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Happy Birthday to Me

  • 19811981
  • RR
  • 1h 50m
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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.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
10K
YOUR RATING
    • J. Lee Thompson
  • Writers
    • John C.W. Saxton(screenplay)
    • Peter Jobin(screenplay)
    • Timothy Bond(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Melissa Sue Anderson
    • Glenn Ford
    • Lawrence Dane
    • J. Lee Thompson
  • Writers
    • John C.W. Saxton(screenplay)
    • Peter Jobin(screenplay)
    • Timothy Bond(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Melissa Sue Anderson
    • Glenn Ford
    • Lawrence Dane
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 164User reviews
    • 111Critic reviews
    • 24Metascore
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    Trailer 1:18
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    Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
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    Melissa Sue Anderson in Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
    Lesleh Donaldson in Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
    Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
    Melissa Sue Anderson, Tracey E. Bregman, and David Eisner in Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
    Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
    Melissa Sue Anderson and David Eisner in Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
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    Melissa Sue Anderson and David Eisner in Happy Birthday to Me (1981)

    Top cast

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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
    • Dr. Feinblum
      • J. Lee Thompson
    • Writers
      • John C.W. Saxton(screenplay) (story)
      • Peter Jobin(screenplay)
      • Timothy Bond(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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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 reviews164

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    6/10
    Very good B-horror but bad Scooby Doo ending
    Virginia (Melissa Sue Anderson) finds her friends from private school slowly disappearing. She was unconscious after a bad accident on her previous birthday. She recovered but lost her memories after some dangerous brain surgery. Now her birthday is coming up again.

    There is a lot to like in this B-horror movie. The possibility of Virginia doing the killing is quite compelling. The kills are competent without being ridiculous. This is more of a serial killer movie than a slasher splatter horror. And I like the reveal of what happened in the previous birthday. Everything is working toward a very good B-horror. But then the ending pulls a Scooby Doo. It is really unacceptable to stupid it up like that.

    Also Melissa Sue Anderson best known for 'Little House on the Prairie' doesn't have enough screen presence. She needs to own this movie, but mostly she remains the shy quiet girl in the background. The camera really needs to follow her more.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 15, 1981 (United States)
      • Canada
      • Official page (Canada)
      • English
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Concordia University, 7141 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest Montréal, QC H4B 1R6 Canada
    • Production companies
      • Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC)
      • Famous Players
      • The Birthday Film Company
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    • 1 hour 50 minutes
      • Mono

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