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Happy Birthday to Me

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Preppie Virginia (Melissa Sue Anderson) could be the one skewering classmates who skipped her birthday party years before.
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Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness 07/10/2006
C+
A camp-tastic footnote to the late-'70s, early-'80s slasher flick craze. Go to Full Review
Paul Lê Bloody Disgusting 07/21/2023
4/5
Happy Birthday to Me eschewed convention long before metatextual stories and increasingly intrepid sequels became the norm for the subgenre. Go to Full Review
Kathy Fennessy Video Librarian Magazine 01/19/2023
3/5
[J. Lee] Thompson pinned the crime on a different culprit, making for a ridiculously entertaining, if not entirely credible ending, though credibility doesn't appear to have been the goal in a slasher with more comic moments than most. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 10/30/2022
2.5/4
Although it was released when slasher films were already becoming a dime a dozen, this does enough different to marginally stand out from the pack. Go to Full Review
Alan Jones Starburst 07/27/2022
There is only one line on the poster of Happy Birthday To Me that you should take very seriously — Pray you're not invited. Go to Full Review
John Noonan FILMINK (Australia) 02/10/2016
A cult favourite to many due its black sense of humour and nonsensical ending, Happy Birthday to Me will be a bewilderment to others for exactly the same reasons. Go to Full Review
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Farah R @Farah Nov 27 A slow, boring campy slasher with a confusing twist, Happy Birthday to Me might be appreciated for its cheesy 80s filming and special effects, but its weak script and overly far-fetched ending are hard to overlook. See more Aug 8 It is a classic college horror film. I found it fun with a little twist at the end. It's a little Michael Myers and some Italian horror film mashup. It's way better than 29% which seems to be It's current rating. See more Carlos I Jun 14 Having grown up initially dismissing Happy Birthday to Me as simply cheesy, each subsequent viewing reveals a deeper appreciation for its charms. It stands out as a genuinely fun slasher film, elevated by a truly wild and memorable twist that still holds up today. See more Rhiannon T Mar 29 I was bored half an hour in and skipped to the end to find out who the killer was. Huge fan of the slasher genre. This just wasn't a good one. See more This Old G 10/24/2024 Saw this movie in the theater when it was released! It was just okay. Your typical slasher movie with a denouement that was completely preposterous. If you have a fondness for 80's slasher flicks this is one that I would recommend checking out if not just for curiosity's sake. See more Jonathan O 10/01/2024 Happy birthday to me is a fun bloody birthday slasher teen horror film with great cast and wicked special make-up effects however it feels long and the script doesn't make sense but it's fun for everybody's upcoming birthday to check it out. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Preppie Virginia (Melissa Sue Anderson) could be the one skewering classmates who skipped her birthday party years before.
Director
J. Lee Thompson
Producer
John Dunning, André Link
Screenwriter
John Saxton, Peter Jobin, Timothy Bond
Production Co
Columbia, Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Famous Players
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 6, 2012
Runtime
1h 48m
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