FREAKY TALES (2025)

Righteous Punks! Stark-raving mad Skinheads! Empowered Rap Battles! Sensitive Hitmen! Video Stores! Basketball Ninjas! Forget Stranger Things, this one has it all.

The most incredible thing about this movie is that it works. As a B-grade motion picture, I mean. The definition of which being something I could've seen on an actual cinema screen back in the late '80s and thoroughly enjoyed for the fun romp that it is. The most amazing part is that Freaky Tales literally caught me off guard as I'd never even heard of it, and the Lord knows I've been meaning to keep in touch with that sort of clever, nostalgic movie fanfare. Freaky Tales is deeper than all recent films in that retro vein, and better written too. Even when it tries to be too clever, it is still highly watchable and always fun. Some gags are very cleverly brought together, and the movie's chapter structure is top notch. So, who made this? If I'm not mistaken, some random people-writers-directors from some recent random Marvel movies are responsible, which explains the sort of high profile sheen and incredible appearances by A-name list actors. Really really good stuff, which I'll revisit eventually!