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Happy Birthday to Me
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Happy Birthday to Me (1981) -- Virginia (Melissa Sue Anderson) is proud that she belongs to a clique.  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?

Overview

User Rating:
5.3/10   1,748 votes
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Director:
Writers:
John C.W. Saxton (story)
John C.W. Saxton (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
15 May 1981 (USA) more
Tagline:
It'll be a killer party! [DVD] more
Plot:
Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 nominations more
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(25 articles)
User Comments:
Not that bad at all. more (94 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Melissa Sue Anderson ... Virginia 'Ginny' Wainwright

Glenn Ford ... Dr. David Faraday
Lawrence Dane ... Harold 'Hal' Wainwright
Sharon Acker ... Estelle Wainwright
Frances Hyland ... Mrs. Patterson

Tracey E. Bregman ... Ann Thomerson (as Tracy Bregman)
Jack Blum ... Alfred Morris

Matt Craven ... Steve Maxwell

Lenore Zann ... Maggie
David Eisner ... Rudi

Lisa Langlois ... Amelia
Michel-René Labelle ... Etienne Vercures
Richard Rebiere ... Greg Hellman

Lesleh Donaldson ... Bernadette O'Hara
Earl Pennington ... Lieutenant Tracy
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Runtime:
USA:110 min | Argentina:110 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
West Germany:16 (nf) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Chile:18 (original rating) | Finland:(Banned) | France:-12 | Iceland:(Banned) | Peru:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:X (original rating) | UK:15 (video re-rating) (2004) | UK:18 (video rating) (1986) | USA:R | Norway:(Banned) (1981-2003) (cinema release)
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Trivia:
Most ads and posters for film carried a photo of a young man about to be orally impaled on skewer of meat and vegetables, with the slogan "John Will Never Eat Skisk Kebab Again." However, there is no character in the movie with this name. more
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Continuity: When Ginny arrives at the inn, as she sits down, she holds her brown handbag in her hand, but in the next shot as she sits, the handbag is on her shoulder. more
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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Not that bad at all., 25 August 1999
6/10
Author: Kevin rossignol (ogt@hwcn.org) from Burlington, Ont, Canada

Well first things first, It makes me wonder if the creators of scream and I know what you did last summer watched this movie to get ideas. This movie I think is BETTER then those movies, It has way more suprises in the ending thats for sure. And best of all its filmed in Canada! Good shocks, Good death scenes (the dumbell!), and a great plot make this a winner. Just when you think you know the killer it changes again and again Worth the price to rent (I just saw it on movie PIX for free uncut and commerical free) A solid 7/10 Check out my other horror movie reviews click on my name above!

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