Bloody Birthday

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Bloody Birthday

R

1981

1h 25m

Horror

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As their 10th birthday approaches, three children, born prematurely during a complete solar eclipse, turn murderous.

Paul Lê

Bloody Disgusting

Bloody Birthday is an open invitation to revel in three of the most mean-spirited children in horror.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 8, 2024

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Alan Jones

Starburst

Inoffensive, rather inconsistent but watchable all the the same.

Jul 29, 2022

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Brent McKnight

The Last Thing I See

"Bloody Birthday" isn't a normal 'creepy kids' horror movie, where the murderous children are pasty and blank-faced. No, this trio of pint-sized psychopaths plots out their crimes, takes the time to set the stage, and cover their tracks.

Rated: B

Jul 11, 2020

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Donnie Lopez

Black Girl Nerds

It's dazzling the way the film cleverly portrays childlike innocence to draw viewers into a false state of security, while then, when they least expect it, revealing the characters' lack of conscience.

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 2, 2019

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John Beifuss

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Doesn't concoct an elaborate back story or history of family dysfunction to justify or motivate the kiddie killing spree that is its reason for being. The three bad seeds here were simply born under a bad sign, as Albert King might have said.

Rated: 2.5/4

Nov 17, 2011

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

A time-waster tasteless horror flick, with no redeeming social values.

Rated: C-

Jul 25, 2011

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Robson C

Três crianças nascem no mesmo dia em que ocorre um eclipse solar. 10 anos depois, eles iniciam uma série de assassinatos na sua cidade, onde ninguém suspeita deles. Um ponto que não gostei é uma fala de uma das personagens que gosta de astrologia. Que olhando o mapa astral dos pequenos assassinos, não aparece o Sol, a Lua e Saturno e que, este planeta comanda os sentimentos. Aí o público, que vê o que as crianças estão fazendo, deduz que quem nasce no dia de um eclipse solar, será um psicopata. Achei um pouco temerária esta afirmação, sem base científica nenhuma. Como, provavelmente, este filme não deve ter feito muito sucesso, ele acabou se tornando cult para os fãs do gênero e o peso dessa afirmação perdeu o impacto. Agora retirando essa afirmação infeliz, nós temos um slasher movie bem divertido. Os atores mirins convencem na sua vilania e psicopatia, principalmente a Elizabeth Hoy e o Bily Jane. Muitas pessoas podem achar exageradas as mortes, principalmente a do xerife, que lembra e muito as armadilhas do Coiote para pegar o Papa-Léguas. Esses pequenos assassinos ficam no meio do caminho entre a psicopatia e algo meio atrapalhado, por serem muito ansiosos. Exemplo disso é a sequência final. Dê um desconto para os exageros e apenas se divirta.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/19/25

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Garry A

Yes, it's cheesy and not really scary. The kids are convincing as monstrous killers. I didn't take it seriously and enjoyed it. The nudity is gratuitous. Four different actors have either their breast or ass exposed.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/05/25

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Edward P

It was mediocre. Just a cheesy slasher with kids as the killers.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/12/23

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sean s

Campy and poorly acted horror movie from 1981. I am sure that this movie was a bomb when it came out, or I would have seen it. Basically, three psycho kids go on a murdering rampage. It is kind of funny in a way, because the kids look so innocent and incapable of murder. Plus, they are very inventive and mechanically inclined for middle grade school children. Julie Brown before her MTV days does strut around nude in this one, but I don't know if that makes up for having to sit through this.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

One of the worst horror movie ever made and the deaths are very comedic and stilling 1978 Halloween scene on bloody birthday and spoiler alert there's no sequel.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/22/22

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scott g

Awful film in every way. It has bad characters, deaths and the film's poster is misleading. While it is cool looking, but it is for a cannibal film and there is no cannibalism in the entire movie. The piece of crap leaves itself open for a sequel. It's only been forty years so when are they planning on making it?

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

As their 10th birthday approaches, three children, born prematurely during a complete solar eclipse, turn murderous.

Director: Ed Hunt
Producer: Gerald T. Olson
Screenwriter: Ed Hunt, Barry Pearson
Production Co: Judica Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 28, 1981, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 25, 2017
Runtime: 1h 25m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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