The whole "Groundhog Dog" plot of repeating the same day over and over again didn't just float into existence with that early 1990's Bill Murray comedy but boy howdy did that movie ever popularize such a storytelling device. We've seen tons of movies or TV shows utilize this format over the past two decades and it's especially gotten a lot of mileage in recent years with projects like
Edge of Tomorrow (or
Live.Die.Repeat, whatever floats your boat), the upcoming horror film
Happy Death Day and a Ry Russo-Young directed feature from earlier this year entitled
Before I Fall, which transports this format of storytelling to a more somber atmosphere.
