College student Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) must relive the day of her murder over and over again, in a loop that will end only when she discovers her killer's identity.
This is one of those movies I was on the fence about. I heard good things about it, but I still wasn't sure if we needed another Groundhog Day inspired movie. It turns out we did.
While the film follows the basic formula established by GHD it adds enough twists to separate itself. There is also enough humor to lighten the mood and make you really like the characters.
Jessica Rothe does a great job of going from the bitchy sorority sister to final girl. To make a great slasher movie you need two things, a great final girl, which they have in Rothe. The other thing you need is a great killer.
While the killer never gets a name he manages to be very creepy and still have the morbid sense of humor we want from a slasher.
Produced by Blumhouse for under $5million it managed to make over $100. While a sequel seems unlikely I'm always glad to see horror films do well.
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