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Heart Eyes is a romantic comedy and slasher film directed by Josh Ruben from a screenplay co-written by Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon, and Michael Kennedy. The 2025 film is set in a world where a serial killer named Heart Eyes returns every Valentine’s Day to kill couples, and it follows a young couple in Seattle who Heart Eyes chase on the night of Valentine’s Day. Heart Eyes stars Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado, Michaela Watkins, Devon Sawa, and Jordana Brewster. So, if you loved the brutal kills, thrilling story, and loads of gore in Heart Eyes, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

Happy Death Day (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Universal Pictures

Happy Death Day is a dark comedy slasher film directed by Christopher Landon from a screenplay by Scott Lobdell. The 2017 film follows Tree Glebman,...

There were so many incredible horror movies released in 2024 that it was impossible to see them all, and many may have fallen under viewers’ radars. While releases like Longlegs, The Substance, and The First Omen were hard to miss, plenty of streaming exclusives horrors or smaller-scale releases were highly underrepresented and did not get enough credit for the quality of the work. As a year filled with strange and unusual scary movies, 2024 had plenty to offer beyond the biggest box office successes.

There were several horror movies in 2024 that could become future cult classics as more viewers discover them and catch up on this year’s releases. Those who have been paying close attention will have been following the hype of beloved releases like I Saw the TV Glow, but not everyone has been tuned in to these kinds of word-of-mouth successes. From franchise releases to standalone triumphs, there are...

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Time Cut is a sci-fi slasher horror film directed by Hannah MacPherson who also co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Kennedy. The Netflix film follows a high school senior student and amateur inventor who accidentally finds a time machine and travels back to the year 2003 when an unknown killer killed her sister in hopes of saving her. Time Cut stars Madison Bailey, Antonia Gentry, Michael Shanks, Griffin Gluck, Megan Best, Samuel Braun, Sydney Sabiston, Kataem O’Connor, and Rachael Crawford. So, if you loved the inventive element in the slasher horror genre and the compelling characters in Time Cut here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Totally Killer is a slasher horror comedy film directed by Nahnatchka Khan from a screenplay co-written by David Matalon, Sasha Perl-Raver, and Jen D’Angelo.

Seeing his father's face looking back at him through the narrow confines of the air vent in his bedroom was unnerving in itself, but what made it even more terrifying for young Isaac is the foreboding fact that his dad recently died in a car accident. That's just one of many nightmarish images and question-raising scenarios witnessed by a boy and his struggling stepmother when their isolated postmodern house by the woods is stalked by something wearing an all-too-familiar face in Daddy's Head.

With the new horror film now streaming on Shudder, Daily Dead had the great pleasure of talking with Benjamin Barfoot about writing, directing, editing, and composing the music for Daddy's Head, which explores the effects of family-fueled grief and expertly walks the line between ambiguous horror and straightforward scares, leaving you wondering what exactly is real until the film's pivotal final frame.

You can watch our in-depth interview with Benjamin Barfoot below,...

Filmmaker Benjamin Barfoot brings eerie atmosphere and new nightmare fuel in the form of a terrifying creature in Daddy’s Head, and an exclusive new clip introduces just one of many bone-chilling scares.

Daddy’s Head debuts exclusively on Shudder on October 11.

In the film, “In the wake of his father’s untimely death, a young boy is left in the eerie solitude of a sprawling country estate with his newly widowed stepmother. Struggling to navigate the overwhelming task of parenthood, his stepmother grows distant, leaving their fragile bond at risk of collapse. Amidst the growing tension, the boy begins to hear unsettling sounds echoing through the corridors and is soon haunted by the presence of a grotesque creature bearing a disturbingly familiar resemblance to his late father.

“As the boy’s warnings are dismissed as the imagination of a grieving child, the sinister entity tightens its grip on their crumbling lives.

Grief can be an all-consuming affair. While adults struggle with their difficult emotions, the kids have it harder. They witness someone dear to them leave their world but cannot comprehend how or why it happens. In that delicate age, they often do not realise the irrevocability of death. ‘Daddy’s Head’ explores the same themes through a horror tale. It follows a young boy struggling to cope with his father’s recent death. As it happens, his stepmother faces her own emotional struggles. Written and directed by Benjamin Barfoot, this film is now streaming on Shudder.

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Daddy’s Head (2024) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis:

Benjamin Barfoot’s ‘Daddy’s Head’ on Shudder revolves around a boy and his stepmother facing the threat of a mysterious creature shortly after the death of the boy’s dead father. Rupert Turnbull stars as the young boy while Julia Brown stars as his stepmother. Charles Aitken...

Despite its title’s oddly dirty undertones, “Daddy’s Head” is a cerebral metaphor about working through change and processing grief. At least, that’s what it wants to be in theory.

Like phrenology (the outdated practice of mapping skull bumps to diagnose illnesses elsewhere in the body), Benjamin Barfoot’s second feature suggests an arcane method to the writer/director’s madness. This remixed successor of both the 1998 family drama “Stepmom” and the horror classic “The Babadook” can feel like blindly fingering across someone else’s scalp at times. It starts as a simple story about a young widow (Julia Brown) raising her orphaned stepson (Rupert Turnbull) after a car crash kills her husband (Charles Aitken), but the plot takes on a monster mythology that’s almost too esoteric to grasp.

The script’s symbolism is annoyingly dense to decipher, and the opaque quality Barfoot’s story develops as it...

Director Benjamin Barfoot explores how heartbreak connects with darkness as pre-teen Isaac sees his dead father return

A monster, or the supernatural, as a manifestation of uncontainable emotions is hardly a new idea, especially as so-called elevated horror has leaned into the concept – perhaps because of the classier, grounded psychological element it lends genre fare. New Brit chiller Daddy’s Head adopts this increasingly familiar tactic, and just about succeeds in freshening it up with a superlative creature and great production design.

Preteen Isaac (Rupert Turnbull) has had the misfortune to lose not one, but both parents, when his architect father James (Charles Aitken) is killed in a car accident shortly after his mother’s death. This leaves Isaac marooned with stepmother Laura (Julia Brown) in an isolated showpiece home in the forest where, in their separate corners, both struggle with their grief. She swallows her misgivings, and lots of red wine,...

Benjamin Barfoot's feature debut, Daddy's Head, abides by anonymous tendencies of eerie folkloric horror. There aren't outright explanations — storytelling is handled with the lightest touch. You're plunged into a family's confrontation with a nameless doppeldemon preying on their grief-stricken state. Barfoot doesn't care why said entity is attacking or from whence it came. Daddy's Head focuses on a woodland creature with frightening features that include what's mentioned in the title. Barfoot excels when unleashing his monster's creepiest attacks, but the story tends to trudge forward without feeling complete. Your patience for whimsical, ungraspable horrors will be tested — unless that's entirely your vibe.

In Daddy's Head, Daddy's dead. Young Isaac (Rupert Turnbull) grieves his deceased father, James (Charles Aitken), taken off life support after a car accident. Isaac now lives in forested isolation with stepmother Laura (Julia Brown), who openly admits she's not in a motherhood mentality. The orphaned son...

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If you are a horror fan then there is a big chance that you might have heard about the horror streaming service Shudder, and if you have its subscription you might be wondering what’s in store for you in October 2024. Don’t worry there is a host of new and old horror movies coming to the service in the upcoming month and we have listed the 13 best movies coming to Shudder in October 2024.

Hush (October 1)

Hush is a slasher horror thriller film directed by Mike Flanagan who also co-wrote the film with Kate Siegel. The 2016 film follows the story of a dead writer living in a remote house in the woods but when a masked killer appears in the window she must fight for her survival. Hush stars Kate Siegel in the lead role with John Gallagher Jr.,...

The Stanley is taking the thrills and chills of horror to a whole new and surprisingly immersive level this Halloween season. Famous for being the inspiration behind the majestic yet malevolent Overlook in The Shining (1980) and in the 2019 sequel Doctor Sleep, the mammoth hotel in Estes Park, Colorado is joining forces with Blumhouse and Peacock to create four unique movie-themed experiences for fans to enjoy this October. The announcement, courtesy of The Stanley Hotel, reads as follows:

"Check in if you dare [] This exclusive immersive weekend will give horror fans the chance to step inside the spine-chilling worlds of some of your favorite Blumhouse films. Set against the ominous backdrop of The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Co the very place that inspired Stephen Kings bestselling novel, The Shining Overnightmare will be filled with electrifying scares, interactive activities, shady characters and heart-pounding horror.

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Filmmaker Benjamin Barfoot brings the creep factor in Daddy’s Head, an eerie creature feature centered on grief. Set in the immediacy of a sudden, tragic loss, Barfoot’s sophomore feature initially appears to be yet another monster metaphor that draws clear parallels to The Babadook. Luckily, Daddy’s Head forgoes the obvious metaphor for a gnarlier, oblique story uninterested in handholding. While Barfoot’s refusal to overexplain may prove divisive, the filmmaker’s strong grasp of chilling horror imagery and pervading sense of dread gets under your skin.

Daddy’s Head introduces its leads, a solemn Lewis (Rupert Turnbull) and his stepmother Laura (Julia Brown), as they are summoned to a hospital bed to make their final goodbyes to Lewis’s father James (Charles Aitken), his face hidden beneath mounds of bloodied gauze. The sudden loss is shocking enough, but Lewis has no surviving family beyond his father’s new bride. That...

The official trailer for the upcoming psychological horror film Daddy's Head just dropped, and we're even more pumped up to see this movie after watching it. It's set to have its world premiere at Fantastic Fest on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, followed by a streaming release on Shudder on Friday, Oct. 11.

Daddy's Head was written and helmed by Benjamin Barfoot. He previously directed the horror-comedy Double Date as well as a couple of episodes of the British current affairs documentary programme Panorama. In addition, Matthew James Wilkinson and Patrick Tolan of Stigma Films produced this horror flick.

Rupert Turnbull as Isaac and Julia Brown as Laura in Daddy's Head. Courtesy of Rob Baker Ashton. A Shudder Release.

After his father passes away, a young boy named Isaac is left in the care of his grieving stepmother, Laura, since he has no next of kin. Together, they reside in a large country estate...

"Come... Don't be scared." Shudder has revealed the trailer for a creepy original horror film titled Daddy's Head, arriving for streaming in October on the Shudder service. This one is premiering at Fantastic Fest 2024 which is currently underway now in Austin, TX. A boy and his widowed stepmother find themselves in fear for their lives after they are visited by an unexplainable creature appearing to mimic the boy's recently deceased father. Writer & director Benjamin Barfoot adds: "Daddy's Head is a very important film for me as it intertwines personal feelings about family, grief and trauma with my desire to experiment with the horror genre." The horror film stars Julia Brown, Kaisa Hammarlund, and Charles Aitken. This looks crazy frightening and seriously horrifying, with a creature design that will haunt your nightmares. Tread carefully. // Continue Reading ›...

In the wake of the film’s World Premiere at Fantastic Fest this Sunday, September 22, Benjamin Barfoot’s horror movie Daddy’s Head is coming to Shudder on October 11.

Watch the official trailer for Daddy’s Head below.

“Daddy’s Head is a very important film for me as it intertwines personal feelings about family, grief and trauma with my desire to experiment with the horror genre,” Barfoot previews.

In the film, “In the wake of his father’s untimely death, a young boy is left in the eerie solitude of a sprawling country estate with his newly widowed stepmother. Struggling to navigate the overwhelming task of parenthood, his stepmother grows distant, leaving their fragile bond at risk of collapse. Amidst the growing tension, the boy begins to hear unsettling sounds echoing through the corridors, and is soon haunted by the presence of a grotesque creature bearing a disturbingly familiar resemblance to his late father.

A boy is haunted by a monster with fearful features of his recently deceased father in Benjamin Barfoot's new horror film Daddy's Head, and ahead of the movie's world premiere at Fantastic Fest on September 22nd (before heading to Shudder on October 11th), we have a look at the film's unsettling trailer.

Synopsis: In the wake of his father’s untimely death, a young boy is left in the eerie solitude of a sprawling country estate with his newly widowed stepmother. Struggling to navigate the overwhelming task of parenthood, his stepmother grows distant, leaving their fragile bond at risk of collapse. Amidst the growing tension, the boy begins to hear unsettling sounds echoing through the corridors, and is soon haunted by the presence of a grotesque creature bearing a disturbingly familiar resemblance to his late father. As the boy’s warnings are dismissed as the imagination of a grieving child,...

U.K. filmmaker Benjamin Barfoot is poised to break out at Fantastic Fest — the Austin home to the best in new genre cinema — this year with “Daddy’s Head.” The film, which also heads to Shudder in October in time for Halloween, follows a boy who is visited by an unexplainable creature. And one that seems to mimic a terrifying version of his recently dead father. The cast includes Julia Brown, Rupert Turnbull, Charles Aitken, and Nathaniel Martello-White. Watch the trailer, an IndieWire exclusive, below.

Here’s the official synopsis: “In the wake of his father’s untimely death, a young boy is left in the eerie solitude of a sprawling country estate with his newly widowed stepmother. His stepmother, struggling to navigate the overwhelming task of parenthood, grows distant, leaving their fragile bond at risk of collapse. Amidst the growing tension, the boy begins to hear unsettling sounds echoing through the corridors.

“It’s showtime!” To celebrate the release of Tim Burton’s sequel “Beatle Juice, Beatle Juice,” here are a bunch of fun horror comedies to get you in the Beetlejuice mood.

Grab your Beetlejuice popcorn bucket and settle in for the sequel to one of the greatest horror comedies of all time. From the eccentric mind of director Tim Burton comes “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” hitting theaters on Friday, Sept. 6. And to celebrate the return of Micheal Keaton in arguably his most iconic role ever, we’re here to countdown the top seven horror comedy movies on streaming right now. From truly scary to outright ridiculous, there’s a movie here for every horror-comedy taste.

So, without further ado, it’s showtime!

Top 7 Horror Comedy Movies On Streaming Right Now:

No. 7: Happy Death Day (2017) | Peacock

No. 6: Renfield (2023) | Peacock

No. 5: The Blackening (2023) | Starz

No. 4: Tremors (1990) | Peacock

No. 3: Tucker and Dale vs. Evil...

Filming is now underway on a creature feature titled Daddy’s Head, Deadline has revealed this morning, which comes from writer-director Benjamin Barfoot (Double Date).

“Amp is handling world sales and will be shopping the project at the upcoming European Film Market,” Deadline notes in their report.

In the film, “A boy and his young, recently widowed stepmother find themselves in fear for their lives after they are visited by a strange and unexplainable creature. Something that appears to mimic a horrifying version of the boy’s recently deceased father.”

Julia Brown (World On Fire), Rupert Turnbull (Nativity Rocks), Nathaniel Martello-White (Small Axe: Mangrove) and Charles Aitken star.

“Daddy’s Head is one of the most singularly original genre films I’ve ever read,” said executive producer James Norrie. “Combining rich and textured characters dealing with grief and the heart-breaking longing that a child experiences when losing a parent with...

Exclusive: Production began this week on Daddy’s Head, a psychological horror from writer-director Benjamin Barfoot (Double Date).

Mathew James Wilkinson (Yesterday) produces alongside Patrick Tolan (T.I.M) for Stigma films, with finance provided by Quickfire Films, Arthro Films, Shoutloud Creative, OnSight, and Capture.

Amp is handling world sales and will be shopping the project at the upcoming European Film Market.

Executive producers are Jan Pace and James Atherton for Quickfire, M J McMahon and Matthew Jones for Capture, Simon Marriott for Shoutloud Creative, James Owen for Arthro Films, Tony Maher for OnSight, and James Norrie, Nina Kolokouri, Bob Portal and Inderpal Singh for Amp.

The film’s full synopsis reads: A boy and his young, recently widowed stepmother find themselves in fear for their lives after they are visited by a strange and unexplainable creature. Something that appears to mimic a horrifying version of the boy’s recently deceased father.

Though neither of the Happy Death Day horror movies were particularly big financial draws, they were both critical hits and provided an interesting, meta approach to the slasher genre. Whilst the first movie drew in decent numbers at the box office, the sequel, Happy Death Day 2U faltered but was still met with praise from critics. Though the second movie was quickly put into production following the success fo the first, the same has not happened for Happy Death Day 3, leaving fans to wonder whether we will ever see the continued adventures of Jessica Rothe's character "Tree" and her time-jumping escapades. Well, one person who does think we will see a third movie is Jessica Rothe herself.

"I think it's just a question of seeing if the opportunity for that exists in the world. But the funny thing is I have a feeling whether it's now or in five years or ten or twenty,...

A few years back, Blumhouse and writer-director Christopher Landon proved that a PG-13 slasher movie could work with their teen-friendly masked killer movie Happy Death Day. In fact, that teen-slasher flick was so popular that it spawned a sequel earlier this year with the silly-titled follow-up Happy Death Day 2U. And today we're hearing that Blumhouse has begun developing a third (and final?) entry in the teen slasher series, Happy Death Day 3.

Truth be told, I'm not sure I'm excited for Happy Death Day 3. I mean don't get me wrong, I was all kinds of ready to check out Happy Death Day 2U when it hit earlier this year. But then that sequel was far too silly for my liking. In fact, I think it'd be hard to label the follow-up as a horror-comedy as it seemed like it was a straight-up comedy to this guy. Boring. Anyhow, I'd say...

“Happy Death Day” has officially turned its slasher movie crossed with “Groundhog Day” premise into a franchise with “Happy Death Day 2U,” a sequel that revives the original film’s premise with a new science fiction twist.

Lead actress Jessica Rothe returns along with pretty much all of the original cast. Israel Broussard, Phi Vu, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews and Charles Aitken are all back, along with writer/director Christopher Landon. “Happy Death Day” is now officially a horror franchise.

The question is, then, does “Happy Death Day 2U” follow in the footsteps of so many franchise films, including some horror flicks, in including a bonus scene after or during the credits? Does “Happy Death Day 2U” get into the post-credits scene game to tease a future movie in the series?

Also Read: 'Happy Death Day 2U' Film Review: Frightfully Clever Slasher Sequel is 2 Cool 2 B Forgotten

To answer your question directly: Yes,...

Stars: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews, Charles Aitken, Jason Bayle, Phi Vu, Donna Duplantier, GiGi Erneta | Written and Directed by Christopher Landon

Director Christopher Landon, along with stars Jessica Rothe and Israel Broussard as Tree Gelbman and Carter Davis, respectively return to the Blumhouse produced sequel of 2017′s surprise underground horror hit Happy Death Day with Happy Death Day 2U. An absurdly extravagant and absurdly evolved sequel and a film that manages to dial up an already bizarre concept to eleven and still manages to reap the benefits of a fun, entertaining venture that manages to hold its head above an overly convoluted sea of insanity and narrative confusion but only just.

Leading lady Jessica Rothe has undoubtedly cemented herself as an action horror heroine. Rothe has such splendid emotional range and depth. Crafting significant layers to a character tormented in burning agony by both past and...

Stars: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews, Charles Aitken, Jason Bayle, Phi Vu, Donna Duplantier, GiGi Erneta | Written and Directed by Christopher Landon

Happy Death Day‘s inspired slasher-version-of-Groundhog-Day premise proved a surprise hit for Blumhouse Productions back in October 2017, so it’s no surprise that a sequel has followed less than two years later. With the entire cast and director Christopher Landon back on board, the sequel finds increasingly clever ways to build on the first film without just resorting to more of the same (even if “more of the same” is the entire point of a time loop movie).

Initially, Happy Death Day 2U begins by focusing on a different character, namely science student Ryan (Phi Vu) – the roommate of heroine Tree’s (Jessica Rothe) now-boyfriend Carter (Israel Broussard) – who only had variations on a one-line cameo last time round. Here it’s Ryan who finds...

(from left) Jessica Rothe as Tree Gelbman, Israel Broussard as Carter and Phi Vu as Ryan in “Happy Death Day 2U,” written and directed by Christopher Landon. Photo Credit: Michele K. Short/Universal Pictures. © 2019 Universal Studios

In time for Valentine’s Day comes Happy Death Day 2U, a sequel to the 2017 horror/comedy Happy Death Day. College student Tree (Jessica Rothe) is back for another day of repeated deaths, but this time it is someone else stuck in the loop of a repeated day. Nonetheless, it is still fierce sorority girl Tree, who went through this before, who must solve the mystery and stop the murderous loop.

Audiences don’t really have to have seen the original to follow the story in the sequel, as Happy Death Day 2U provides a quick little recap of the first film, as Tree explains the situation to the new guy caught in the death day time loop.

As a lifelong devotee of the slasher subgenre, Christopher Landon’s Happy Death Day was one of my favorite horror films of 2017, as its infectious charms and clever approach to mixing up the formula we’ve come to expect engrained itself deeply into my genre-loving soul. When a sequel was announced, I was thrilled and excited—naturally—but part of me wondered if the follow-up would succumb to sequelitis and give us fans just more of the same, especially considering how much this concept of looping time was a part of Happy Death Day’s story. But leave it to writer/director Christopher Landon to come up with a brilliant approach to figuring out how you give fans more of what they loved about the original, but still drastically change things up with Happy Death Day 2U, making it one of the most innovative and surprising sequels to come out in years.

Everyone knows that Christopher Landon’s 2017 surprise hit “Happy Death Day” — a funny, fresh “Groundhog Day” for the horror set — chronicled the fallout of a screwy timeline loop that impacted just one person, but what “Happy Death Day 2U” presupposes is, what if that’s not true? At least, that’s how Landon’s sequel starts, approaching the repeating-day trope that drove the first film, imagining that another student of Bayfield University is stuck in a loop that restarts only after they befall a gruesome death. It’s a fine enough idea, but from the start, Landon’s own script is at odds with its aims, understanding too late that it detracts from what’s always been the best part of the newly minted franchise: star Jessica Rothe.

While the film’s opening scenes make it appear as if this iteration will focus on Carter’s (Israel Broussard) spacey roommate...

Babyface is back! Happy Death Day 2U, the Groundhog Day of the Dead Slasher from Blumhouse is back for a sequel and DaniElle DeLaite talked to Jessica Rothe (Tree Gelbman), Israel Broussard (Carter Davies), writer/director Chris Landon and producer Jason Blum about the new film.

The film also stars Phi Vu, Rachel Matthews, Ruby Modine, Suraj Sharma, Charles Aitken and Steve Zissis.

Happy Death Day 2 U is out on the 13th of February, 2019. Here’s the interview.

Plot:

Tree Gelbman discovers that dying over and over was surprisingly easier than the dangers that lie ahead.

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"Failure is not an option." The very first trailer of 2019 is a new trailer for this horror sequel. Universal Pictures has debuted the second official trailer for Happy Death Day 2U, Blumhouse's highly-anticipated sequel to their time-loop horror hit from last year Happy Death Day. Once again directed (and written) by Christopher Landon, the film continues with the hero discovering that dying over and over was surprisingly easier than the dangers that lie ahead. Jessica Rothe also returns as Tree, with a full cast including Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Suraj Sharma, Steve Zissis, Rachel Matthews, Charles Aitken, Sarah Yarkin, and Caleb Spillyards. This actually looks pretty damn good - I think I need to do a double feature and watch both of these in February. And with that - Happy New Year! Let's get excited about 2019 movies. Here's the second official trailer for Christopher Landon's Happy Death Day 2U, direct...

"I thought I ended the loop... But I'm back!" Universal Pictures has debuted the first full-length trailer for Happy Death Day 2U, Blumhouse's highly-anticipated sequel to their time-loop horror hit from last year Happy Death Day. Once again directed (and written) by Christopher Landon, the film continues with the hero discovering that dying over and over was surprisingly easier than the dangers that lie ahead. Jessica Rothe also returns as Tree Gelbman, with a full cast including Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Suraj Sharma, Steve Zissis, Rachel Matthews, Charles Aitken, Sarah Yarkin, and Caleb Spillyards. This looks like a way more aggressive, intense version of the original, because she gets caught in yet another loop. But it's that sci-tech contraption at the end that really got my attention. What is that? Gotta find out. Here's the first trailer (+ poster) for Christopher Landon's Happy Death Day 2U, direct from YouTube: Jessica...

Joseph Baxter Jan 18, 2019

Blumhouse horror sequel Happy Death Day 2U ups the ante and meta-minded horror, setting up a bloody Valentine's Day.

Happy Death Day may not have broken the box office with Avengers: Infinity War level might, but the Groundhog Day-influenced 2017 Blumhouse horror flick managed to achieve something impressive in its own right, manifesting as a big bang for the studio’s buck, with the micro-budgeted ($4.8 million) movie managing to reap $55.6 million at the domestic box office, which adds to a total of $122.6 million worldwide. Consequently, sequel prospects quickly glistened like frosting on a Happy Death Day 2U cupcake.

The sequel, titled Happy Death Day 2U, saw original film helmer Christopher B. Landon back in the director's chair, this time working off his own script. He's joined by a returning producer in studio head Jason Blum. Angela Mancuso and John Baldecchi return as executive producers, joined this time by Samson Mucke.

Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and/or own this week via various Digital HD providers such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical Happy Death Day (horror; Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Charles Aitken, Laura Clifton; rated PG-13) Blade Runner 2049 (sci-fi adventure; Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, Lennie James, Dave Bautista, Jared Leto; rated R) The Lucky Man (action; Jesse James, Mariana Paola Vicente; rated R) Same Kind of Different As Me (drama; Greg Kinnear, Renee Zellweger; rated PG-13) The Snowman (mystery-thriller...

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Chicago – “Happy Death Day” has a “Groundhog Day” gimmick, but that’s about it, offering essentially an ‘80’s style slasher flick with the hope that with a little cosmetic window dressing will help it appeal to an audience in 2017… Live, Die, Repeat. That’s all this film offers with precious few improvements to justify its existence.

Rating: 2.5/5.0

The story, such as it is, involves a self obsessed sorority sister named Tree (Jessica Rothe). She acts the way sorority sisters always do in movies like this, meaning she’s a bitch with a capital B, mean to her roommate, sleeps with her married professor, rude to her own father, and seems to live her life aiming for “Mean Girls” type perfection. She begins the day waking up in the dorm room of a college boy (Israel Broussard) she met after a few too many drinks the night before, and ends her...

Blumhouse’s spunky time-loop thriller Happy Death Day plays like a CW-ized Edge Of Tomorrow rehash with the heart of Scream Queens – except, like, totally without self-awareness. Whether Christopher Landon’s vision takes itself too seriously, not serious enough or just plain skimps on horror, Scott Lobdell’s story is basic with a capital “Blah.” That’s not to say fun isn’t had, it’s just all a collegiate Mean Girls schtick that never matches up to university slaughterers like Sorority Row. For a movie about temporal anomalies and never-ending birthday horrors, there’s something unjustly mundane about a glorified slasher drama without the decency to get wild with kills. Not that its PG-13 rating would dare show such bloodshed anyway…

Jessica Rothe stars as Tree Gelbman, a Kappa sorority girl who wakes up in Carter Davis’ (Israel Broussard) dumpy dorm room after yet another drunken blackout. She scurries...

Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new horror film “Happy Death Day” from horror producer Jason Blum!

“Happy Death Day,” which opens on Oct. 13, 2017 and is rated “R,” stars Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Charles Aitken and Laura Clifton from director Christopher Landon, writer Scott Lobdell and horror producer Jason Blum (the producer of “Get Out,” “The Purge” and “The Visit”). Note: You must be 17+ to win and attend this “R”-rated screening.

To win your free passes to “Happy Death Day” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017 at 7 p.m. in Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions only increases your odds...

Blumhouse (Split, Get Out, Whiplash) produces an “original and inventive rewinding thriller” in Happy Death Day, in which a college student (Jessica Rothe) relives the day of her murder with both its unexceptional details and terrifying end until she discovers her killer’s identity. Er… original and inventive? Maybe not. Has anyone at Blumhouse seen Blood Punch?

Happy Death Day is directed by Christopher Landon (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones) and written by Scott Lobdell and Landon. The film also stars Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Charles Aitken, and Laura Clifton. If you haven’t seen the trailer and poster yet, you can check them out right here.

Happy Death Day is released in cinemas on Friday 13th October (of course!)...

Jessica Rothe is ready to live, die, repeat in Happy Death Day, the latest stab at youth-oriented horror from Blumhouse. Looking like a giddy combination of Groundhog Day, Edge of Tomorrow, the Final Destination series and a few generic slasher movies tossed in for good measure, Happy Death Day follows a young woman named Tree (just go with it), played by Rothe, who keeps re-living the same day over and over again. As if that weren’t annoying enough to begin with, it also happens to be the day in which she’s murdered by a masked killer. The only apparent way to get out of the loop is to stop the murderer once and for all.

Directed by Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones helmer Christopher Landon, Happy Death Day also stars Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews and Charles Aitken. See if you can survive the Happy Death Day trailer,...

Blumhouse (Split, Get Out, Whiplash) produces an “original and inventive rewinding thriller” in Happy Death Day, in which a college student (Jessica Rothe) relives the day of her murder with both its unexceptional details and terrifying end until she discovers her killer’s identity. Er… original and inventive? Maybe not. Has anyone at Blumhouse seen Blood Punch?

Happy Death Day is directed by Christopher Landon (Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones) and written by Scott Lobdell and Landon. The film also stars Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Charles Aitken, and Laura Clifton. Check out the first trailer and poster below:...

"I've already lived through this day! Somebody's going to kill me tonight..." Universal has unveiled the first full-length trailer for a new original horror movie titled Happy Death Day, formerly/also known as Half to Death while it was still in development. Directed by Christopher Landon, the time-loop horror story is about a college student who relives the day of her murder until she finds out who the killer is. The film stars Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews, Charles Aitken, Jason Bayle, and Phi Vu. I'm always interested in time-loop movies (and we already had one this year - Before I Fall) and this looks like a fun horror twist on the concept. I want to see how she solves her own murder. Dive in. Here's the full-length trailer for Christopher Landon's Happy Death Day, direct from YouTube: Blumhouse produces an original and inventive rewinding thriller in Happy Death Day,...

Happy Death Day Trailer Christopher Landon‘s Happy Death Day (2017) movie trailer stars Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews, and Charles Aitken. Happy Death Day‘s plots synopsis: “A college student Tree (Jessica Rothe, La La Land) relives the day of her murder with both its unexceptional details and terrifying end until she [...]

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From the producer of Get Out, The Purge and The Visit, we have the first trailer for Happy Death Day. And it arrives in theaters on one of the most ghoulish days of the year, Friday the 13th this October. You can watch the trailer below, which comes with the first poster and photos courtesy of Universal Pictures.

Blumhouse produces an original and inventive rewinding thriller in Happy 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 intense masterwork of schlock cinema are Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Charles Aitken, Laura Clifton. Jason Blum produces alongside executive producers Angela Mancuso, John Baldecchi,...

With two movies earning way more than $100 million at the U.S. box office — “Split” and “Get Out” — Blumhouse is already having one hell of a 2017. But could it have another horror blockbuster on its hands? They very well could with “Happy Death Day,” a college-set horror film that puts a murderous spin on the “Groundhog Day” plot device.

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Jessica Rothe plays a college student who is murdered on the night of her birthday, but every time she dies she simply wakes up and starts the same day over again. Only when she finds out the identity of the killer will her never-ending cycle of death come to an end. Ruby Modine, Charles Aitken, Israel Broussard and Rachel Matthew co-star.

“Happy Death Day” is directed and co-written by Christopher Landon, who last worked with...

"Am I in a dorm?!" Universal has debuted a very short teaser trailer for a new original horror movie titled Happy Death Day, formerly/also known as Half to Death while it was still in development. Directed by filmmaker Christopher Landon, the time-loop horror story is about a college student who relives the day of her murder until she finds out who the killer is. The film stars Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine, Rachel Matthews, Charles Aitken, Jason Bayle, and Phi Vu. I'm always quite curious about time-loop movies (and we already had one this year - Before I Fall) and this one looks like it might be fun, taking us back to the days of Scream. The full trailer drops on Wednesday, until then - check out this tease. Here's the first teaser trailer for Christopher Landon's Happy Death Day, direct from YouTube: Blumhouse produces an original...

Universal Pictures has debuted the first trailer preview for Happy Death Day, originally entitled Half to Death, which reveals the first of many deaths for a young college student named Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe). Blumhouse produces this original and inventive rewinding thriller where Tree relives the day of her murder with both its unexceptional details and terrifying end until she discovers her killer's identity. This 20-second video will get fans ready for the first full trailer that arrives on Wednesday.

Universal Pictures debuted this trailer preview on its YouTube page, which is where the full trailer will arrive on Wednesday. The trailer preview begins with Tree Gelbman waking up in a dorm room, before returning to her sorority house to get ready for her own birthday party. While the party is in full swing, Tree is seen entering a darkened room, where she is met by a masked intruder, who...

Before “The Knick” scatters its characters to the four winds, Steven Soderbergh offers one last, literal reminder that he thinks outside the box. When coarse ambulance driver Tom Cleary (Chris Sullivan) seeks counsel from a priest, his feet protrude from the confessional, and though his voice remains as sharp as if he were beside us, Soderbergh replaces the traditional depiction of penance—faint light filtering through the partition, illuminating a face wracked by guilt—with a far more ambiguous one.

Via a series of long, still compositions, venturing into the barren aisles and empty pews, the camera edges toward the opposite end of the cavernous nave, returning to the image of the Irishman’s shoes only when he reaches his reason for being there. In his slightly forlorn brogue, Cleary asks for a prayer that the disgraced Sister Harriet (Cara Seymour) accept his hand in marriage: He wants her to be his wife,...

Meet Crane’s kindred spirit — in Benjamin Franklin-hating, if nothing else.

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Per the official character description — which you first read about in a recent Ask Ausiello — Dr. Japeth Leeds is “a twisted, mysteriously brooding genius” whose talents include alchemy. But he becomes so obsessed with besting Franklin that he turns to the Dark Arts.

Crane and Leeds come face to face again in modern-day Sleepy Hollow, after Ichabod learns that the doctor “paid the...

Though the first season of The Knick attracted some very positive reviews, the series drew very low ratings. Cinemax brought it back for a second season anyway. Will the numbers go up this time around? Will it be cancelled or renewed for a third season? Stay tuned.

The second season of The Knick continues to follow the troubled professional and personal life of Dr. John W. Thackery (Clive Owen), a physician who works at the Knickerbocker Hospital in New York in the early 1900s. The rest of the cast includes Andre Holland, Jeremy Bobb, Juliet Rylance, Eve Hewson, Michael Angarano, Chris Sullivan, Cara Seymour, Eric Johnson, David Fierro, Maya Kazan, Leon Addison Brown, Grainger Hines, Zaraah Abrahams, Charles Aitken, Latonya Borsay, Rachel Korine, Tom Lipinski, and Michael Nathanson.

Below are the show's TV ratings, typically the best way to tell if the series will...

The Knick, Season 2, Episode 7, “Williams and Walker”

Written by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler

Directed by Steven Soderbergh

Airs Fridays at 8pm (Et) on Cinemax

After four straight weeks of steady quality, it’s not much of a surprise how The Knick flounders away its seventeenth hour, but that doesn’t make it any less disappointing. When compared to the showstopping turn which occupied this same spot during the last season, the magnificent and racially charged “Get the Rope”, “Williams and Walker” becomes even more of a sore spot. If this were merely a recap, it could be summed up in a matter of two paragraphs or less but as it is not, let us dig into the meddling meat of The Knick‘s latest.

The central problem is first and foremost that not a lot happens here, especially considering the 57 minute run time. The Knick has had far better...

The Knick, Season 2, Episode 6, “There Are Rules”

Written by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler

Directed by Steven Soderbergh

Airs Fridays at 8pm (Et) on Cinemax

After a veritable barrage of bad news over the last few weeks, The Knick seems to be on a more redemptive arc this week, and it’s a nice change of pace. This season has undoubtedly been stronger than the first, but it’s also been a lot rougher. “There Are Rules”gives us a small break from that kind of punishment, as it mixes in a bit more good to go with the bad.

The episode opens with Thackery (Clive Owen) trying to broaden his horizons at a sort of carnival-bazaar, where he bears witness to the thrills and thralls of hypnosis, as well as the rare medical occurrence of Siamese twins. While the hypnosis track leads to another great comedic touch when Cleary...