A motivational speaker, plagued by an uncontrollable itch on her head, becomes infected with a parasitic demon from her homeland. Control Freak is a 2025 American body horror film written and directed by Shal Ngo. It stars Kelly Marie Tran, Callie Johnson, Miles Robbins, Kieu Chinh, Zack Gold, and Scott Takeda. “Control Freak” is a film so raw, messy, and sincere that it seems to have been torn from the bodies of the people who made it. This film crawled under my skin in ways I didn't expect. Control Freak follows Val, a self-help guru grappling with anxiety and grief after her mother's death.