, more head-explodey, plans.Escape to Scanner Mountain, coming Christmas 2021
Five contest winners get visit to the world’s most famous chocolate factory, but only one of them will win the factory – and only one can survive.Step inside a world of brutal mutilation in The Wonka Games, coming soon to a job market near you.
A bigoted Frenchman finds himself forced to impersonate a popular rabbi while on the run from a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempting to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob’s Ladder, in theaters Summer 2021.
‘a bigoted frenchman’
So you’re saying any Frenchman will do, then?
75% of Americans believe in God, under 50% of French do. So the bigoted one may not be who you think.
Easy Augustin, i was 110% just joking. i’m something like 90% French-Canadian in ethnicity.
And I’m 100% French. And I still loathe 99% of them. But white flag jokes and the like I don’t find that funny. YMMV!
I wholeheartedly agree. The ignorance about France’s role in WWII is especially infuriating. Anyone in the US, ESPECIALLY, has no right to pull that bullshit right now, whilst taking it up the ass from Fascist racist alt-right lunacy without question.
I’m far less positive than you about that. France was, for the most part, an actively collaborationist country from 1940 to 1944. That it is considered a victor of the war is… arguable. That, on that basis, it is a permanent member of the UN Security Council is laughable. (That there are permanent, veto-wielding members is even worse, no doubt.)But, yes, the US is not in the best position to lecture anyone else on the planet, especially when it comes to human rights. If Jim Crow and the need for a BLM today weren’t reason enough, its routine, continued, active support – if not outright installing – of disreputable regimes for the better part of the past 150 years would show how baffling such public pose is.
At least there was Partisan resistance *glares around at his supposedly Leftist neighbors doing nothing of note*
Well, the reality is that the Resistance represented 1% (until August 1944 when it shot to 99%…), active collaborationists roughly the same number, and the rest of the population were simply human, i.e., they were simply waiting to see who would win.We’ll see what all our neighbors will do from the morning of Nov 4 onwards!
A government scientist and his tough attractive FBI handler save, at the last minute, a group of camp counselors stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant with deadly scientific experiments, poisoners, rare diseases, and environmental hazards, ramoaging through their camp site which was the location of a child’s drowning and a grisly double murder years before.Friday The 11th Hour – watch the trailer here.
I’m curious how Vince Vaughn fit into Blumhouse’s budget
Vaughn does a lot of indie work these days, so I imagine he’s got more than enough money to be at a point to just do what makes him happy and what he finds interesting no matter the payout.
I think it’s because he’s Vince Vaughn, not some expensive A-list actor.
I have a not-so-secret love of body switching as a trope, so yes, I will definitely be checking this out. I also have a very public fear of Covid, so I will be waiting to see when and what streaming options I can see it with.
I share your love but with a dash of overthinking things, like why is The Butcher so good at applying makeup?
Some men wear make-up. Also there’s YouTube. I’m a lady but I didn’t really wear make-up growing up, but experimented with little touches here and there in my 20s and used the internet as a reference.
I dig that but the Butcher doesn’t seem like the type to wear makeup, but then again you never know. And if he’s only in her body for less than 24 hours he’s really good at picking up YT makeup tutorials. Did I mention I tend to overthink things?
I liked Happy Deathday, but I can see this director’s shtick of turning a tired comedy trope into a horror comedy get old quite fast.
Congratulations on your terrible, terrible, terribly stupid take.
You know what got old quite fast? Kathryn Newton in this trailer.
I think you mean it’s a horror twist on Rob Schneider’s “The Hot Chick”
i hate Rob Schneider and his *shudder* films, but I must say, the ‘gay gay gay gay’ part in this movie still makes me laugh, even though it’s so so so very un-PC.
Don’t think I’ll ever rewatch that film, but I do remember it being a lot funnier than a movie like that ever should be
I really liked the Happy Death Day movies, so I’m excited for this, it looks a like a fun romp.
I’m sorry, but it’s against Hollywood law to use the body swap trope for a premise other than two very different people spending time in each other’s shoes to learn how hard their lives are/how they aren’t so different.
Who’s to say that’s not how it’s going to end?
Not sure we’ve identified a violation here. Just because he’s a serial killer doesn’t mean he can’t learn how his life isn’t so different from a blond girl in high school, and vice versa.
More like vice viscera, amirite?
*literally spits out his tea*
I’m down for this.
This serial killer seems rather poorly adjusted in his ordinary life, so I wouldn’t expect him to be able to fit in well as a teen girl.I liked Happy Death Day, but I thought the sequel leaned too far away from horror, and since I’m not a fan of Back to the Future 2 relying on that didn’t help either.
I Believe his proper title is ‘Trumptard right winger Vince Vaughn.’
Wow, actually looks great. Though I really hate the really hot girl is somehow a nerd and bullied trope. That shit doesn’t happen. Unless they made some really big social faux pas but even then it’s unlikely to be the level these movies make it out to be.
I like how they barely even tried to make Kathryn Newton look unattractive. They put her in baggy clothes, mussed up her hair a little, and said “Fuck it, I give up.”
Like, maybe this is gross, but it’d be much more believable/timely/compelling to have her be a ‘fallen’ hot girl who ‘slutted’ it up with ‘too many’ guys and has lost her popular social circle.
Because THAT shit happens.
A teenage kid switches bodies with Satan in666 AGAIN