Making a movie encapsulating a place in time close to people’s hearts is already hard. Now make it Oakland. With staunch locals with a hard nose for posers and outsiders, I was a little worried going into the sold-out Grand Lake Theater, wondering if “Freaky Tales” would end with a Rocky Horror-style reaction. Yet, instead of popcorn throwing and shouts of offense, there were hoots, hollers and clapping to the series of East Bay references and plot points. Cheering from the theatre could be heard all the way from Skyline neighborhood all the way to Jack London Square. The film follows four different stories involving a weird green substance, woven together with touches of all kinds of genres from serious to melodramatic: thriller, comedy, mystery and action. This film works as both a love letter to the 510 as well as a love letter to cinema.  The first chapter is about two teenage punks (Jack Champion and Ji-young Yoo) who go to the popular volunteer-run punk club 924 Gilman that get...