Review of Happy Birthday to Me (1981) by Orlando D — 24 Oct 2012

In the height of the slasher film genre in the early 80's, Happy Birthday to Me is not bad just ruined by a Scooby Doo-style ending which the killer is wearing a mask and reveals the motivation(Scream had the same motivation as well years later.

) Here, Virginia(Melissa Sue Anderson) is having serious blackouts and is repressing a trauma that occured a year before hand, it all ties to her birthday party and those who did not arrived, they are done in in grusome fashion.

In movies like this back in the day it's well directed by a legendary director ready for a comeback, J. Lee Thompson(the original Cape Fear) and a season vet to give it "credibility" Glenn Ford(the original 3:10 to Yuma)but overall, not a bad entry to the slasher genre.