Unhappy with sequel

THE low-budget 2017 film Happy Death Day had a straightforward elevator pitch, too: a slasher version of Groundhog Day. It was shamelessly but engagingly derivative, daft but enjoyably twisted, and a sizeable global hit, but it definitely didn’t need a sequel.

Regrettably, and unsurprisingly, we have one which revisits the same campus university, where someone in the same spooky mask as last time is again trapped in a time loop, repeatedly murdering goofy physics student Ryan (Phi Vu)

Happy Death Day 2U (15A) Verdict: Poor stab at a sequel

before Tree (Jessica Rothe), the victim in the first film, becomes the target once more. Without having seen the original, all this would be quite impossible to follow.

Instead, the plot is actually so convolute, it’s merely fiendishly difficult so you stop trying and instead prepare yourself for the next jump-scare, not really caring what is happening.