Tag: Happy Death Day

  • The Totally Killer Trailer Puts Sabrina’s Kiernan Shipka In A Time Traveling Slasher Movie

    The Totally Killer Trailer Puts Sabrina’s Kiernan Shipka In A Time Traveling Slasher Movie

    It’s tough to imagine a more challenging job these days than to come up with an original, high-concept movie involving time travel. For one thing, the industry is pretty much drowning in scripts relying on this tried-and-true gimmick, making it that much more difficult to separate oneself from the rest of the pack. For another,…

  • Here’s Why Scream Should Change Directors for Every Sequel

    Here’s Why Scream Should Change Directors for Every Sequel

    Last week, word came down that the Scream franchise will undergo a major shakeup behind the camera. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, the filmmaking team behind Scream (2022) and Scream VI are out. Writer/director Christopher Landon, the man who made Freaky and — more importantly — the excellent Happy Death Day, is in and will…

  • Gravitas Ventures Picks Up Comedy Film ‘Halfway to Amarillo’ (Exclusive)

    Gravitas Ventures Picks Up Comedy Film ‘Halfway to Amarillo’ (Exclusive)

    Gravitas Ventures has picked up “Halfway to Amarillo,” a neo-western kind of comedy which is set for distribution this November. Written and directed by Burt Binder, “Amarillo” follows an author who, in a bout of writer’s block, finds that his fictional characters have leapt straight off the pages of his novel and are running amok…

  • Star Trek: Tng’s Time Loop Episode Is Groundhog Day in Space

    Star Trek: Tng’s Time Loop Episode Is Groundhog Day in Space

    Star Trek: The Next Generation innovated several science fiction storylines, and their time loop episode is no exception. In “Cause and Effect”, Episode 18 of the show’s fifth season, the Enterprise crew finds themselves in a common sci-fi situation: the time loop. While the concept of repeating the same day was popularized for American audiences…

  • The Happy Death Day Movies Are Getting A Loaded 4K Blu-Ray Set

    The Happy Death Day Movies Are Getting A Loaded 4K Blu-Ray Set

    2017’s “Happy Death Day” and its 2019 sequel “Happy Death Day 2U” are some of my favorite horror films. I’m an absolute scaredy cat, so having a smart film series with a great heroine that didn’t give me nightmares and kept me wildly entertained was pretty great. Now Shout Factory has a new 4K Blu-ray set…

  • Blumhouse is Producing Eight Original Horror Movies Exclusively for Epix

    Blumhouse is Producing Eight Original Horror Movies Exclusively for Epix

    Blumhouse is about to bring a lot more horror to cable. The production company behind movies like Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Purge, Get Out, Happy Death Day and The Invisible Man announced a new partnership that will have them developing and producing eight original horror/genre-thriller movies exclusively for the cable network Epix. Blumhouse and Epix…

  • ‘The Map of Tiny Perfect Things’ Review: Yet Another Earnest ‘Groundhog Day’ Rip-Off

    ‘The Map of Tiny Perfect Things’ Review: Yet Another Earnest ‘Groundhog Day’ Rip-Off

    Another year, another “Groundhog Day” rip-off. Nearly three decades after Bill Murray got stuck in a time loop until he became a better man, the concept has spawned so many iterations that it basically exists as its own genre, mixed and mashed with other tropes to reanimate a familiar routine. Often, the deja vu of…

  • ‘Freaky’ Makes Its Horror-Comedy Work By Creating Engaging Characters [Nycc]

    ‘Freaky’ Makes Its Horror-Comedy Work By Creating Engaging Characters [Nycc]

    Freaky, the new horror-comedy from Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon, takes a body premise and throws in a slasher movie angle. I can’t speak for the quality of the film just yet – I still haven’t seen it – but as a far of the Happy Death Day films, I’m incredibly excited to check…

  • ‘Volition’: Film Review

    ‘Volition’: Film Review

    Snarled loops of time travel have proved a surprisingly versatile and rewarding fantasy-cinema trope in recent years, from the big-budget likes of “Edge of Tomorrow” to such enterprising indies as “Predestination,” not to mention comedies (“Palm Springs”), horror (“Happy Death Day”), romance (“Before I Fall”) and more. “Volition” makes a worthy addition to that roster:…

  • Nent Group Boards MGM’s ‘Valley Girl’ Reboot (Exclusive)

    Nent Group Boards MGM’s ‘Valley Girl’ Reboot (Exclusive)

    As it continues to focus on premium scripted content, Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group) has boarded MGM’s romantic comedy “Valley Girl,” a reboot of the 1983 classic starring Nicolas Cage and Deborah Foreman.“Valley Girl” marks Nent Group’s first foray into the U.S. feature landscape and will be labeled a Viaplay Original film. As such, the…