Is Happy Death Day scary?

Not particularly — Happy Death Day's appeal is atmospheric or thematic rather than overtly scary. As a whodunnit film, it scored 1.0/10 for fear, 5.0/10 for atmosphere, and 7.0/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Happy Death Day?

Happy Death Day has 8 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Happy Death Day?

Happy Death Day is tagged as whodunnit, teen, slasher on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Happy Death Day

2017 · PG-13 · 1h 37m

Get up. Live your day. Get killed. Again.

Caught in a bizarre and terrifying time warp, college student Tree finds herself repeatedly reliving the day of her murder, ultimately realizing that she must identify the killer and the reason for her death before her chances of survival run out.

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

7.0

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

A quieter watch, light on gore.

Jump scares

Happy Death Day has 8 jump scares. Compare counts

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7.0Overall

Fear1.0

Gore1.0

Atmosphere5.0

Genres

mysteryhorrorcomedythriller

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Details

Budget$4.8M

Box office$125.5M

Directed by

Christopher Landon

Written by

Scott Lobdell, Christopher Landon

Cinematography

Toby Oliver

Music

Bear McCreary

Starring

Jessica Rothe as Theresa 'Tree' Gelbman · Israel Broussard as Carter Davis · Charles Aitken as Gregory Butler · Ruby Modine as Lori Spengler · Blaine Kern III as Nick Sims · Rachel Matthews as Danielle Bouseman · Billy Slaughter as Dr. Winter · Caleb Spillyards as Tim Bauer

Production

Blumhouse Productions, Digital Riot Media, Universal Pictures, Vesuvius Productions