Rent Freaky Tales (2024)
3.1 of 5 from 66 ratings
1h 47min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Set in 1987 Oakland, 'Freaky Tales' is a multi-track mixtape of colourful characters - an NBA star, a corrupt cop, a female rap duo, teen punks, neo-Nazis, and a debt collector - on a collision course in a fever dream of showdowns and battles. Executive produced by hip-hop pioneer Too $hort, and featuring an all-star ensemble including Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn, Jay Ellis, Normani, Dominique Thorne, Jack Champion, Ji-young Yoo, Angus Cloud, and Tom Hanks, this pulpy blend of explosive action, edgy humour, gory kills, and sly twists and turns makes for one wild ride.
- Actors:
- Pedro Pascal, Ben Mendelsohn, Jay Ellis, Too hort, Ji-young Yoo, Jack Champion, Marteen, Zack Roberts, LeQuan Antonio Bennett, Michelle Farrah Huang, Keir Gilchrist, Nate Bonner, Shane Camp, Jack Cissell, Ethan Thurston, Tyler Jarreau Legarda, Dan Marotte, James Coker, Mike Infante, Chachi Delgado
- Directors:
- Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
- Producers:
- Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Poppy Hanks, Jelani Johnson
- Narrated By:
- Too hort
- Writers:
- Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 20/10/2025
- Run Time:
- 107 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description, English Dolby TrueHD 7.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing, Spanish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary with Writers-Directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, and Actors Pedro Pascal, Jay Ellis, Ji-young Yoo, and Dominique Thorne
- These Are the Tales, the Freaky Tales
- Design of a Decade
- Art + Soul: The Tune of the Tales
- Gag Reel
- US Theatrical Trailer
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 20/10/2025
- Run Time:
- 107 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description, English Dolby TrueHD 7.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing, Spanish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary with Writers-Directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, and Actors Pedro Pascal, Jay Ellis, Ji-young Yoo, and Dominique Thorne
- These Are the Tales, the Freaky Tales
- Design of a Decade
- Art + Soul: The Tune of the Tales
- Gag Reel
- US Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (1) of Freaky Tales
All Talk, No Freak - Freaky Tales review by griggs
For a film called Freaky Tales, it’s surprisingly tame. Set in 1987 Oakland — though you wouldn’t always know it — the film talks the talk but rarely walks the decade. The slang feels modern, the look too sleek, and the soundtrack could belong to almost any year. What should’ve been a chaotic love letter to the city ends up oddly timeless, and not in a good way.
There are flashes of energy: a few sharp scenes, some fun performances, and moments of genuine spark. But the screenplay is so loose it keeps slipping through your fingers. Splitting the story into separate anthologies doesn’t clarify things — it just spreads the confusion around.
It’s an ambitious mess, but not without charm. For all its swagger, Freaky Tales never quite earns its title. More curious than freaky, more muddled than mad.
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