The sequel dispenses with a lot of horror and relies too much on an encyclopedic knowledge of he first film.

Back in 2017, Blumhouse released a Groundhog’s Day take on the slasher genre. Happy Death Day was unexpectedly funny, smart and boasted some fun PG-13 kill...

★★★☆☆ The day after the events of Happy Death Day – in which Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) must relive her murder over and over until...

The sequel muffles its slasher instincts to become an unexpectedly charming sci-fi dramedy.

“Happy…

Happy Death Day 2U offers an unneeded explanation for its time loop to excuse a flimsy sequel...but it has spectacular dark comedy deaths.

Sequel to the 2017 hit is a slight downgrade from the original

Blumhouse's time-loop slasher sequel returns, with hugely entertaining results. Read the Empire review.

Happy Death Day 2U repeats the same formula over and over again: EW review

The ride gets weirder and the stakes higher in Christopher Landon's sequel 'Happy Death Day 2U.'

The latest film to roll off Blumhouse Productions’ conveyor belt of high-concept horror finds a way to break the endless horror loop

Jessica Rothe is still a final girl worth cheering for, but Christopher Landon's choppy followup doesn't have any idea what it wants to be.

While the first “Happy Death Day” was a delightful surprise – full of heart and ingenuity, if lacking in gore – its sequel feels like nearly as much ...

This time-bending slasher sequel from writer/director Christopher Landon packs a surprising emotional punch.

In this sequel to the 2017 slasher film, a college student tries to understand why she keeps reliving her murder by undertaking a grand self-help course.

Put Happy Death Day 2Utogether with its predecessor, Happy Death Day, and you could easily call the pair Dumb and Dumber. Whatever pleasures this comedy-ting...

The uninventive Happy Death Day 2U can neither sustain nor recreate the charms of the first film by recycling its ideas.

That old movie critics’ maxim — “They rarely get better.” — kind of takes it on the chin with “Happy Death Day 2U,” the winded but game sequel ...

The first installment of director Christopher Landon’s horror riff on Groundhog Day worked its premise to amusing enough effect: grief-damaged young woman ...

The sequel to the ‘Groundhog Day’-style slasher film still works.

One of those efficiently lazy sequels that by turns bores you to death and induces chuckles. Christopher Landon’s original was a sassy and savvy slasher mo...

The loopy and meta 'Happy Death Day 2U' follows in the footsteps of its 2017 predecessor by being a surprisingly subversive work of horror.

It’s a science fiction saga, a horror movie, and a romantic dramedy.

Adding a sci-fi element to this "Groundhog Day"-style horror-comedy gives the freaky franchise a shot in the arm

The sequel to Blumhouse's peppy 2017 hit dials down the horror and amps up the drama—to dull effect.

A baby-masked psycho is still on the loose, but this sequel to the slasher version of 'Groundhog Day' has more convolutions, less thrills.

Stalk-and-kill movies bear some resemblance to classic farces, but none have taken the similarities as far as Happy Death Day and its sequel.

Happy Death Day 2U is a more ambitious, more entertaining - albeit less horror powered - time-warp sequel that proves Jessica Rothe's blinding talent no matt...