The Birthday

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Audience Member Boring, obnoxious, annoying, pretentious, poorly acted, confusingly written. About the only decent things I can say about it are that the sets look nice and there’s some cool camera work. Otherwise, I feel like this was made to piss off its audience. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/02/24 Full Review Audience Member A young man attends his girlfriend's father's birthday party held at a luxury hotel. Just as they arrive, weird things start to happen and guests and hosts alike become exceptionally aggressive. Shot in real time (a la Hitchcock's Rope), The Birthday begins as an extremely unusual black comedy only to slowly unravel into a horror film reminiscent of Rosemary's Baby. Director Eugenio Mira quietly introduces its horror aspects with a deliberately campy approach at the half-way mark then tears through the roof with an unforgettable climax of complete terror. From its opening titles to the abrupt ending, The Birthday is a gem waiting to be discovered. A slick, good-looking picture beautifully photographed in cinemascope with award-winning art direction and ingenious sound design geared for maximum discomfort. This Spanish horror film, shot in English stars an international cast and at the center is none other than Corey Feldman doing an odd, feature-length Jerry Lewis impersonation (a la The Bellhop). Feldman's performance, easily the strangest in his career, reaches surprising (even cartoonish) levels of intensity. This film is quirky, campy and carries a hypnotic and seriously creepy atmosphere. One of the most unique and refreshingly inventive genre films. Director Eugenio Mira put it best at the 2004 screening at the Fantasia Film Festival when he quoted Back to the Future and said, "You may not like it but your kids are going to love it." Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Wow. I can tell why Feldman is so proud of this movie. This is by far one of the most intelligent, thrilling movies I've seen in a long time. I just wish it was a teeny bit longer! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member I saw the scene where the Hotel 'Pulses' - it was incredibly engaging. I felt as if i was suffocating whilst watching it. That's power most movies simply do not have. Sound effects and trick photography impressed me. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Wafer-thin plot and an over-acting Feldman. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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