From the producer ofGet Out,The PurgeandThe Visit, we have the first trailer forHappy Death Day. And it arrives in theaters on one of the most ghoulish days of the year,Friday the 13th this October. you’re able to watch the trailer below, which comes with the first poster and photos courtesy ofUniversal Pictures.
Blumhouse produces an original and inventive rewinding thriller inHappy Death Day, in which a college student (Jessica Rothe,La La Land) relives the day of her murder with both its unexceptional details and terrifying end until she discovers her killer’s identity. Happy Death Day is directed by Christopher Landon (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones) and written by Scott Lobdell and Landon.
Joining Jessica Rothe in this terrifyingly intensemasterworkof schlock cinema are Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Charles Aitken, Laura Clifton. Jason Blum produces alongside executive producers Angela Mancuso, John Baldecchi, Couper Samuelson, Jeanette Volturno, Seth William Meier.
This latest horror offering from Blumhouse sets out to introduce a new slasher, a killer in a creepy baby face mask. The trailer already sets up quite a few suspects as we see our heroine make her way around campus, mostly making people mad with her indifferent ways. The twist is that instead of watching numerous co-eds get axed to death, we get to see one girl killed multiple ways, some of which we see here. They include a stabbing, death by bong, and a baseball bat upside the head, all delivered by some dirpy-faced baby lady in a hoodie. It’s fun stuff. It’s also a murder mystery solved by the suspect herself. It’s kind of like that old classic noir thriller D.O.A which later got remade by Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan in the 80s. But with aGroundhog Daytwist.
TheGroundhog Dayidea is becoming a genre in itself, as this also follows the sci-fi thrillerEdge of Tomorrow, which followed a similar storyline, with Tom Cruise reliving the same day of conflict in an alien war until he gets it right. That movie even has a sequel coming in the next couple of years.
Director Christopher Landon is no stranger to horror. He made his directorial debut withParanormal Activity: The Marked Onesin 2014, which he followed up with 2015’sScouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. He has also written the screenplays for movies such asBlood and Chocolate,Disturbia,Burning Palms,Paranormal Activity 2,Paranormal Activity 3andParanormal Activity 4. And it appears he might have amodern day classicof sorts on his hands here withHappy Death Day.
Christopher Landon’s co-writer Scott Lobdell is fresh from the comic book factory, having churned out stories for Marvel Comics. He won two Wizard Awards for his work on theUncanny X-Menseries and created theGeneration Xcomics about a new group ofmutant superheroes, along with a number of self-published comics such asBall & Chain,HellholeandThe Stray. He also created the X-Men character Blink, a.k.a. Claire Ferguson, and received a story credit on the 2005 comedyMan of the Housestarring Tommy Lee Jones, and his other writing credits includeMosaicandJonni Nitro.
Happy Death Dayis coming as one of the few originals (if you can call a horror movie rip-off ofGround Hogday original), in aHalloween seasonthat sees sequels toSaw,Child’s PlayandAnnabelleall invading theaters before October 31. It should fare quite well as it’s the only horror offering opening on the first Friday the 13th in October in a decade. What better time to be scared and live out some death fantasies? Take a look at what’s in store with this thrillingHappy Death Daytrailer.
