Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
- Directed by
- J. Lee Thompson
- Genre
- horror film, slasher film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 235 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An elite clique of students at a New England academy is targeted by a killer in the days before one member's birthday. The murders are bizarre and brutal, and suspicion falls on the soon-to-be birthday girl.
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What happens
Happy Birthday to Me is a 1981 slasher film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Melissa Sue Anderson, Glenn Ford, Lawrence Dane, Sharon Acker, Frances Hyland, Tracey Bregman, and Lisa Langlois. Set at a New England high school academy, the film follows a series of brutal murders of students who are part of an elite clique in the days leading up to the birthday of one of its members. A co-production between the United States and Canada, Happy Birthday to Me was filmed in Montreal and upstate New York in 1980. Happy Birthday to Me was distributed by Columbia Pictures, who invested $4 million in promotional materials. The studio marketed the film for its elaborate murder sequences, billed as "six of the most bizarre murders you will ever see." The film was released in the United States and Canada on May 15, 1981. It received mostly negative reviews from critics and grossed $10.6 million against a $3.5 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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