‘Freaky Tales’ Now In Theaters, Additional Music by Tangelene Bolton
Freaky Tales, the Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck-directed action comedy feature, is now in theaters. The film was scored by Raphael Saadiq, and our very own Tangelene Bolton (she/her) has provided additional music. The film originally premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and was acquired for distribution by Lionsgate, who released the films in theaters on April 4, 2025. The Film stars well-known actors like Pedro Pascal, Jay Ellis, Normani, Dominique Thorne, Ben Mendelsohn, and even Tom Hanks.
Tangelene shared, “This one means a lot. I had the chance to write additional music for this wild, vibrant, and totally unforgettable film, working for the legendary Raphael Saadiq. Huge thank you to Raphael Saadiq and Hotae Alexander Jang for bringing me into such a creative, inspiring space. It was an absolute blast!”
The film depicts four interconnected stories taking place at real locations and during real historical events in 1987 Oakland, California:
"Strength in Numbers: The Gilman Strikes Back"
Young punk rock fans, including Tina (Ji-young Yoo) and Lucid (Jack Champion), exit a movie at the Grand Lake Theater when they hear Nazi punks in a pickup truck yelling slurs at the crowd outside the theater. They then attend a show at 924 Gilman Street when it is also attacked by Nazis who assault the punk fans and destroy the music equipment, ending the show. The next day, the punk rock community vote to organize a defense agaist future attacks by the Nazis. As they are falling in love, Lucid buys Tina a spiked bracelet for Nazi-stabbing. When the Nazis return to Gilman, the punks are well-armed. The punks of Gilman defeat the Nazis in a cartoonish fight scene. Tina's spiked bracelet emits a magical green light as she fights. The Nazis retreat in their dented pickup trucks.
"Don't Fight the Feeling"
The action returns to the same moment as the first chapter. Two women, Barbie and Entice, are exiting the theater and are also verbally assaulted by the Nazis, who then drive away. This causes a conversation with another moviegoer who is familiar with Barbie and Entice's budding rap career in which they are known as Danger Zone. He invites them to perform with Too Short. Later, at their job scooping ice cream, Barbie and Entice are sexually harassed by a policeman. Feeling unconfident, they appear as Danger Zone on stage and are surprised and demoralized by the misogyny of Too Short's raps. Finding their strength as a magical green light illuminates the microphone, Barbie and Entice respond expertly, stealing the show from Too Short.
"Born to Mack"
Clint (Pedro Pascal) attempts to end his life of crime. Someone from his criminal past, seeking revenge on him, accidentally kills Clint's pregnant wife. With a renewed determination to end his involvement in the underworld, Clint finds the criminal organization he works for is unwilling to let him go, insisting that he pull a job connected to an upcoming basketball game. Believing that his entire family is dead and that he has nothing more to lose, he defies the criminal gang that are trying to use him. Clint is picked up by the police; while at the police station, he learns that his baby survived the attack on his wife. The police ask Clint to identify the man who shot his wife, which he empathetically refuses to do.
"The Legend of Sleepy Floyd"
While Sleepy Floyd is playing a record-setting game with the Golden State Warriors, his house is robbed and his family attacked by the Nazi gang. Floyd is given a tip about the identity of the Nazis by the punks, who have overheard a conversation between Clint and another criminal. Floyd takes revenge on them with his supernatural martial arts skills. The gang ringleader, the policeman who earlier sexually harassed Barbie and Entice, is exploded by Floyd's mind powers as Floyd meditates. Clint, who has evidently been captured by the Nazis while retrieving his newborn baby, frees himself from captivity amid the carnage. At the end, Floyd is see in an advertisement for a meditation class. He issues a stern warning to Nazis, and is joined by the punks, the members of Danger Zone, and other characters from throughout the movie. (Source: Wikipedia)
