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Kathryn Newton stars in the body-swap-comedy-slasher mashup "Freaky." (COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL PICTURES)

“Freaky,” a body-swap comedy-meets-slasher film, is co-writer and director Christopher Landon’s second foray into a gimmicky horror-comedy, following the time-loop slashers “Happy Death Day” and “Happy Death Day 2 U.” As with those tremendously entertaining films, Landon finds a way of making “Freaky” more than just a cheap gimmick.

Fittingly released theatrically (to what theaters remain open) on Friday the 13th, “Freaky” stars Kathryn Newton as Millie, a shy, awkward teenage girl grieving the loss of her father, and Vince Vaughn as the Blissfield Butcher, a masked killer in the mold of Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers. A magical dagger causes them to switch bodies on Friday the 13th (naturally), and Millie has 24 hours to reverse the swap or it becomes permanent.

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Kathryn Newton in "Freaky." (COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL PICTURES)

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From left: Celeste O'Connor, Vince Vaughn and Misha Osherovich in co-writer and director Christopher Landon "Freaky." (BRIAN DOUGLAS/UNIVERSAL)

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