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Happy Birthday to Me

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Original title

Happy Birthday to Me

Year

1981

Running time

110 min.

Country

Canada

Director

J. Lee Thompson

Screenwriter

John C.W. Saxton, Peter Jobin, Timothy Bond. Story: John C.W. Saxton

Cast

Music

Lance Rubin, Bo Harwood

Cinematography

Miklós Lente

Producer

CFDC, Columbia Pictures, Famous Players, The Birthday Film Company

Genre

Horror. Mystery | Slasher

Synopsis

Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a grueling set of murders take place and her friends are the ones who are falling prey. Could it be her? She suffers from blackouts due to a freak accident one year earlier. We soon learn the truth behind her accident and what is going on...

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Awards: 1982: Genie Awards (Canada): 2 nominations

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Critics' reviews

"Melissa Sue Anderson clumsily carries the suspense of whether she is or isn’t the killer, with director J. Lee Thompson helping her with clouds of confusion that just get dumber and dumber until the fitful finale."

Variety Staff: Variety
"Another dull slasher movie (this one less gory than most)."

TV Guide
"A mystery-horror movie with a fatal flaw - the denouement, in which a half-dozen grisly murders are explained, requires almost as much footage as the murders themselves."

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"Happy Birthday to Me is a cheesy tease from the outset."

Gary Arnold: The Washington Post
"With its series of over-the-top deaths, grisly mutilation, and a genuinely terrifying killer reveal, Muñoz’s 'Happy Birthday to Me' is a tantalizing pile of literary gifts any horror fan would kill to open"

Jenn Adams: Bloody Disgusting

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