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A cult favourite to many due its black sense of humour and nonsensical ending, Happy Birthday to Me will be a bewilderment to others for exactly the same reasons. Feb 10, 2016 | Full Review…
A cult favourite to many due its black sense of humour and nonsensical ending, Happy Birthday to Me will be a bewilderment to others for exactly the same reasons.
John Noonan
...one would be far better off watching a YouTube highlight reel rather than the movie itself. May 14, 2015 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
...one would be far better off watching a YouTube highlight reel rather than the movie itself.
David Nusair
A great deal more complex than it has any right or reason to be. Dec 18, 2012 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
A great deal more complex than it has any right or reason to be.
Tim Brayton
It's not particularly gory, scary or suspenseful, but it actually contains some good twists and a generally higher level of character and performance. Oct 16, 2009 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
It's not particularly gory, scary or suspenseful, but it actually contains some good twists and a generally higher level of character and performance.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
If horror fans are going to shell out their hard-earned money for a movie, there needs to be more than just a prettier picture on the DVD case. Oct 7, 2009 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
If horror fans are going to shell out their hard-earned money for a movie, there needs to be more than just a prettier picture on the DVD case.
Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton
pretty sweet forgotten 80s slasher Dec 3, 2007 | Rating: 3/4
pretty sweet forgotten 80s slasher
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
J. Lee Thompson's entry in the slasher sweepstakes, done up with the usual lack of style. Apr 9, 2007 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
J. Lee Thompson's entry in the slasher sweepstakes, done up with the usual lack of style.
Rob Gonsalves
A camp-tastic footnote to the late-'70s, early-'80s slasher flick craze. Jul 10, 2006 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
A camp-tastic footnote to the late-'70s, early-'80s slasher flick craze.
Nick Schager
Creative kills aside, it's just plain old boring. Apr 17, 2005 | Rating: 2/5
Creative kills aside, it's just plain old boring.
Scott Weinberg
Happy Birthday to Me is a slow as molasses 80's teen slasher that's mediocre at best. It's dull, has a boring plot, takes itself far too seriously, and worst of all, is waaaaaay too long. The kills are few, far between, and even off-camera (defeating the entire purpose of a freakin' slasher movie in the first place), there's no t&a and no humor. I would recommend it if you needed two hours of background noise or a sleep-aid, but the frequent screams and yells (often for completely no point) would quickly ruin either of those scenarios. The only vaguely entertaining part of the movie is the truly ludicrous ending, but that's not worth the nearly two hours of boredom that would be required to get to it. Worst birthday, ever.
Super Reviewer
Good little 80s slasher with a decent array of inventive kills, quite violent too for its day. The ending is a memorable one which will catch you off guard with its twist. At the end of it all it's a good and entertaining viewing but not quite sleazy or brutal enough for my tastes.
A very good early 80's slasher film with some original kills, even by today's standards! It did feel a little bit long and slow at times but it has plenty of red herrings and quite a twist for a very early slasher film. The poster alone stuck in my head from an early age for quite a while. Not overly gory but still a very enjoyable film for slasher fans. Just seen the lead character was the blonde girl in little house on the prairie.
Not the best slasher flick of the 80s, but enjoyable, and there's a nice twist at the end.
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