Word Party: Happy Birthday to You!

Happy Death Day is a 2017 American black comedy slasher film directed by Christopher Landon and written by Scott Lobdell. It stars Jessica Rothe and Israel Broussard. The film follows college student Tree Gelbman, who is murdered on the night of her birthday but begins reliving the day repeatedly, at which point she sets out to find the killer and stop her death. Jason Blum serves as a producer through his Blumhouse Productions company. Happy Death Day was released by Universal Pictures on October 13, 2017, and received generally mixed reviews. It grossed $125.5 million worldwide on a $4.8 million budget. A sequel, Happy Death Day 2U, was released on February 13, 2019.