# Happy Birthday to Me (1981)

> A traumatized private-school student enters a lethal birthday countdown while fractured memories make her suspect both everyone around her and herself.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/23812

## Facts

- Runtime: 110 min
- Genres: Horror, Mystery
- Director: J. Lee Thompson
- Cast: Melissa Sue Anderson, Glenn Ford, Lawrence Dane, Sharon Acker, Frances Hyland, Tracey E. Bregman, Jack Blum, Matt Craven
- TMDB rating: 6.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082498/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: paranoid, eerie, visceral, late-night horror marathon, 1980s slasher night

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