With fall finally here, there is no better time to make a hot drink, grab a blanket and watch a good horror movie.

There are a variety of new horror films in theaters, but “Happy Death Day” released Oct. 13 and directed by Christopher B. Landon, is not a great one.

The plot focuses on college student Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) who is murdered in a sudden, brutal attack by a masked killer. She discovers she is stuck in a seemingly infinite cycle of being forced to relive the same day. Tree comes up with several strategies in attempt to escape her death. Unfortunately, the murderer finds new ways to kill her as she relives the day time and time again.

Before seeing the film I was excited because of the intriguing trailer that introduced the story without giving too much away. I prepared myself for the sleepless nights that would follow.

The opening scene was captivating with Tree waking up suddenly looking confused and like an absolute mess. This brought up immediate curiosity to find out what happened the night before and how she ended up in a random student’s bed.

Tree gives off the impression that she is an arrogant and ill mannered girl. Rothe gives a solid performance portraying that character without being too over the top.

The same cannot be said for a few of the supporting roles. Caleb Spillyards does a not- so-convincing job as her jealous ex-boyfriend. He was not able to connect his body language with his words. But Israel Broussard does an impeccable job playing an overly nice and respectful boy that feels a deeper connection to Tree.

A big issue was the overly dramatic scenes. The movie had a few good jump scares that really startle, but certain scenes that were meant to be intensely scary had been over exaggerated to the point where it became silly.

A few times throughout the movie they do a close up on Rothe screaming with fear. Landon intends to make these scenes more intense, but the extreme close ups were distracting from the plot itself.

When reading the synopsis one is able to imagine a more interesting story than the actual product. The movie becomes awfully repetitive as Tree struggles to stay alive. The director played the opening scene of the reoccurring day so many times that it became almost intolerable.

There was also a lot of unrealistic scenes, such as the one where Rothe is running away from her killer in a nearly empty hospital with only three staff members.

I would give this movie 3 of 5 Grizzly paws since there were a lot of surprising plot twists, but I still found myself bored.