Bloody Birthday (1981)

R04/28/1981Science Fiction, Horror1h 25m
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The Nightmare Begins With The Kids Next Door

Overview

In 1970, three children are born at the height of a total eclipse. Due to the sun and moon blocking Saturn, which controls emotions, they have become heartless killers ten years later, and are able to escape detection because of their youthful and innocent facades. A boy and his teenage sister become endangered when they stumble onto the bloody truth.

Top Billed Cast

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    Lori Lethin

    Joyce Russel

  2. Cast 1

    Melinda Cordell

    Mrs. Brody

  3. Cast 1

    Julie Brown

    Beverly Brody

  4. Cast 1

    Susan Strasberg

    Miss Viola Davis

  5. Cast 1

    José Ferrer

    Doctor

  6. Cast 1

    Joe Penny

    Mr. Harding

  7. Cast 1

    Bert Kramer

    Sherriff James Brody

  8. Cast 1

    Elizabeth Hoy

    Debbie Brody

  9. Cast 1

    Billy Jayne

    Curtis Taylor

**_Born under a bad sign_** In a Southern Cal town people are dying in curious circumstances with everything pointing to some unlikely culprits. “Bloody Birthday” (1981) mixes the killer kid genre with slasher flick and works well enough. It came out a few years before the “Children of the Corn” series started, but it’s not like there weren’t plenty of predecessors going back to the early 60s. For instance, the Star Trek TV series had two episodes with sinister children, “Miri” and “The Children Shall Lead.” Then there’s “The Brood,” which debuted a couple years earlier. Elizabeth H...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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