Kelly Marie Tran says her new horror movie Control Freak, on Hulu Thursday, portrays very real emotions. Tran plays Val, a motivational speaker whose itchy head turns monstrous. In a recent Zoom interview with UPI,

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 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.

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.