Freaky Tales

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An NBA star, a corrupt cop, a female rap duo, teenage punks, neo-Nazis and a debt collector embark on a collision course in 1987 Oakland, Calif.

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Critics Consensus

Bold, funny, and overall entertaining, Freaky Tales is a vibrantly well-acted period piece that makes up in style what it lacks in narrative substance.

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Freaky Tales wears the cult in its sleeve and keeps Oakland at heart, delivering a freak-ing good movie with ‘80s vibes to spare.

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Ben Travis

Empire Magazine

Freaky Tales never amounts to more than the sum of its parts — but those parts, while uneven, are always high-energy and entertaining.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 15, 2025

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

I thoroughly enjoyed this film... It has a sort of Repo Man quality to it where you probably don't want to ask too many questions.

Apr 9, 2025

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Kyle Smith

Wall Street Journal

Mr. Fleck and Ms. Boden fail to keep the narrative energy consistently high. Still, with its love for trashy genre conventions and its referential humor, Freaky Tales contains a bit more mojo than the average indie.

Apr 5, 2025

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Katie Smith-Wong

Movie Marker

Patchy in places but looks poised to become a fan favourite, packed with OTT gore, high energy, fun vibes and cinematic dose of chaos.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 18, 2025

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Its forced joie de vivre doesn’t recycle genre cliches with the wit or style required. There are a lot of big swings that are welcome in theory but just aren’t particularly well executed.

Apr 18, 2025

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Fletcher Powell

KMUW - Wichita Public Radio

Here is a strange case of a movie that I’m going to recommend you see, even though I don’t think it’s particularly successful.

Apr 17, 2025

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Thomas

Funny, gory, fulfilling ending

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/17/25

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Joel G

This is giving the love to the Bay that it deserves. With Too hort behind it, you can't lose. This has captivating story-lines, and violence that will leave you cheering in the theater.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/17/25

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Rajesh T

Fantastic Concept. Please bring back “Sleepy Floyd” - what a character!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/16/25

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Ephraim

Probably will be the best movie I will have seen in 2025! Hoping the producers, writers, director, cast and everyone involved gets award recognition. I would love to see Freaky Tales in theaters again but if there is some special blu ray edition, I will probably be the first online go purchase it! A+++++ film!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/14/25

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Orilton S

One of the best films I’ve seen this year. Just enough violence. Excellent music backing the movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/14/25

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Kia B

Grind house, art house period piece that doesn't disappoint. Move over, Tarantino.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/13/25

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Synopsis

An NBA star, a corrupt cop, a female rap duo, teenage punks, neo-Nazis and a debt collector embark on a collision course in 1987 Oakland, Calif.

Director: Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden
Producer: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Jelani Johnson, Poppy Hanks
Screenwriter: Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: MACRO
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Drug Use|Sexual Content|Slurs|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 4, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 1h 47m

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