Happy Birthday To Me

[Cushing]

I just watched this early 80's slasher for the first time in years .
It's held up quite well . It was fun to see hollywood legend Glen Ford slumming it and the budget seemed to be pretty high . Plus some of the murder scenes were very inventive . Anyone else like this piece of trashy horror ?

[ParileseMonster]

I love this movie and I am a proud owner of a mint condition VHS!!!:p

[The Claw]

I didnt enjoy this one. except for that part with the skishi bob, I thought it was unenjoyable boring stupid worthless crap.

[Elgyn]

It was alright, but the ending was wayyyy too hard-to-believe.

P.S. - Does the nerdy guy with the mouse die? I can`t remember.

[thedarklamb]

It was only ok.
I felt like I was watching a made-for-tv soap opera. Plus, how many twists can a person handle. Way too many for me. I'm proud to say that I sold my copy for a pretty penny so I could buy The Beyond Collector's Tin :D

[Jason13thh]

Canada delivers some good slashers :

My Bloody Valentine ( my favorite slasher,ever )
Visiting Hours ( more in common with Henry in fact )
Ripper : Letter From Hell ( very underrated this - one , not a masterpiece but I would give 7/10 )
Happy Birthday To Me ( a very good slasher,too )
etc ...

[Romero&Juliet]

TOO many twists? I never thought it possible before I saw Happy Birthday To Me.. the last act spun out of control and I had NO idea what going on.. Otherwise, it was a neat slaher.. LOOOOOVED the death by Barbells... ouch!

[Antonio]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME (1981) Directed by J. Lee Thompson (who helmed the original CAPE FEAR). A gloved slasher stalks the members of an elite clique of students attending an upper-crust New England academy. The murder spree is centered around troubled teen Virginia Wainwright (Melissa Sue Anderson), whose past is linked to the killings. This movie has it all: an excellent supporting cast (which includes Glenn Ford, Tracey Bregman, Lawrence Dane, Sharon Acker, Matt Craven, Lisa Langlois, Lenore Zann, Lesleh Donaldson, Jack Blum and David Eisner); several twists and turns; interesting relationships among the interconnected characters (the killer’s motive was later ripped off in “Scream”); and some of the most inventive (although very gory) murder sequences in recent (or distant) memory, including deaths by shish-kabob, barbell weights, motorcycle wheel, and the usual slashings and stabbings. Anderson, an Emmy-winner for her role in “Little House On The Prairie”, should have enjoyed a bonafide movie career, while Bregman went on to star as sexy siren Lauren Fenmore in the CBS soap opera “The Young and The Restless”. My grade: a solid B.

[The Prowler]

A little slow in parts but for the most part an enjoyable slasher. This puppy is also hard to track down. I had to buy a shitty quality vhs so I could add this to my collection. It does have a good cast with a mixture of older actors, new actors, and some unknown ones. All did a good job. I enjoyed the scenes when all of the top ten were together and hanging out. The flashback sequences were all well put together too. I for one liked the ending but it was a little farfetched. A pretty good entry in the canadian slasher genre but definately not my favorite

6.5/10

[KillerKlown]

I was always fascinated as a kid with the front cover to the video in the rental shop.

Loved this film, especially the twisty ending!


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[Elgyn]

Did the nerdy kid die?

[tarabera]

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is this the same movie bout the girl she likes kills everyone and u see in the end bout her sister?

[thedarklamb]

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Yeah it looks like her twin sister, but it really isn't, she was just wearing a mask that looked like her. In the end the other girl still gets caught looking guilty when the police arrive.

[HorrorIsLife]

It is her sister, it's her half sister...

[Elgyn]

Sweet Moses on the mountaintop, will someone PLEASE tell me whether or not the nerdy guy with glasses and a pet mouse dies or not?
I can`t remember him dying, and it`s driving me nuts trying to remember!
A local video store used to carry it, but they don`t have it anymore.