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Control Freak
Directed by
Shal Ngo
R
2025
1h 44m
Horror
4.5
63%
61%
5.6
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A motivational speaker is tormented by an unrelenting itch on the back of her head.
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Cast of Control Freak
Kelly Marie Tran
Valerie 'Vy' Nguyen
Miles Robbins
Robbie
Kieu Chinh
Aunt Thuy
Toan Le
Sang Nguyen
Callie Johnson
Crystal
Sabrina Davi
Chi Nguyen
Stanley White Jr.
Sanshi (performer)
Phu Quoc
Sanshi (voice)
Scott Takeda
Dr. Chen
Samantha Coppola
Ashley
Chelsea Parsons
Rachel
Zack Gold
Mason
Justin Piaoan
Young Sang
Milton Saul
Security Guard
Yera Constable
Janine
Nova Murillo
Young Valerie
Magnus Ngo
Valerie’s Baby
Mikah Fikes
Film Crew
Christina Pope
Makeup Artist to Motivational Speaker
Apollo Bacala
Abbot Monk
Control Freak Ratings & Reviews
Mac the Movie Guy
John Stark
At one point, the lead character suffers a serious injury we're told will have a long road to recovery. Instead of showing us that road at all, it leapfrogs it, making you wonder why bother even mentioning it to begin with?
MovieJawn
Samantha McLaren
Control Freak plays worryingly close to the edge without tumbling over it, resulting in a frequently tense, engaging watch.
The Playlist
Brian Farvour
Folk horror elements attempt to weasel their way into the narrative. Still, all of this takes a backseat to predictability, half-hearted jump scares, and a flow that...often allows the audience to predict the following line.
Assignment X
Abbie Bernstein
Thematically and viscerally, Control Freak succeeds.
Inverse
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
Ngo definitely has the juice as a director of hide-your-eyes horror setpieces. But while Control Freak benefits from plenty of worthwhile ingredients, it still isn't fully cooked, making it a mid-range effort in the realm of straight-to-streaming horror.
Common Sense Media
JK Sooja
There are fun ideas and thrilling sequences in this body horror movie.
Decider
John Serba
Control Freak is impressive from a technical standpoint.
Fangoria
BJ Colangelo
Control Freak bites off more than it can chew at times, but it's still a feast of ideas worth consuming.
RogerEbert.com
Matt Zoller Seitz
Tran is brilliant here, giving a performance that's perfectly modulated no matter how upsetting or bizarre things get.
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
Control Freak is yet another of those horror tales in which the monster is either a metaphor or real, depending on what the movie needs it to be...
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
"Control Freak" is at its best when Val digs into her past and confronts the demons inside of her and the ones she sees in front of her. D
Movies and Munchies (YouTube)
Chris Joyce
Slow pacing and vague development hamper the first half of the storytelling, but once the second half kicks in, the tension picks up to dive headfirst into some suffering.
io9.com
Cheryl Eddy
Valerie makes some extreme choices, but in Tran's hands, she remains sympathetic, even if you don't at all agree with what she's done.
Blu-ray.com
Brian Orndorf
"Control Freak" really gets to weird places through Tran's commanding performance.
Wall Street Journal
John Anderson
The compositions and palette are occasionally stunning (the cinematographer is Scott Siracusano), and while the story lacks a certain momentum, the intention, quite successful, is to keep a viewer curious.
CBR
Hannah Rose
For all its grand ideas and sincerity, Control Freak is weighed down by superfluous drama, poor pacing, and skewed priorities.
FandomWire
Cole Groth
You won't want to sit through 80 minutes of overplayed tropes for a conclusion that has only a little bit of intrigue.
But Why Tho?
Sarah Musnicky
Despite its emphasis on control, Control Freak loses it by juggling different variables. Not all of them make it, with some story moments crashing onto the floor...[.] With that, the potential for something great is there.
Digital Mafia Talkies
Pramit Chatterjee
Control Freak is an out-and-out Kelly Marie Tran extravaganza, and I am here for it.
Next Best Picture
Cody Dericks
"Control Freak" doesn't break the mold of metaphor-based trauma-as-horror films, but Tran invests enough of her energy, talents, and impressive emotional ability into it to somewhat overcome some of the been-there-done-that nature of the screenplay.
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