Happy Death Day
Mini Review
[19th of October, 2017]
It was a novel idea when I first heard that this movie is coming out, putting a horror twist on the now famous Groundhog's Day premise which is having a protagonist living through the same day over and over again and he had to figure out the reason why. Now in Happy Death Day, the reason is apparent right away as we see she is killed at the end of the night by a mysterious killer and as she learned this fact the hard away, Tree Gelbman tried to figure it out all by herself and then with the helping hands of Carter, her most recent 'one night stand'. The concept is novel, and the execution certainly didn't fall short!
The newcomer Jessica Rothe shows her capability as an actress as we follow her journey to find the answers and in conjunction seeing her progression from a shallow unlovable b-word to a more well-rounded and sympathetic individual, with the constant reanimations taking its toll on her and affect her physically and psychologically and her performance made us believe that! The constant feeling of dread of the oncoming threat of guaranteed death was feeling fresh every time it happened all because of the director Christopher B. Landon among other positive things. He ultimately created a solid horror flick that despite a couple of drawbacks such as the rather unfulfilling reveal after the entertaining first two acts, it was an effective viewing experience.
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