Based on a video game, this movie is done in by mediocre monsters and muddled time loops. By Erik Piepenburg When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn ...

(WNDU) -Director Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) drops the comedy he brilliantly blends with the horror genre and goes full on with the goosebump rising suspenseful time that’s ...

In other words, it's the "Groundhog Day" formula (or "Palm Springs," or "Happy Death Day," or "Edge of Tomorrow," choose your fighter) set to horror mode. And instead of the same situation ...

The story: Clover (Ella Rubin) and her friends (Michael Cimino, Ji-young Yoo, Belmont Cameli and Odessa A’zion) arrive at a remote mountain valley town to search for her sister (Maia Mitchell ...

But “Until Dawn” is also influenced by postmodern, self-referential films like “The Cabin in the Woods” and “Happy Death Day” that play with form and expectations. It melds horror ...

Each time (like in the time-loop slasher Happy Death Day), their bodies are bruised and battered from the night before. The only way out is through, meaning they either survive until dawn to break ...

But unlike other time loop movies like “Happy Death Day” and “The Final Girls,” they don’t relieve the same night twice. Every night it’s a new scary movie gimmick, like evil witches ...