Sony Pictures EntertainmentUpper East Siders and Wildcats, you're not going to recognize Ed Westwick or Vanessa Hudgens anymore.
The Gossip Girl star and High School Musical actress are tackling very different roles these days. Gone is the snark and singing we've all come to know and love. Now, we're immersed in a world of zombies, vampires and aliens. Westwick and Hudgens are appearing in Freaks of Nature, a new movie out just in time for Halloween.
Not in the mood for a scary film? Freaks of Nature will supply you with what appears to be a ton of laughs, as the movie pokes fun at many '80s films we know so well such as The Terminator. The movie centers on the town of Dillford, Ohio, where the social order consisted of zombies at the bottom, humans in the middle and vampires at the top. But when aliens arrive and disrupt the not-so-typical way of life, an all-out "blood-sucking, brain-eating, vamp-staking mortal combat" fight ensues, according a press release from Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Starring Nicholas Braun as the lead, Freaks of Nature is a horror-comedy that will certainly entertain—just look at these memes, which E! News can exclusively reveal. And if those aren't enough, watch the red-band trailer. You'll find Hudgens has dropped her good-girl persona in exchange for someone who propositions a guy for end-of-the-world sex.
The movie also features Joan Cusack, Denis Leary, Keegan-Michael Key, Bob Odenkirk, Patton Oswalt, Mackenzie Davis and Chris Zylka.
Freaks of Nature lands in theaters October 30.
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