Happy Death Day (2017)

Release date: 2018-02-02
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Christopher Landon
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, Digital Riot Media
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: 6.5/10
Length: 1h 36min

Storyline

A teenage girl, trying to enjoy her birthday, soon realizes that this is her final one. That is, if she can figure out who her killer is. She must relive that day, over and over again, dying in a different way each time. Can she solve her own murder?

Plot Keywords

time loop, stabbed to death, birthday, masked killer, public nudity, twist ending, time travel, repeated scene, college, teen horror, visible midriff, short skirt, slasher flick, parking garage, college campus, sorority house, miniskirt, suicide by hanging, cleavage, bracelet

Short Review

On another level, Happy Death Day is a low-key celebration of cinema. Landon and Lobdell revel in how their story could only happen in the movies, piling on preposterous complications with self-aware glee.