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Happy Birthday to Me

Happy Birthday to Me

6,0 /10 (238 Votes)
1981 EN 110 min

Overview

Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a gruesome 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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Release date

15/05/1981

Votes

238

Popularity

2.7

Six of the most bizarre murders you will ever see.

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

110 min

Budget

$3,500,000

Revenue

$10,600,000

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

Jack Blum

Jack Blum

Alfred Morris

Matt Craven

Matt Craven

Steve Maxwell

Lenore Zann

Lenore Zann

Maggie

David Eisner

David Eisner

Rudi

Lisa Langlois

Lisa Langlois

Amelia

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Michel-René Labelle

Etienne Vercures

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Richard Rebiere

Greg Hellman

Lesleh Donaldson

Lesleh Donaldson

Bernadette O'Hara

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Earl Pennington

Lieutenant Tracy

Murray Westgate

Murray Westgate

Gatekeeper

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Jérôme Tiberghien

Prof. Heregood

Maurice Podbrey

Maurice Podbrey

Dr. Feinblum

Vlasta Vrana

Vlasta Vrana

Bartender

Walter Massey

Walter Massey

Conventioneer Leader

Griffith Brewer

Griffith Brewer

Verger

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Allan Katz

Ann's Date

Ron Lea

Ron Lea

Amelia's Date

Terry Haig

Terry Haig

Feinblum's Assistant

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Karen Stephen

Ms. Calhoun

Louis Del Grande

Louis Del Grande

Surgeon

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Nicholas Kilbertus

Anesthetist

Damir Andrei

Damir Andrei

Junior Surgeon

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Gina Dick

Ingrid

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Stephanie Miller

Hospital Nurse

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Steven Mayoff

Police Officer

Victor Knight

Victor Knight

Conventioneer

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Roland Nincheri

Conventioneer

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Aram Barkev

Conventioneer

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Alan Barnett

Conventioneer

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Paul Board

Conventioneer

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Marc DeGagne

Conventioneer

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Bruce Gooding

Conventioneer

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Keith Sutherland

Conventioneer

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Herbert Vool

Conventioneer

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Len Watt

Conventioneer

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Joe Wertheimer

Conventioneer

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Nancy Allan

Cheerleader

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Karen Hynes

Cheerleader

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Tracy-Marie Langdon

Cheerleader

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Debbie McGellin

Cheerleader

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Kathy Reid

Cheerleader

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Lori Timmons

Cheerleader

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Debbie Tull

Cheerleader

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Lynn Wilson

Cheerleader

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tmdb17996075

2017-02-14

⭐ 6

"Happy Birthday to Me" is a fairly entertaining slasher from the early 1980s, in which the main target is composed by a bunch of hateful know-it-all teenagers who basically deserve the worst possible deaths. There's nothing really spectacular about that, but "Happy Birthday to Me", delivers a well developed combination of butchery for the gore-lovers, but also offers a pretty intriguing and disturbing mystery surrendering the main character. As a matter of fact, the main premise in this film is the main character's deeply troubled mind and her desperate efforts to try to rebuild a part of her …

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Wuchak

Wuchak

2022-09-29

⭐ 6

**_Unique, lush slasher with a notable cast fumbles at the end_** A teen returns to a hoity-toity private academy in the Northeast after a seriously traumatic experience (Melissa Sue Anderson) where members of the so-called Top Ten circle start to perish one-by-one. Who’s the killer and why? Glenn Ford is on hand as the girl’s psychiatrist. "Happy Birthday to Me" (1981) is both a slasher and a whodunit, similar to “Friday the 13th” from the year prior, except with the milieu of a prep school. The lush setting, mostly taking place at night, is noteworthy and the unique perspective of dire…

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