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Happy Birthday to Me

  • 1981
  • (Banned)
  • 1h 51m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
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Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
At the snobby Crawford Academy, Virginia's group of friends start to go missing years after horrible events that happened to her as a child around her birthday.
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At the snobby Crawford Academy, Virginia's group of friends start to go missing years after horrible events that happened to her as a child around her birthday.At the snobby Crawford Academy, Virginia's group of friends start to go missing years after horrible events that happened to her as a child around her birthday.At the snobby Crawford Academy, Virginia's group of friends start to go missing years after horrible events that happened to her as a child around her birthday.

  • Director
    • J. Lee Thompson
  • Writers
    • John C.W. Saxton
    • Peter Jobin
    • Timothy Bond
  • Stars
    • Melissa Sue Anderson
    • Glenn Ford
    • Lawrence Dane
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • J. Lee Thompson
    • Writers
      • John C.W. Saxton
      • Peter Jobin
      • Timothy Bond
    • Stars
      • Melissa Sue Anderson
      • Glenn Ford
      • Lawrence Dane
    • 165User reviews
    • 113Critic reviews
    • 24Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Melissa Sue Anderson, Tracey E. Bregman, and David Eisner in Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
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    Melissa Sue Anderson
    Melissa Sue Anderson
    • Virginia Wainwright
    Glenn Ford
    Glenn Ford
    • Dr. David Faraday
    Lawrence Dane
    Lawrence Dane
    • Hal Wainwright
    Sharon Acker
    Sharon Acker
    • Estelle Wainwright
    Frances Hyland
    Frances Hyland
    • Mrs. Patterson
    Tracey E. Bregman
    Tracey E. Bregman
    • Ann Thomerson
    • (as Tracey Bregman)
    Jack Blum
    Jack Blum
    • Alfred Morris
    Matt Craven
    Matt Craven
    • Steve Maxwell
    Lenore Zann
    Lenore Zann
    • Maggie
    David Eisner
    • Rudi
    Lisa Langlois
    Lisa Langlois
    • Amelia
    Michel-René Labelle
    • Etienne Vercures
    • (as Michel Rene Labelle)
    Richard Rebiere
    • Greg Hellman
    Lesleh Donaldson
    Lesleh Donaldson
    • Bernadette O'Hara
    Earl Pennington
    • Lieutenant Tracy
    Murray Westgate
    • Gatekeeper
    Jérôme Tiberghien
    • Prof. Heregard
    • (as Jerome Tiberghien)
    Maurice Podbrey
    Maurice Podbrey
    • Dr. Feinblum
    • Director
      • J. Lee Thompson
    • Writers
      • John C.W. Saxton
      • Peter Jobin
      • Timothy Bond
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    • Trivia
      Most ads and posters for the film carried a photo of a young man about to be orally impaled with a skewer of meat and vegetables, with the slogan "John will never eat shish kebab again". However, there is no character in the movie with this name.
    • Goofs
      Virginia remembers a car hitting the water upside down. We are shown this memory several times in quick succession, but in the final shot of that succession, the car is right side up.
    • Quotes

      Virginia Wainwright: God, you've got a lot of nerve.

      Etienne Vercures: That's not all I've got. Want to see?

    • Alternate versions
      UK cinema and 1986 RCA/Columbia video releases were culled from a longer print with slightly gorier footage of the weight-lift and shish kebab death scenes. The DVD releases are the edited R-rated version.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: This Is Elvis, Bustin' Loose, Atlantic City, The Four Seasons (1981)
    • Soundtracks
      Happy Birthday to Me
      Music by Lance Rubin
      Lyrics by Molly-Ann Leikin
      Performed by Syreeta
      Courtesy of Motown Records

    User reviews165

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    great post-Halloween slasher
    stars Melissa Sue Anderson, Glenn Ford, Tracey E. Bregman, Jack Blum, Lawrence Dane, and Lesleh Donaldson.

    plot: The 'top ten' at Crawford University are disappering one by one, starting with Bernadette (Lesleh Donaldson). Meanwhile, Ginny (Melissa Sue Anderson) begins having flashbacks of an accident and brain surgery during the time she lost her mother. Her psychiatrist and friend David (Glenn Ford) tries to comfort her, but she can't help but think that she is the one doing the killing and then forgetting.

    reveiw: This movie is wicked fun to watch! It's very confusing to find out who the killer is. The murders are also very original and very gory. Melissa Sue Anderson is great at playing Ginny. And the revealing of the killer is very surprising!

    10/10!
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    • Feb 18, 2002

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 15, 1981 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Official site
      • Official page (Canada)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Onnellista syntymäpäivää
    • Filming locations
      • Concordia University, 7141 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest Montréal, QC H4B 1R6 Canada(Crawford Academy)
    • Production companies
      • Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC)
      • Famous Players
      • The Birthday Film Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • CA$3,500,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 51 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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