David F. Sandberg adapts the smash hit 2015 video game of same name (remade in 2024), with screenplay and screen story by Gary Dauberman and Blair Butler.
Ella Rubin - Clover
Michael Cimino - Max
Odessa A'zion - Nina
Belmont Cameli - Megan
Ji-young Yoo - Abe
Maia Mitchell - Melanie
Peter Stormare - Dr. Alan Hill
Summary
One year after her sister Melanie went missing, Clover and friends head to mining town Glore Valley searching for answers.
When bad weather forces group into an abandoned visitor centre, a notice board filled with posters of missing persons (including Mel) raises eyebrows.
Downstairs, they find another area, where all are murdered by a masked killer.
Shortly after, an hourglass resets the evening, but the dead remember dying.
With only 13 deaths remaining before disappearing completely, the group must survive the night or become part of it.
Trauma becomes terror
Although 'Happy Death Day' at a house in the middle of a rainstorm has more in common with my ass than source material, b-movie is surprisingly decent, until the final 20 minutes folds like a serviette.
Each night plays out differently and people exploding after drinking lethal tap water made me chuckle.
The wendigos are part of Hill's experiments and supernatural creatures are manifestations of Clover's mental state and fears.
Before end credits roll, a surveillance camera inside Hill's office cuts to a snowy cabin (the same as game), where a car pulls up.
Film isn't a prequel (confirmed by a still photograph of Rami Malek's character Josh Washington appearing in Hill's office), so sequel bait ending makes no sense.
Also, the good doctor can be heard whistling, meaning he actually survived.
WHATEVER.
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