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This is Christopher Landon's Happy Death Day, and as you've probably already guessed, it's basically like Groundhog Day if Bill Murray were brutally murdered every single night before he woke up to the tune of Sonny and Cher's «I Got You Babe» the following morning.

There were a lot of great films that just missed the cut (sorry, Happy Death Day, Mayhem & Gerald's Game), or that I still need to see (I see you there in my queue It Comes At Night and Thelma) or have only played the festival circuit and therefore don't qualify (I have nothing but love for you The Endless).

This time, my friend David Park — an actor, comedian and improv guru — joins me at the ArcLight Hollywood for a screening of «Happy Death Day,» a horror comedy in which a vapid college student (Jessica Rothe) keeps living the same day over and over again and keeps getting killed at the end.

Spare a thought, then, for the college student at the heart of upcoming slasher flick Happy Death Day.

They are poised to become true ambassadors for the genre alongside the likes of Blumhouse Films, Jason Blum's booming production company that this year had its hand in Happy Death Day, Get Out, Creep 2, Amityville: The Awakening, The Belko Experiment, and Split.

Happy Death Day demonstrates that not all PG - 13 horror movies have to insult adults» intelligence and that being a box - office hit doesn't require big - name stars — though the lead will surely become one.

Like Happy Death Day, many of the year's highlights, which toyed with or injected life into often - tired subgenres, came in smaller packages, such as the home - invasion thrillers Better Watch Out, The Babysitter (another Netflix original), and Jackals; the clever zombie - in - the - desert flick It Stains the Sands Red (much better than the silly cannibal - in - the - desert - flick The Bad Batch); the flesh - eating family drama Raw; the blood - sucking confused - teen drama The Transfiguration; the sci - fi / fantasy / horror hybrids The Void, The Untamed, and The Lure, which also had elements of the musical; and the ultra-disturbing tale of youth Super Dark Times, about the unraveling of a group of friends after the accidental killing of a classmate, which offers a significantly more satisfying experience than It.

But somehow, HAPPY DEATH DAY settles into its own superficiality and asks you to do the same.

Perhaps that's why Blumhouse's namesake producer has taken ownership of the film on posters and in advertising, heralding the latest release from the person responsible for Happy Death Day and Get Out, but the only favorable byproduct of conjuring this throughline in moviegoers» minds is making the former qualitatively look like the latter in comparison to how awful Truth or Dare actually is.

Don't get me wrong, HAPPY DEATH DAY is a pretty dumb movie.

From the producers of Get Out and Happy Death Day comes a film lacking in...

HAPPY DEATH DAY is a pretty dumb movie.

Fortunately, it didn't burn off as quickly as the studio's Happy Death Day -LRB--64.0 %) from last October.

If Happy Death Day feels like a rerun of a movie you've already seen, that's because you have.

-LSB-...] «I know comedy is difficult, but improving on that gives HAPPY DEATH DAY the kind of quality that makes it easy to recommend to just about anybody.»

HAPPY DEATH DAY.

Both Happy Death Day and Jigsaw turned tidy profits in their opening weekends, with the former already having earned nearly $ 50 million as of this writing based on a reported $ 4.8 million production budget.

Happy Death Day is even less effectual as a slasher movie, though.

Happy Death Day does what it can to make up for its lacking originality with a tight pace and compelling lead performance.

But the fact that Happy Death Day addresses the groundhog in the room is part of its self - aware, played - for - comedy charm.

With another birthday - themed slasher movie, Happy Death Day, hitting theaters on Oct. 13, let's take a look back at the other film to combine blood and guts with candles and frosting.

«Happy Death Day» is just fun enough but never fully takes off; the lead performance is very strong, though.

OK, I've seen two (Happy Death Day, Before I Fall) and am aware of two others (Naked, Premature).

From the producers of Get Out and Happy Death Day comes a film lacking in Get Out's social commentary and Happy Death Day's irreverent, campy carnage: Truth or Dare.

# of Titles with only one vote total that was in the # 10 position: 7 (Wolf Warrior 2, Bad Lucky Goat, The Blackcoat's Daughter, Happy Death Day, Nocturama, Stronger, Trainspotting 2)

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Happy Death Day is directed by up - and - coming American filmmaker Christopher Landon, of the films Burning Palms, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, and Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse previously.

2017's loop of time loop stories repeated again with Happy Death Day, although this time the formula was applied to the horror genre with scary good results.

Blumhouse produces an original and inventive rewinding thriller in Happy Death Day, in which a college student (Jessica Rothe) relives the day of her murder with both its unexceptional details and terrifying end until she discovers her killer's identity.

Universal will release Blumhouse's Happy Death Day in theaters everywhere starting on October 13th this fall.

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Somebody's going to kill me tonight...» Universal has unveiled the first full - length trailer for a new original horror movie titled Happy Death Day, formerly / also known as Half to Death while it was still in development.

It's been a great season for horror, with Blumhouse's «Happy Death Day» becoming the latest horror film to top the domestic box office in its opening weekend.

Working with cinematographer Toby Oliver (Get Out, Happy Death Day) and production designer Melanie Jones (The Purge, Whiplash), Robitel turns Elise's childhood home into an effectively creepy - and creaky - set piece covered in cobwebs and shadows that hide secrets both helpful and horrifying in nature.

Everyone is still peeved at the way Liam ditched high school sweetheart Josie (Jessica Rothe, from Happy Death Day) on their wedding day — without explanation (an ambiguity that turns out to be preferable to the soapy, here's - why - I - drink monologue we get from Liam in the closing moments of the film).

As these things go, «Happy Death Day» is tame, mainly sidestepping slasher jolts to stress its comedic portrayal of college life and the young woman's possible redemption.

Happy Death Day (PG - 13 for violence, terror, profanity, crude sexuality and drug use) Rewind horror flick about a college coed (Jessica Rothe) forced to relive the Friday the 13th on which she was murdered over and over until she figures out her killer's identity.

17 more with feeling: «The Shape of Water,» «Lady Bird,» «Call Me By Your Name,» «Good Time,» «The Post,» «Happy Death Day,» «Get Out,» «The Blackcoat's Daughter,» «American Made,» «Personal Shopper,» «Phantom Thread,» «The Defiant Ones,» «I, Tonya,» «Blade Runner 2049,» «Mudbound,» «Novitiate,» «Battle of the Sexes.»

In Episode 3, we break down It and Happy Death Day in theaters and the return of The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl.

The «temporal loop» concept is always fun — let's not forget the awesome Edge of Tomorrow — but Happy Death Day earns bonus points for a very strong lead performance by Jessica Rothe, a brisk pace, and a likable supporting cast.

Later, he looks at trailers and also checks out the new films Happy Death Day, Cold Moon, Demons, Marshall, The Foreginer and Professor Marston and the Wonder Women.

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Whether as a marketing tool or a way to distinguish its film from others with the same title, the production company that brought us the great Get Out and the very good Happy Death Day just last year, is flaunting ownership of one of their worst movies.

Sadly, «Happy Death Day» proves that the clever notion is ill - suited to horror.

Happy Death Day might be the cheeriest slasher film ever made.

By borrowing that same premise, the makers of «Happy Death Day» hope to cash in on the earlier film's enduring appeal.

The Blumhouse catalogue includes Get Out, Split, Happy Death Day and the Insidious, Sinister and Purge franchises: conspicuously well - made movies that often splice social commentary into their scares.

You'll be able to rent Happy Death Day on January 16th.

Universal Pictures UK will be releasing director Christopher Landon's mystery slasher horror flick Happy Death Day on DVD and Blu - Ray come next month.

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