IMDb plot summary: A college student 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.
Directed by Christopher Landon. Starring Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, and Ruby Modine.
Happy Death Day is a horror film in which a college student finds herself reliving the same day over and over again: the day in which she is murdered. She realizes the only way to stop the time loop is to solve her own murder so she can survive the day. This one took me a little while to get into. The first 20 minutes or so, I was put off by the unpleasantness of the character and the amateurish acting. But then the time loop plot really started coming together, and I found myself totally drawn into watching her solve the murder. Like any good time loop movie, it did a great job of portraying the range of emotions our lead feels as she goes through the trauma of dying every day, and she generally makes smart (or at least relatable) decisions about how to use her fresh lives. I am pleased that I was able to figure out the answer to the mystery as early as I did -- it was very satisfying when it all came together. It's not a perfect movie by any means, but it was a pretty good ride when it got going.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Happy Death Day > VeggieTales: Madame Blueberry
Happy Death Day > The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Happy Death Day < The People Under the Stairs
Happy Death Day < Theater Camp
Happy Death Day > Wizards
Happy Death Day > Au Revoir les Enfants
Happy Death Day > Rise of the Guardians
Happy Death Day > The Muppet Movie
Happy Death Day > The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
Happy Death Day < Raya and the Last Dragon
Happy Death Day > Big Trouble in Little China
Final spot: #754 out of 3997, or 81%. That feels too high, but TCDNL.
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