Freaky is a 2020 Blumhouse horror-comedy in which a high school senior swaps bodies with a notorious serial killer after an attack with a mystical ancient dagger, giving her less than 24 hours to reverse the change before it becomes permanent. The story mixes slasher kills, body-swap gags, and teen friendship as the girl in the killer’s body teams up with her friends to fix things. The gender swap fuels much of the physical comedy, and the supporting friend group features some natural diversity, but the film shows no prominent activist messaging, identity politics, or social-justice framing in its narrative or marketing.
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Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Freaky.
Woke representation / casting
Supporting cast includes a black actress and a non-binary actor as the lead character’s high school friends in a modern setting; body-swap gender comedy exists but no visible quotas, signaling, or story mismatches.
45%
Woke political dialogue
Script contains no activist, political, or social-justice lines; humor stays within classic slasher and body-swap territory.
0%
Identity-driven story themes
Body-swap premise includes gender-role comedy and, per the co-writer, a subtle queer undercurrent in friendships, yet the core story stays on survival and reversal rather than identity politics.
27%
Western institutional / cultural critique
High school bullying and family loss appear in standard teen-movie form with no activist framing of patriarchy, masculinity, or Western institutions.
0%
Woke character or canon changes
Not present in this title.
0%
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
No reports of anti-woke complaints, race/gender-swap criticism, or accusations of pushing DEI or identity politics in reviews or online discussion.
0%
Creator track record context
Christopher Landon sticks to pure genre entertainment; Michael Kennedy openly emphasizes queer representation in his projects; Jason Blum leans commercial with mild liberal notes elsewhere.
25%
Production
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