18 June 2018
Zombies, freaks and rebels face off in Freakish S1
Update: Freakish is no longer on Showmax. Find your next binge in the full series catalogue here.
It’s just a regular Saturday afternoon for the kids in detention at Kent High – until a nearby power plant explodes and turns fellow high schoolers and townsfolk into zombie-style freaks. The teens who aren’t infected have to try to keep the monsters at bay … but how long can they last? Find out by streaming all 10 episodes of Freakish Season 1 on Showmax.
You may recognise some of the stars in this series from their high profile social media presence and subsequent celeb status, or from their roles as child actors.
Do any of these faces look familiar?
Their claims to fame
Aislinn Paul
- Actress
- Played Clare Edwards in Degrassi: The Next Generation.
Adam Hicks
- Actor and musician
- Played Luther in Disney XD’s Zeke and Luther, among other kid series and teen movie roles
Hayes Grier
- Internet personality, became famous on Vine, the video sharing site that is now defunct
- Was the youngest celeb to ever take part in Dancing with the Stars in 2015
Leo Howard
- Actor and martial artist
- Played roles in GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra and Conan the Barbarian
Liza Koshy
- YouTube star
- Comedian and actress who played a role in Tyler Perry’s comedy film Boo! A Madea Halloween
Meghan Rienks
- Internet personality with over 2 million followers on her YouTube channel
- Actress in a series of YouTube sketches for Awesomeness TV
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