Bloody Birthday Movie Review
Three kids born during an eclipse turn into vicious killers right around the age of ten. Released during the Golden Age of slasher films, this 1981 flick tries to bring something a little different to the table with the bloodthirsty brats.
"Is it a machete?!"
The first thing you should probably know is that, despite the title, there's not a lot of bloodshed in this one, though the body count is fairly high. The kids actually turn in decent performances, with Billy Jayne as Curtis leading the way. Jayne plays the character so well you may find yourself wanting to reach through your screen to smack him. In a very early appearance, multi-talented 1980's pop culture star Julie Brown (the one from Earth Girls Are Easy, not the one from Downtown) pops up in a supporting role in this film, a few years prior to seeing her seemingly everywhere you turned.
Wubba Wubba Wubba
As for everything else in the movie...it's just sort of there. The story plods along. Much of the rest of the acting is bad, but it's nothing too terrible. The dialogue is what you would expect from a movie of this era. There's the predictable number of topless women. There are a couple interesting death scenes, and some somewhat unexpected moments to keep you glued. The ending is a bit flat, but promises a potentially interesting sequel--unfortunately, the movie was a bust, and said sequel never saw the light of day. Bloody Birthday skims just above the surface of 1980's slasher mediocrity--there are better films out there from this era, but there are also a lot worse ones.
On A Scale Of One To Ten: 6
Bloody Birthday Movie Trailer
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