Just a fun fact about this movie- it was filmed on my college campus but none of the buildings are what they are. She walks into a building that has class rooms but it cuts to her in the dorms. My friends and I watched it while super high and it freaked us out so much we had to stop watching because we’d just keep screaming every time she walked into a building that’s WAY different on the outside than the inside

I love that in these movies, we dont get any of that “you’re crazy” or people trying to deny what happened to tre, like everyone just accepts and tries to help her out, i like that

I just realized: Tree's name>>"decision tree" which can be used to analyze time travel and such things.

I LOOOOVE all the scenes where she's angry or frustrated. "You are GAAAY!" is a masterpiece.

I was smiling during the whole "and then she learns physics during the loops" bit because that's the plot of a really good episode of Stargate, lol

I haven't even seen these films and now they're my favourite

I'm the guy that watched the second movie without watching the first one.

So, during my first viewing of the first film I was scared shitless throughout, not just because of the jumpscares, but because I was afraid they would try to make Carter the killer as some sort of subversion. I mean, you said no one is perfect, but I dare say Carter comes really fucking close. So I was happily surprised when not only was he not the killer, but that the subversion of Carter is, he's exactly what you see, a genuinely good person. He isn't secretly a douche or the killer, the surprise is, he really is what you see. edit for grammar.

I want to see a Happy Death Day where we see Happy Death Day 2 U from the perspective of the Tree who never lost her mom, watching her have to cope with a reality where she did, and see what kind of person the old Tree became in that universe, and realize just how much of what was keeping her together was her mom. Watching her come to terms with a reality, where, according to others, she was being a level of awful that she never thought possible, and confront how she has been taking her mom for granted, all while avoiding a person out to kill her on her and her mom's birthday. I don't know if it's enough for an entire movie, but some bonus content would be nice. Maybe with a blu-ray set.

Already the fact that the sequel starts on someone else entirely is really intriguing and indicates to me that the people behind the show know how to make room for new content

THIS is how you make a female empowerment movie!!!! Great Character, Strong Character arc, really AMAZING main actress ... and over all just an excellent movie!

This movie is so weird for me, because my second older sister shares the same birthday as my dad... September 18th. And seeing that she shared the birthday with her mother is just odd on so many levels. I should check to see if one of them have gone through any loops lately.

So this is a spoiler on top of all the spoilers but I love these films and want more people to talk about them. OMG OMG OMG.... did you miss the Churro??? So Happy deathday 2 U at the beginning, just before the first or second death, they're in the dark lab and Samar drops his Churro and complains that he has to throw it away because it's been on the floor. THEN at the end of the film Samar finds a Churro that someone else has thrown away and is all "someone threw away a perfectly good Churro". Tree isn't back in her own dimension!!!

I hate watching five minutes of a really interesting video and having to stop because I realise I need to see the film first :(

These are two of my favorite movies, I so hope a third one gets made. Jessica Rothe is a god damned gift to this world and we need more of her.

Lady uses Into the Spider-verse to explain setup and pay-off. Uses the clip of Peter picking up a bagel and then Miles throwing it at a random scientist. Three years pass. Across the Spiderverse elevates that scene to a whole new kind of pay-off.

Honestly these are not the kind of films that would normally even register on my radar; however between your excellent analysis and the clips shown they are completely different than I would have initially assumed. Therefore I really look forward to checking out both this weekend, they look like quite smart and darkly snarky fun. Much appreciation for your content and work.

There is one problem with a "Happy Death Day" Universe. The actors are going to get older. Compensate for that, and you've got something.

Jessica Rothe is SO good, she needs to be casted in more stuff

But Simon from Firefly actually HAD a secret - his sister. So it's red herring and a set up at the same time!

I forget how good Rothe is until you played the clips of Tree talking to her parents and even clipped and out of context I got choked up! Really enjoy these videos - you go properly in-depth, your script, editing and delivery (26:42!) is always entertaining without being manic, and even when you're running through a list of tropes some of us have heard before - you spice it up with some fun examples. Looking forward to the next one!

So my mom and I watch the first HDD together and loved it so much. And when we found out there was going to be another we got super excited. Now, we live in a smaller town with no movie theater so we often wait to watch movies on video. She preordered it for us to watch together, but unfortunately she passed away from cancer a month after she was diagnosed. We never got to watch it together and it took me a long time to be able to come back to shows and movies we used to or were supposed to watch together. So, I finally watch HDD2U and enjoyed it so much, but the scene with Tree and her mom is still something that makes me lose my shit every time I watch it. Anyway, 😅… love your video essays and enjoyed this one, as well!

I really love the joy you get watching these movies that permeates this video.

Love this franchise. I've been calling it Gen Z's Evil Dead in that you can feel the culty goodness & a timeless quality to it, and it's just fun. Plus the ineffable quality of the leads (Bruce Campbell & Jessica Rothe) in that "I will watch you do anything and know I will love you in it". Put Jessica Rothe in EVERYTHING! Make a new Happy Death Day every week! I want to watch this Tree grow.

Good job making me care about a movie franchise I never had any intention to watch! :D Really great essay!^^

I was sold after the 1st minute, and had to go watch them first. I usually avoid anything with horror on account of me being a giant coward but these movies were so fun and made my time travel loving heart happy. Tree's the best and I would watch a whole movie series of her waking up in different horror movie scenarios and letting Action Tree sort them out so sign me up for the cinematic universe. And it's my headcannon that Tree used her new knowledge of physics to calculate exactly how to land in front of them kissing and it made it even funnier for me. Great video, looking forward to more! (Now to continue slowly watching Haunting of Hill House so I can watch the last one 😅)

Yes. Just yes. I didn't know there was someone else that loved how weird and fun these movies are. Thank you for making this.

One other thing that Tree gave up in the alternate reality was her friendship with Lori. Lori wasn't trying to kill her, she was actually a friend, and Tree had to go back to the reality where Lori tried to murder her and was dead too.

I was just watching your brilliant and jump-scary Haunting of Hill House video (at 3am, terrified, in the dark, like a fool) and at the end said to myself "god, I wish she had another new video up that wasn't as scary to, like, wind down with." It doesn't look I'm getting that because I'm a huge baby coward and this is another horror movie, but y'know what I still call this a win! Looking forward to continuing hiding under my bed not sleeping and waiting for daybreak with this video!

I remember really liking the first movie and then never having the time to see the second one, but I think I'll make the time to see it now

For movies that are so campy, they're really sweet. Nice analysis!

You may be interested to kn ow that as of a few weeks ago, Happy Death Day To Us, a third film was greenlit and in active development

“Suddenly the Queen is a homicidal fascist.” Goddamnit, now I’m laughing my ass off, and my coworkers are looking at me like I’m nuts. No regrets.

"he's a good, good boy" he is!! it was impossible not to ship them. I'd love a third movie, but a cinematic universe? YES PLEASE.

I really appreciate that all your examples are fun family films that most people would have seen rather than high brow films

I'm gonna play this video the next time my love for this movie is met with ironic smirks . This was super insightful and managed to encapsulate everything that is great and original about the hdd saga. You deserve 500K subs, like yesterday.

Hilarious that your setup/payoff example is the bagel scene from Into the Spiderverse, and that scene ends up being hugely important to the sequel.

I haven't seen these, but I have to admit, when I saw Danielle sit up in bed screaming, I burst into delighted cackles. Because I would probably be willing to pay money to see that!

So I watch a ton of video essays but you're one of the few who've actually convinced me to pick up media outside of my usual genres. This is the second one; the first one's Russian Doll. Thank you for the fantastic content

I really enjoyed the first movie and was HELLA worried the sequel was gonna be awful but not only was it imo even better, it made this duology one of my favorite film series ever. The way the series managed to be fun AND emotional?

It mught be quarantine getting to my head, but this video had a bigger impact on me than the films themselves- the strukture and editing is awesome

I just want a Danielle spin-off. She is one of my favorite side characters of all time.

Seriously, your essays are very impressive. I love the MASH one, but I never expected that I would watch a 40-minute essay on a franchise that I had dismissed. Please keep your material coming.

I've never saw these movies, classified them as some generic time travel slasher, but when you said "time loop, alternate realities, Back to the furture 2, slasher movie turns into a heist movie", I knew I had to actually experience them myself.

"Action Tree" has an incredible ring to it

Watching this essay literally summed up my thought process and emotional journey throughout this film. Also, I cried like a baby during the same parts as you haha

i'm not sure if you'll see this, but i think it's worth saying. i've seen this video countless times, but it keeps making me cry, in a good way :') it's the way you present things and pull everything together... i've just watched three of your videos back to back, two of them being re-watches, and i've cried several times for all three. i think you really have a gift, honestly. i have a really hard time accessing my emotions, but something about being here with you for these experiences lets me feel them, and it's something i really appreciate 💖 i learn a lot from you, too. overall i'm just really glad that you're here making videos

I haven't even watched the video yet but just by reading the comments, I'm filled with joy that more people will watch these movies. I've always loved how campy they are and had thought they were extremely underrated and misunderstood.

I saw the video like, a few hours after posted, having not seen the movies (i don't really watch horror), and yet here i am now, four days later, having seen both films twice. I would have never known that this franchise had some many elements i love in media had it not been for you. So thanks! I always find myself coming back to your videos because in one way or another they stick with me.

The rule of three shows up all the time in traditionally oral stories, both as an overarching structure and in the minutiae by doing a little twist on the same phrase three times. We see this as early as the Epic of Gilgamesh.

I watched these movies so I could watch this video and while I was watching them I was getting excited about all of the same things you were and I feel so validated by this shared enthusiasm, especially for the “shitty ball suckery” moment because

I saw the first one and had fun, then completely ignored the second one. I'm so glad that your opening to this video was so strong, because I stopped it to go watch the movie and had a blast. I'm new to your content, but so far your videos are top tier.

I had no intention of watching this. In a media landscape where everything gets rebooted I'm glad to see such an interesting genre mashup

I'm convinced you could talk me into watching anything at this point ETA: A Knights Tale!!! Whoo!

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Blimey this is an INCREDIBLE video. I'm utterly blown away with your writing and pacing. I genuinely looked up how to watch this film 3 minutes into your essay because you'd pitched it so well. Thank you so much for this. Can't wait for the next one.

Now I have to watch the movies again, and yes, WE NEED ANOTHER 8 OF THEM! Great video.

I loved the first movie and have seen it more than once. The second one had a lot of plot issues, things that went nowhere, but was still super charming. The leading lady really carries the film. She is so damn funny. But emotionally connective. Love Jessica Roth's portrayal.

So I've only watched 4 of your video essays so far and each one has managed to make me cry a whole bunch what the hell!

This is my third time watching through this- I've watched both the films and enjoyed them, but I feel like I get more out of listening to someone else highlight all of their favourite parts.

Wow. This movie was barely a blip on my radar when it came out, but now I feel like I absolutely need to see it. And that's not just down to the source material but to the fact that this essay is so compelling.

I want to say a huge thank you! I can only imagine the gigantic effort that your essayes must take and i really admire your work. Keep on making them please!

I watched both of these movies 4 months ago and I really love it. I enjoy how the staff made these 2 movies more than just your stereotypical college horror movie. I really would love to see a third installment but sadly the second movie didn’t do so good at the box office

Watched the first upload of this video all the way through, but I'll watch it again - the obvious joy is infectious, and now I'm going to have to track down a copy of these!

5:59 - 10:40 This is probably one of the most helpful things I've ever heard. I've heard of all the tools mentioned but this was the best way I've heard them explained. Thank you for that!

Love the prescience of using Into the Spider-Verse's "BAGEL" moment as an example of setup and payoff, especially now that Across the Spider-Verse is out...

Not only do I love that you've covered Happy Death Day, but I absolutely love that while doing so, you take shots at Star Wars and GoT.

I watched these two films after you mentioned them in a previous video and absolutely fell in love as well. Consider me signed up for the HDDCU petition.

I just ran across this channel. I love how all the thumbnails have a unique consistent style so you can tell who the videos by but sort of blend together and at a quick glance it is hard to tell what it will be about.

One thing I wish was that we had part 2 from ryan.'s perspective watch him grow, because the first few mins we had with his character was really interesting

I love that these movies know exactly what they are and don't try to be anything else... I mean, the sequel said "Sure, let's get Lizzo to do a cover of Staying Alive. We're that kind of movie, we can get away with it" and I love it for embracing that

Thank you for bringing these amazing movies to light for others. These along with freaky and the babysitter movies have become absolute favorites

"Move towards the light...sorry that was insensitive" took me out 😂. I forgot how funny these movies were

I am with you, a string of Happy Death Day movies is what we need! I really love these movies and they show how versatile the horror genre can be. Great video, now I´m itching to rewatch these movies!

The first film was okay and quite funny, I loved it tbf, so I went to see the second movie expecting more or less the same thing. And I got the same thing until the scene with her mother, and her words to her mom reminded me that I had recently lost my dear grandmother quite suddenly who I loved very much, of the words I said to her, of the words I could have said, of the experiences we had together and could have had... At that point I was already in tears. We do under-appreciate the close people around us until they suddenly disappear and our lives are left half-vacant. They will be missed.

A knight's tale? Interesting choice.

Did i watch the 5 first minutes of that video, paused for 2 days to watch the 2 movies and came back? Absolutely

I once saw a video abt the movie plot ages ago and had to stop at the mother bday plot reveal as my father passed years ago and he shared his birthday with my brother and her monologue abt it just made me cry for him. We never stopped celebrating my brothers birthday with cheerfulness but there is always gonna be a somber reminder if who used to share the day with us.

I haven't seen 2U yet but I love the first one and really wanna watch this!!! Aaarrgghhh!!!

I want to rewatch these movies now so thank you!! Also fun fact, I went to go see Happy Death Day 2 You in theatres, but I hadn't seen the first one, so I watched it the day before. That day, was Monday the 18th. Then, when I went to go see the second one, the next day, and the movie started on Tuesday the 19th, I flippin died.

i actually started watching this video essay not long after it first came out and upon realising i hadnt watched the second movie, stopped it, then forgot about it but here i am now to say that YES! These movies are really good and i also want a cinematic universe ala fast and furious! Theres something really cathartic about watching someone like Tree who is a fun but shitty person become better and grow over time. So it would be fun to see others go through it as well as to see what kind of subversions they;ll decide to do and what callbacks to the previous movies they'll include.

Seeing the part with the bagel payoff from that Into the Spider-Verse bit made me choke. Apollo’s gift of prophecy.

Thank you so much for making this video! Was always curious about them and now I'm bawling in front of my computer because of these good eggs and your writing.

You made me watch MASH and now I'm going to have to go watch these movies too. I watch so many youtubers tell me about movies I've never seen, but you're the only one who has successfully gotten me to watch things outside of my wheelhouse. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing this discussion on the Happy Death Day films. I paused partway through the your discussion in order to watch these two movies and loved them, then watched the rest of your discussion. I probably wouldn’t have ever tried them without your recommendation. They’re definitely films that I’m going enjoy to rewatching.

This was delightful and convinced me to watch these movies.

my friend brought me to watch this in the cinemas and without ever watching the first movie before and before the movie started, i thought it was some cheesy, low budget horror, boy was i wrong, now years later it's still one of the best movie sequels i've seen

I wanna see Tree's actress in everything, I love her

this is my comfort video essay

I completely feel you needing that Happy Death Day Cinematic Universe. These films are pure comedic genuis, with real heart. Jessica Rothe is OUTSTANDING. She really gives it her all and her chemistry with Carter is lovely. I'm going to be so sad if we don't at least get a 3rd one. I loved your analysis, you really highlighted just how clever these films are. Subbed!

I KNEW this movie was awesome when I saw the trailer a while back. I love the energy you bring to the video essay genre - it's so sincere and loving whatever you're talking about. I'll add these movies to my "Need physical copy" list.

Fantastic video, I love these films and really hope they make the third one. Also I've started watching M.A.S.H so thank you for the recommendation.

These are so great. I'm glad you're shining a light on these great, underrated movies. This is the second one of yours I've seen, but they're a delight to me.

I finally watched these films last year and am sad to report it doesn't look like a third film is coming.

“I love this movie. It’s insane.” Ain’t that the BEST WAY to describe this film goddamn I love it so much BECAUSE it’s batsh*t crazy

You’re one of my favorite media essayists online. Keep up the awesome work!

I NEED TO SEE THESE TWO MOVIES!!! Thanks for the recommendation! This is DVD worthy! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼❤️

I’m so glad someone as passionate about these films like me made a video essay on these films; these are so criminally underrated and I really appreciate how they balance the slasher elements with comedy and genuine emotion, this type of creativity is so rare in Hollywood now and my only regret with this film is that I didnt get to see this sooner. Thank you for putting a spotlight on one of my favorite slasher films of all time, top 5 for me easy ❤️

I watched your 1st posting. Loved your video. It inspired me to immediately go watch it on Netflix and it was every bit as good as you say. I'll have to hunt down the sequel tomorrow. Thanks for the recommendation!

I cannot even express how great your video essays are. Like yes, this is the kind of content that should have millions of subscribers.