Review of Happy Birthday to Me (1981) by Ms Amanda J — 05 Dec 2010

6/10. A genuine slasher oddity. Rare thing these days.

This review of Happy Birthday to Me (1981) was written by Ms Amanda J on 05 Dec 2010.

Happy Birthday to Me has generally received mixed reviews.

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Spectacularly disjointed entry into the slasher cycle of the early 80s which looks as if each scene was written with no memory of the one that…

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By Tim S (2,419) on 30 Mar 2012

Quite boring and uninteresting. It tries to build up its characters before killing them off, but never really succeeds…

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By Lewis C (442) on 02 Nov 2011

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By Dave B (970) on 31 Oct 2011

Happy birthday to me was ok it does a good job at being orginal and the death scenes are a little over the top but still a movie that deserves a watch…

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By Ricardo A (477) on 26 Aug 2012

These stars come with a caveat, this movie is a stinker, but the twist ending (right out of Scooby Doo) is worth the work you have to put in…

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Well it certainly kept me thinking! For the most part of the film it's constantly a who done it guessing game…

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