10 Horror Movies That Just Aren’t Scary
9. Happy Death Day
The prospect of relieving a Groundhog Day-esque scenario
that constantly ends up in the lead character’s bloody, brutal death should be
enough to make a film tense and intriguing. Particularly in how each of these
deaths varies from the others, and each new death brings new clues as to who’s
behind these murders.
Unfortunately for Happy Death Day, this possibilities-laden premise ends up steering clear of making things too sinister.
Despite being pegged as a horror film, and despite being full of some impressively gory kills, 2017’s Happy Death Day is a horror movie that just again leans too much on comedy – sacrificing any genuine scares, as a result.
As for the sequel, Happy Death Day 2U, that takes the exact same premise and gives the exact same un-scary result.
Neither of these movies are set out as spoof offerings that fully embrace the comedy element of comedy-horror, and so these comedy-horrors end up neither laugh-out-loud funny nor terrifying. Which, given the potential of such a narrative, seems like such a waste.