Kelly Marie Tran and writer-director Shal Ngo spoke with UPI about their horror film "Control Freak," on Hulu Friday, in which Tran plays a motivational speaker plagued by an itchy head.

Actor Kelly Marie Tran had never led a straight-up horror movie, and now she's doing two. The first of which is Shal Ngo's recently released Control Freak, which is streaming on Hulu. Tran plays a motivational speaker and self-help guru whose family history starts to manifest in some disturbing ways.

Control Freak is a welcome change of pace for horror as it examines familiar tropes through a unique lens not often seen in the genre.

Kelly Marie Tran, Miles Robbins, and Shal Ngo talk about Control Freak, which taps deep into generational trauma and the demons that arise. The post Kelly Marie Tran Digs Deep On Relationships in ‘Control Freak’ appeared first on But Why Tho?

Control Freak sees Kelly Marie Tran's Valerie tortured by itch in the back of her head, but the movie never quite tied everything together.

When Control Freak is following Valerie’s quest to puzzle together her past—and hopefully cure her godawful itch before a) her speaking tour, or b) she does permanent damage while trying to relieve her agony—there’s an urgency to the story that makes you eager to see what she finds out.

Kelly Marie Tran stars in a scary, heavily metaphorical movie as an author and influencer bedeviled by various personal demons—as well as an unrelenting itch on the back of her head.