If you haven’t yet seen 2017’s Happy Death Day, stop whatever you are doing and watch it now. Funny horror-lite at its best (you can see my review here: https://tanyakonerman.wordpress.com/2017/10/15/31-days-of-horror-happy-death-day-pg-13-2017-96-min/). Once you’ve done that, be sure to tune in to this second installment, which builds on the original in clever, genre-bending ways while keeping the hilarity and guessing game (who’s the killer?) intact.
The movie opens with a familiar face (Carter’s roommate, Ryan) experiencing a familiar occurrence (reliving his own murder day after day), but not for long. Soon we are back to Tree’s loop, and her finally figuring out what is causing it: Carter! As Tree, Carter, Ryan, and others from HDD hilariously band together to stop the looping once and for all, they must also fight off another Baby-face killer, a crazed college administrator, mixed emotions, and other factors to finally find peace once and for all.
- Top Scare: Baby-face killer
- Heartbeats: 1 1/2 out of 5
- Gore Factor: 2 out of 5
- Suspense Factor: 1 1/2 out of 5
- Recommended for: 13 and up