10s Movie Review - Happy Death Day

Director: Christopher Landon
Genre: Horror/ Thriller
Runtime: 96 minutes
Year: 2017
Starring: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Charles Aitken, Laura Clifton, Jason Bayle, Rob Mello, Rachel Matthews, Ramsey Anderson, Brady Lewis, Phi Vu, Tenea Intriago, Blaine Kern III, Cariella Smith, Jimmy Gonzales, Billy Slaughter, Donna Duplantier

Description: A college student (Jessica Rothe) must relive the day of her murder over and over again, in a loop that will end only when she discovers her killer's identity.

Review: Using the concept of 1993s “Groundhog Day” and combine it with the slasher genre. A film where college student Tree relives the same day, over and over again. But she also dies each day.
Tree is a somewhat superficial, bitchy girl that one day wakes up in some guys dorm room one morning on her birthday. At the end of the day she is murdered by a masked killer. The next day, she wakes up, in the same place at the same time, on her birthday. She relives the same say and at the end of the day, someone kills her again. The reason is unknown, but she now has time to find out who her killer is. But like a cat with nine lives, she will eventually run out of lives.
“Happy Death Day” turns a standard slasher film, into a somewhat original and fresh horror film, by adding the original twist of the repeating day to the plot. It was a surprisingly fun film. Definitely not brutal, scary or bloody enough for the real horror fans, but for the viewers that aren’t massive horror fans it’s perfect.
The repetitive style of the film, gives the makers some room to be creative in all the ways Tree can die. Which becomes somewhat of a running gag throughout the film. And the film is not super serious. It adds some humor to the mix as well, which makes it even more fun to watch somehow.
The motive of the killer is a bit stupid, but the characters in the movie also believe that. So in a way, the movie mocks itself. Which adds a star to my rating.
“Happy Death Day” was better and more fun then I initially thought.

Rating: 3,5/ 5