Happy Death Day
Universal Pictures | Release Date: October 13, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
12
Negative:
1
Watch Now
Stream On
Buy on
Stream On
Stream On
Stream On
Stream On
Stream On
Expand

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
The TelegraphTim RobeyOct 20, 2017
Director Christopher Landon, a veteran of the Paranormal Activity series, keeps the energy levels so peppy and the twists coming so unflaggingly, you barely have time to lodge any complaints. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Oct 11, 2017
It’s a reasonably clever spin, but not much more than that; once the novelty of the genre swap wears off, you’re just watching another inferior variation. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreOct 14, 2017
All that matters is A) Is it scary? and B) Is it funny? Those answers are “A little” and “More or less.” Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliOct 14, 2017
By turns frustrating and tedious, this can sink even the most intriguing story. Read full review
50
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoOct 12, 2017
Happy Death Day is a generic PG-13 horror purgatory that's lived on repeat until even weaker motivations take us farther out of any semblance of storytelling thrills. Read full review
50
Washington PostPat PaduaOct 12, 2017
This is one movie that no one needs to relive. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoOct 12, 2017
Worst of all, it wastes the meta-idea that a lot of horror films are basically like “Groundhog Day” to an extent, as we watch relatively indistinguishable counselors at Camp Crystal Lake, for example, get killed again and again. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsAriel ScottiOct 11, 2017
It’s a thriller’s job to make you jump out of your skin and Happy Death Day gets it done — on occasion. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJustin LoweOct 11, 2017
Although concentrating on delivering easily digestible situations and scene progressions, Landon does demonstrate some enticing visual flair that gets rather diminished by the repetitiveness of the plot. Read full review
50
IndieWireKate ErblandOct 11, 2017
When Landon moves away from the darker parts of the film, opting to play up the campier elements of a mostly silly story, Happy Death Day is the kind of dizzy fun as slasher horror can possibly be. Too bad then that all that goodwill has to reset every night, pushing everything back to square one just as it was getting good, murderously so. Read full review
42
ConsequenceRandall ColburnOct 11, 2017
Happy Death Day is a lot of fun when it allows itself to have fun. Read full review
40
The GuardianBenjamin LeeOct 11, 2017
It’s Groundhog Day meets Scream, although lacking the first film’s novelty and the latter’s postmodern smarts. Read full review
More From This Movie

58 Critic Reviews

6.8 User Reviews

Details & Credits|Trailers

Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 77 Project Hail Mary
2 75 Send Help
3 73 Hoppers
4 72 The Sheep Detectives
5 68 Crime 101
SEE ALL
Essential Links
New on Amazon Prime Video
New on Netflix
Coming Soon to DVD/Blu-ray
SEE ALL