Each chapter of the movie is filmed with its own style that supports the story it's telling, but none of the others have quite the same impact as the semi-true tale of a punk club banding together to fight back against the group of Neo-Nazi’s harassing them.
There’s a grindhouse aesthetic to the production design and cinematography that really sings. NazisĪs a hyper specific subgenre, punks-vs.-Nazis movies almost always work for me, and this part of Freaky Tales was no exception.
It’s a giggling, charming premise that gives way to an intertwining story of otherwise disparate characters crossing paths told in four chapters, which gives me precious little choice in how I build this review, so… Chapter 1: Punks vs. It quickly sets up what you’re in for, a fairy tale about underdogs and fighting back against bigoted assholes. The words appear on screen along with an ’80s, 8-bit landscape, complete with staticky VHS tracking errors.
The film opens with narration from Bay Area rap legend Too $hort describing the existence of a strange green glow over Oakland.
