Jul 26 2009
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
Finally saw it again.
PLOT
Ginny Wainwright and her friends at Crawford Academy are part of the Top Ten, a group of students that others love and hate. They have more money and are more popular than anyone else, though we never really see them interact with anyone else. They always meet at the same pub, but one night one of their members is killed. Ginny freaks out that same night when she’s almost involved in a car wreck. Later she talks to her psychiatrist about her memories, but tries to get back to her old life. As the people keep dying around her, Ginny needs to discover the truth about her memories including what happened on her birthday and what happened with her mother.
TRIVIA
A new version of the DVD is set for release this October, featuring the original soundtrack that was left out of the last release.
The original ending of the movie was completely different, but producers came up with the twist ending while working on the filming.
THOUGHTS
Like a lot of other people I primarily remember this movie for the shish kebob scene. I think I was about eight or nine when I saw that and for quite a long time I was scared to death of the pokers. It’s been a few months actually since I saw the movie again, but I never got the chance to write a review of it. That said, I really (really) still liked this movie. The damn thing was on my Netflix queue for six months with a “very long wait” before it went out of print and I was thinking that I’d never see it again when a friend volunteered his copy. There are some really lame parts in Happy Birthday to Me, including the music and costumes, but for some reason I still like it.
