Dynamixor
The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
Staci Frederick
Blistering performances.
Logan
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
lorcan-61881
Bloody Birthday is a old school horror film from the 80's and is a children horror film and one rare,good one. Bloody Birthday revolves around three kids born during a solar eclipse and were born without emotion or like something and 10 years later,they begin to kill family members and friends. Bloody Birthday is a very good original film that I saw years back and still need to rewatch. If there's a favourite child horror film for me,this would'int be best,BUT,one. Bloody Birthday is a great horror film I advise you to see if you like good slasher horror films
Bezenby
Three children are born during an eclipse, which somehow, ten years later, causes them to go haywire and start murdering locals. They strangle a girl and brain her boyfriend with a spade before burying them. A sheriff (one of the kid's father) gets knocked about with a baseball bat. Next up is little Timmy, who goes to school with the trio - he gets locked in a fridge and left to suffocate.Which is quite a suspenseful scene. Luckily, Timmy manages to escape and it's down to his sister and himself to try and convince the town that these kids have gone Michael Myers on everyone. Problem is - can folks be convinced that three ten year olds have turned serial killer. And can they stay alive long enough to tell anyone.The sight of kids shooting, strangling and such like is quite unnerving at first, and although this film starts off quite strong, I felt it lost it's way towards the end when it started pulling its punches. That said, Bloody Birthday was a film that passed me by years ago and I'm glad I've watched it now. The scene with the fridge and the kids trying to run down Timmy's sister were done well, and there's an arrow in the eye bit for folks that like that. More nudity than I expected too, so nothing to complain about there I guess.No classic (at least to me), but still worth tracking down to see a different take on the slasher film. As far as I could see there wasn't any reason for the kids going ballistic, but then I'm not one for paying attent
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.
