At the snobby Crawford Academy, Virginia's group of friends start to go missing years after horrible events that happened to her as a child around her birthday.At the snobby Crawford Academy, Virginia's group of friends start to go missing years after horrible events that happened to her as a child around her birthday.At the snobby Crawford Academy, Virginia's group of friends start to go missing years after horrible events that happened to her as a child around her birthday.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Tracey E. Bregman
- Ann Thomerson
- (as Tracy Bregman)
Michel-René Labelle
- Etienne Vercures
- (as Michel Rene Labelle)
Jérôme Tiberghien
- Prof. Heregard
- (as Jerome Tiberghien)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMost ads and posters for the film carried a photo of a young man about to be orally impaled with a skewer of meat and vegetables, with the slogan "John will never eat shish kebab again". However, there is no character in the movie with this name.
- GoofsVirginia remembers a car hitting the water upside down. We are shown this memory several times in quick succession, but in the final shot of that succession, the car is right side up.
- Quotes
Virginia Wainwright: God, you've got a lot of nerve.
Etienne Vercures: That's not all I've got. Want to see?
- Alternate versionsUK cinema and 1986 RCA/Columbia video releases were culled from a longer print with slightly gorier footage of the weight-lift and shish kebab death scenes. The DVD releases are the edited R-rated version.
- SoundtracksHappy Birthday to Me
Music by Lance Rubin
Lyrics by Molly-Ann Leikin
Performed by Syreeta Wright
Courtesy of Motown Records
Featured review
The Birthday Party
The teenager Virginia Wainwright (Melissa Sue Anderson) studies in the traditional Crawford Academy and belongs to a group of wealthy friends named The Top Ten. Virginia had a serious car accident a couple of years ago where her mother died. Now she lives with her father and is psychologically treated by the prominent Dr. David Faraday (Glenn Ford). She has also frequent blackouts but she is slowly recovering her memory. When one by one of her friends are murdered and disappears, Virginia starts to believe that she is the killer, but Dr. Faraday does not think so. Who might be the serial-killer?
"Happy Birthday to Me" is a creepy slasher with a good story with many twists. When it seems to have disclosed the killer and the motive, there is one last unexpected twist that surprises the viewer. The conclusion is extremely dark and makes this movie one of the best in the genre. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Feliz Aniversário para Mim" ("Happy Birthday to Me")
Note: On 30 Jun 2020, I saw this film again.
"Happy Birthday to Me" is a creepy slasher with a good story with many twists. When it seems to have disclosed the killer and the motive, there is one last unexpected twist that surprises the viewer. The conclusion is extremely dark and makes this movie one of the best in the genre. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Feliz Aniversário para Mim" ("Happy Birthday to Me")
Note: On 30 Jun 2020, I saw this film again.
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- claudio_carvalho
- Dec 25, 2014
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Ab in die Ewigkeit
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- Production companies
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- Budget
- CA$3,500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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