Universal Studios and Blumhouse have released the firstHappy Death Day 2trailer, offering up our official look at the upcoming horror sequel. The follow-up to the inventive 2017 film is officially calledHappy Death Day 2Uand finds directorChristopher Landonreturning to helm withJessica Rotheback in the lead role as a college student who gets murdered, only to find herself trapped in aGroundhog Day-like scenario where she keeps reliving the last day of her life over and over again until she finds the killer.
If you haven’t seen the first movie, this trailer spoils that ending—that she finds the killer and finally breaks out of herGroundhog Dayscenario. But in the sequel, she gets stuckbackin the time loop, only this time it appears she’s not the only one.
The first movie was a really delightful and fun twist on a horror premise, and tonally it traversed a wide range that really allowed Rothe to showcase her talents. So with all the key people back, I’m excited to dig into this sequel.
Watch theHappy Death Day 2trailer below. The film also starsIsraelBroussard,Suraj Sharma, andSarah Yarkinand opens in theaters on July 29, 2025.
Rothe previously told Collider, before filming onHappy Death Day 2began, that the follow-upwould be in the vein ofBack to the Future:
“Chris has done this incredible thing where the sequel, the way he described it to me, elevates the movie from being a horror movie – and I wouldn’t even say it’s just a horror movie because it’s a horror, comedy, rom-com drama – into aBack to the Futuretype of genre film where the sequel joins us right from where we left off, it explains a lot of things in the first one that didn’t get explained, and it elevates everything. I was really pleased to know that we weren’t just gonna be pushing all the buttons that people loved the first time, over and over again, ‘cause I think that gets old.”
Cannot wait.
