Happy Death Day (2017)
Happy Death Day is a horror comedy where college student Theresa "Tree" Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) is trapped in a time loop on the day of her murder, like a gorier version of Groundhog Day. Like Bill Murray's Phil Connors, Theresa begins to change and grow as a person after countless deaths.
Happy Death Day
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- Director
- Christopher Landon
- Release Date
- October 12, 2017
- Studio(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Cast
- Jessica Rothe , Donna DuPlantier , Rachel Matthews , Phi Vu , Ruby Modine , Jason Bayle , Israel Broussard , Charles Aitken
- Writers
- Christopher Landon , Scott Lobdell
- Runtime
- 96 minutes
- Budget
- $4.8 million
Summary
Happy Death Day is a horror comedy where college student Theresa "Tree" Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) is trapped in a time loop on the day of her murder, like a gorier version of Groundhog Day. Like Bill Murray's Phil Connors, Theresa begins to change and grow as a person after countless deaths.
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