Predrag
I love the look of this movie. It has the fuzz look that i associate with 80's slashers on TV. This movie has a couple of good scenes that make it a great addition to your movie collection. A couple that stick out in my mind would be the scene where the little girl charges the boys a quarter to watch her teenage sister dance around topless. Another would be the teacher getting dispatched. The one scene i loved the most would be the kids chasing the kid Timmy i think his name is. He gets close to his house but they catch him and knock him down and start chocking him with a water hose. The ending is great too. The ending isn't something common in these kind of movies.The story is not complex, but the actors do well with what they had to work with, and it all comes across as almost campy fun. The adult actors in the film were quite bad and it seems like the kids were better actors in my opinion and the film had a really low budget. There are some neat and gory death scenes and of course lots of nudity, since no self-respecting 80's slasher flick would dare skip that, but what's really good about the movie is that it shows how manipulative these children are. Not only do all three of them pretend to act innocent and cute to hide their evil deeds, but they know how to prevent anyone from finding anything out, nobody suspects them so it's easier for them to continue killing. Unlike many other horror films from this period, it at least attempts to bring something original and imaginative. For once, the kids acting is good and the entire film has a creepy atmosphere and grizzly music. Overall rating: 7 out of 10.
punishmentpark
A lot of fun, a lot of kills and effectively devious in its simplicity. The main three bad kids are pretty charismatic, considering the low budget side of 'Bloody birthday'. Then, there are some pretty teen girls of the legal age for the more spicy, topless scenes, and we're getting closer to a truly fun horror film from the (in)famous '80s.The story does not make much sense, with Jupiter being blacked out by the moon when the three killer kids are born, but who really cares? The kills are fun, the cast is pretty enthusiastic and the atmosphere of yet another American smalltown is caught on screen more than well enough.Yes, if this is the sort of cult horror you seek, you can't be disappointed. 8 out of 10.
FilmFatale
I missed out on this bizarre little shocker when I was younger but I'm pleased that TCM recently gave it a showing. Three children are born during an eclipse, and because of the position of Saturn, they lack empathy. In the days before their tenth birthdays, they go completely nuts and start killing almost everyone in their little town. Brother/sister duo Joyce and Timmy catch on, but will they be able to stop the sadistic trio of Debbie, Curtis and Steven? Killer kid movies often run the risk of becoming ridiculous, but all the kids turn in decently creepy performances. Elizabeth Hoy's Debbie is supremely composed, while Billy Jacoby plays Curtis as a prototype nerd - albeit a nerd with a large handgun most of the time. You do have to suspend a LOT of disbelief to really enjoy "Bloody Birthday" - the kids just seem to kill willy-nilly while no one gets suspicious (except Joyce and Timmy, eventually) and then even after she knows something's up, Joyce agrees to babysit at Debbie's house. Former MTV personality and "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" singer Julie Brown has a nude scene because random nude scenes used to be the rule back in the day, but other than that, the actual on-screen action is pretty tame. Spend a little time with the birthday boys and girl and you'll probably enjoy yourself. As long as you steer clear of the cake, that is.
ivegonemod
This "movie" made me want to puke on my own feet. The kids are just awful, they are more like demons than children. I'm not a violent person, but I wanted to take each one of those "kids" to a back alley and work them over with my fists and a few other people's fists. There is no excuse for the content of this film. It's just nasty. Plenty of nudity in a movie with kids that's obviously for adults. SICK. As I watched the "film", I wondered why I didn't just turn it off. These kids were so rotten that you almost had to watch even though you didn't want to. I would not suggest that a cat who is blind and deaf watch this.