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Sundance Kicks Off With Big Applause for Bloody Nazi-Killing Revenge Movie ‘Freaky Tales’ and a Heartfelt Tribute to Angus Cloud
Playing during the opening day of Sundance, "Freaky Tales" drew applause for Pedro Pascal, kung fu fights and a tribute to star Angus Cloud.
With plenty of powder to lend an idyllic backdrop to selfies and social media updates, the festival crowd was buzzing in line for the day’s largest film opening: “ Freaky Tales,” taking the coveted early evening spot at the Eccles Center. The film marks a Sundance homecoming for director Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, whose breakout hit was the 2006 Sundance favorite “Half Nelson”; the pair most recently helmed the decidedly not indie 2019 superhero flick “Captain Marvel.” “Freaky Tales” is a return to their scrappy roots: An anthology horror film paying tribute to ’80s Oakland, it stars Pedro Pascal, Jay Ellis, Normani, Dominique Thorne, Ben Mendelsohn, Ji-Young Yoo and the late Angus Cloud — not to mention a secret A-list cameo that brought the house down. “Freaky Tales” is also a love letter to the Bay Area — specifically the region’s music, with a soundtrack stuffed with local favorites like E-40, Metallica and Too Short, who also appears in the film as a narrator.
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