Movie Review: Happy Death Day 2U

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...whenever it is you have come across this entry.  Today, 2/16/19, I am going to review the newest (I think) horror flick from Blumhouse, Happy Death Day 2U.  It stars Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard and Phi Vu.  "Tree Gelbman discovers that dying over and over was surprisingly easier than the dangers that lie ahead."  This is the following up to Happy Death Day.  Currently on IMDB it is rated 6.8/10 with 2,552 votes. 

Because this is a new flick I cannot give you my "blow by blow" review as I usually do and I will warn you spoilers are ahead!

Okay you have been warned!  I give the writer and director (they are one in the same) for going in a direction I did not see....multiple dimensions!  I was wondering how they were going to get around the fact that the loop was broken and they found a creative and interesting way to do it.

Also I was nice to see a few of the other characters a little more fleshed out in this flick.  I would have liked to have seen the roommate, Ryan, die a few more times before the dimension flip, but it was nice to learn a little more about him and it introduced two new nerdy folks that were good for a few laughs.

Overall the story was similar to the first flick in that Tree (yes her name is Tree) finds herself stuck in a time loop where she dies over and over again trying to get out.  This time she is actually killing herself, in a few very funny ways, each time to try a new formula to get her back to her own dimension. 

Along the way she mends fences from the first film and learns valuable life lessons blah blah blah.  My one real criticism of film is that they put more heart into it.  I do NOT (personally) want to see that kind of stuff in my horror comedies.  To paraphrase A League of Their Own "There is no crying in horror movies" 

Okay no heartfelt crying

I do not want to spoil much else but lots of deaths, a few explosions and a few laughs!  I agree with the rating currently on IMDB and give it a 7/10.  I am not sure if it is worth full price theater experience but matinee or early bird special price is worth it.  Totally worth seeing ondemand or DVD!