Happy Birthday to Me1981
“Six of the most bizarre murders you will ever see.”
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
🏆 3 nominations
The premise
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.
Horror Vault's take
At an exclusive prep school, Virginia runs with the most coveted clique on campus — but as her 18th birthday approaches, her friends begin vanishing one by one in increasingly gruesome fashion. Virginia herself is no reliable witness: haunted by blackouts tied to a mysterious accident from the year before, she can't be certain of anything, including her own innocence. A distinctly Canadian entry in the early-80s slasher wave, the film leans into giallo-influenced mystery and mounting dread as the body count climbs. The answers, when they come, are as twisted as the kills.
Content: Graphic Violence, Slasher Kills, Gore, Brief Drug Use
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Cast
Melissa Sue Anderson
Virginia Wainwright
Glenn Ford
Dr. David Faraday
Lawrence Dane
Hal Wainwright
Sharon Acker
Estelle Wainwright
Frances Hyland
Mrs. Patterson
Tracey E. Bregman
Ann Thomerson
Jack Blum
Alfred Morris
Matt Craven
Steve Maxwell
Lenore Zann
Maggie
David Eisner
Rudi
Lisa Langlois
Amelia
Michel-René Labelle
Etienne Vercures
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