Happy Death Day (2017)
Get up. Live your day. Get killed. Again.
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.
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| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 12 October 2017 |
| Genre | Comedy, Horror, Mystery |
| Director | Christopher Landon |
| Starring | Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard and Charles Aitken |
| Runtime | 97 min |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes (average) 6.1/10 · Rotten Tomatoes 71% · Metacritic 58/100 · TMDB users 6.7/10 |
| Budget | $5 million |
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What kind of watch this is
Happy Death Day is a 2017 comedy-horror mystery that traps a college student in a time loop on the day she is murdered. Directed by Christopher Landon, it runs 97 minutes. The film leans into the absurdity of the premise, treating the repeated death as a puzzle to be solved rather than a tragedy to be mourned. It is a sharp, fast-paced ride that asks you to keep track of clues across multiple resets. The humor comes from the characters' reactions to the horror, not from the horror itself. It works because the stakes feel personal even when the plot feels mechanical.
What the critics said
Rotten Tomatoes shows 71% of 157 reviews are positive, averaging 6/10 as of November 2024. Metacritic’s 58/100 Metascore, based on 26 critics as of November 2025, signals mixed reception. The consensus calls it a darkly humorous sci-fi spin on slasher conventions, with added edge from Jessica Rothe’s starmaking performance. Chris Agar of Screen Rant noted the "fun, if silly, blending of genre tropes ... ends up being a double-edged sword." Audiences gave it a B average on CinemaScore. Critics found the merger of horror, rom-com, and campus satire laudable but mixed. It is a film that tries to be two things at once, and succeeds at being the funnier of the two.
How it did with audiences
Happy Death Day cost $5 million and took $125 million worldwide. In film accounting, that is a triumph. In any other business, it is a very good year. TMDB users rate it 6.7 out of 10. It opened to $26 million, topping the box office, and then fell 64% in its second weekend. The drop was steep, but the profit margin was not.
What came next for the cast
Israel Broussard had already worked in The Bling Ring, a film that felt worlds away from the campus slasher he joined next. For Jessica Rothe, the transition meant stepping from La La Land into the lead of a time-loop horror, a jump that defies simple linear logic. Charles Aitken and Ruby Modine followed similar paths, moving from The Knick and Shameless into the sequel. The credits list what came after, not what caused it. Sometimes a career just takes a left turn.
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Sources
- Happy Death Day on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q29514884 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Happy Death Day” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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