HAPPY FACE is impressed by the true-life story of Melissa G. Moore; the critically acclaimed Joyful Face podcast from iHeartPodcasts and Moore; and the autobiography Shattered Silence, written by Moore with M. Bridget Cook dinner. At 15, Moore found that her beloved father was the prolific serial killer often called Joyful Face. As an grownup, she has modified her identify and guarded her secret whereas her father has been serving life in jail.
Leaping off from Moore’s true-life story, the Paramount+ Unique Collection follows Melissa (Ashford) and her incarcerated father, often called the Joyful Face Killer (Quaid). After many years of no contact, he lastly finds a approach to drive himself again into his daughter’s life. In a race in opposition to the clock, Melissa should discover out if an harmless man goes to be put to dying for a criminal offense her father dedicated. All through, she discovers the influence her father had on his victims’ households and should face a reckoning of her personal identification.