Happy Death Day

Revolves around the idea of repeated violent death, but the slasher violence is tamer than in many other horror movies. Still, there's stabbing with knives/broken bottles, mostly offscreen, but some blood seen. Punching, hitting with blunt objects. Character falls from a height, with brief blood spatter. Main character has a dead mother. Car plows over character, with dead body briefly shown. Fighting. Some characters assume that a young man sexually assaulted a drunk young woman, but he didn't.

A college student is said to be having an affair with a married teacher (she calls it off). Kissing. Sex between teen college students is discussed/implied, but nothing is shown. A character prepares to masturbate to porn (two men shown kissing passionately on computer screen). Main character walks naked through quad, but no sensitive body parts shown. Innuendo.

One use of "f--k," plus one use of "p---y" and uses of "s--t," "bitch," "ass," "a--hole," "vagina," "d--khead," "whore," "douche bag," "tool," "hell," "balls."

Many spoken references to underage drinking ("you were so wasted last night"), but nothing shown. Teens hold drink cups at a party but don't actually drink out of them.

Parents need to know that Happy Death Day is a slasher movie with fantasy and comedy overtones. The main character (Jessica Rothe) is stuck in a time loop, à la Groundhog Day, suffering a violent death over and over again until she figures out how to break the cycle. Considering the movie's premise and genre, the violence is actually on the milder side. Stabbings happen offscreen, but blood is shown on knife blades, and there's a brief spatter when a character falls from a high window. Characters are also hit with blunt objects and run over by a car. There's also some racy content. Sex among college students is spoken of, though not shown. But a male college student is shown preparing to masturbate to porn (there's a computer image of two men kissing), and a young woman walks naked through the quad (nothing graphic shown). Characters also kiss, and the main character has a short-lived affair with a teacher. Language includes a use of "f--k," plus "s--t," "p---y," "a--hole," and more. Teens talk about drinking and being drunk, but no one is shown drinking. The movie is gleefully aware of its silliness and could be a strong draw for teens; luckily, there's an underlying message about thinking about others instead of just yourself.

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