Happy Birthday to Me typifies the horror genre prior to the self-reflection and irony that saturated the genre in the late '80s and '90s. A solid cast, decent acting, a well-written script, and relatively high production values result in a solid movie that is engaging on its own in addition to offering a glimpse into the history of '80s horror. The plot follows the rules of the genre (later parodied in such films as the Scream and Scary Movie series). A number of teenagers (played by actors who appear visibly older than their characters) from an elite prep school... get into mischievous sexual situations fueled by alcohol and pot smoking. As teens start to disappear, murdered in a variety of violent ways, the film suggests a number of suspects. Is the killer the troubled star played by Melissa Sue Anderson who lost her overbearing, social-climbing mother in a car accident that she survived? Or is it the stern school mistress, the wacky, cool social clown, the social misfit, or none of the above? The film keeps you guessing until the final scene. Happy Birthday is a must-see for serious fans of the horror genre and this release is a solid digital mastering of the movie. Hardcore fans should note that the DVD release was not able to secure the rights to the original soundtrack so this version features an alternate soundtrack of largely nondescript '80s electronic music. --Brian Saltzman [show more]
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1980s Canadian slasher horror starring Melissa Sue Anderson as Virginia, a pretty, young student at the exclusive Crawford Academy, whose disturbing past holds the key to a set of grisly murders that take place just before her 18th birthday. The denouement takes place at a macabre birthday party where the guests all have one thing in common - they are all corpses.
Please note this is a region B Blu-rayDVD and will require a region B or region free Blu-rayDVD player in order to play Popular high school senior Virginia Wainwright (Melissa Sue Anderson) survives a freak accident but suffers from memory loss and traumatic blackouts As she attempts to resume a normal life something terrible is happening - her friends are being ruthlessly murdered one by one But will she be the next victim or is she the killer?Veteran director J Lee Thompson&39;s classic shocker was made during the period before the horror genre drenched itself in irony and self-reflexivity and instead revels in the effective staging of terrifying set-pieces which drive it towards a terrifying climax Actors Glenn Ford Melissa Sue AndersonDirectors J Lee ThompsonLanguage EnglishNumber of discs 1
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