Universal has been on a huge tear with horror films the last couple of years. You got the Purge films, Get Out, and a few others. Happy Death Day could be one of their newer franchises. As it ventures on with 2U, it's release date was for Valentine's Day. However, it's been pushed back a day.
It all has to do with last year's Parkland Shooting down in Florida. A gunman killed 18 people at a high school. The most prominent thing out of it was moron David Hogg, and now these days of questioning what could have been done by the cops. A father of one of the victims asked for Universal to change the date for 2U's release. The studio looked at the situation, and Parkland in general. Not only did they move the date a day back, but that area is not going to get it in theaters.
I'm not going to go out of my way to berate the father, but this is kind of stupid. I understand losing his daughter. It was a tragedy, but so was the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929. This will be painful to him for the rest of his life, but to be frustrated over a god damn movie's release date? People have forgotten about Parkland and it will be forgotten except for certain anniversaries of the attack. Movies are made for entertainment. It's a way to blow off a couple of hours and forget about your troubles. And the trailer makes it off as a serious version of Groundhog Day, but with little humor in certain scenes.
I do think playing it smart with moving the date is the smart call, however. But people do need to understand holidays and special days will always have tragedies, large or small. A little overreaction if you want my take, but it is something that should not happen every time a massacre occurs.
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