Happy Birthday to Me (film)

Happy Birthday to Me
Happy Birthday to Me
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	J. Lee Thompson
Written by	Timothy Bond; Peter Jobin; John Saxton; John Beaird (uncredited);
Screenplay by	Timothy Bond; Peter Jobin; John Saxton;
Story by	John Saxton
Produced by	John Dunning; Andre Link;
Starring	Melissa Sue Anderson; Glenn Ford; Lawrence Dane; Sharon Acker; Frances Hyland; Tracey E. Bregman; Lisa Langlois;
Cinematography	Miklós Lente
Edited by	Debra Karen
Music by	Bo Harwood; Lance Rubin;
Production; companies	Famous Players; The Birthday Film Company;
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	May 15, 1981;
Running time	111 minutes
Countries	Canada; United States;
Language	English
Budget	$3.5 million
Box office	$10.6 million

Happy Birthday to Me is a 1981 slasher film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Melissa Sue Anderson and Glenn Ford. Its plot revolves around six brutal murders occurring around a popular high school senior's birthday.

A co-production between the United States and Canada, the film was shot in Montreal and upstate New York.

Happy Birthday to Me was distributed by Columbia Pictures, and released theatrically in North America on May 15, 1981. The film received mostly mixed reviews from critics.

^ "John Beaird". Variety. July 12, 1993. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Happy Birthday to Me". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
^ Boyer, Peter J. (June 4, 1981). "To Market, To Market To Peddle a Shocker". Los Angeles Times. p. H1.
^ "Happy Birthday to Me Box Office". The Numbers. Retrieved June 10, 2023.

[1] "John Beaird". Variety. July 12, 1993. Retrieved April 27, 2016.

[afi-2] "Happy Birthday to Me". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved December 27, 2018.

[market-3] Boyer, Peter J. (June 4, 1981). "To Market, To Market To Peddle a Shocker". Los Angeles Times. p. H1.

[numbers-4] "Happy Birthday to Me Box Office". The Numbers. Retrieved June 10, 2023.

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