Happy Death Day
2017 · TMDB 6.7
Directed by Christopher Landon
Caught in a bizarre and terrifying time warp, college student Tree finds herself repeatedly reliving the day of her murder, ultimately realizing that she must identify the killer and the reason for her death before her chances of survival run out.
Why it matters
A slasher with a time-loop twist, where a college student is murdered and wakes up to relive the same day. The deaths are inventive and varied, as the protagonist tries to identify her killer while dying in increasingly absurd ways.
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Released
- 2017-10-12
- Studio
- Vesuvius Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 6.7
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Death as Choreography: Eight Films of Inventive Demise
Position 3 of 8
A slasher with a time-loop twist, where a college student is murdered and wakes up to relive the same day. The deaths are inventive and varied, as the protagonist tries to identify her killer while dying in increasingly absurd ways.
The Bogeyman Never Dies
Position 8 of 8
A college student is murdered on her birthday and wakes up to relive the same day, forced to find her killer before she dies again. Christopher Landon's film is a slasher with a Groundhog Day twist, blending comedy and horror with a surprisingly warm heart.
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