BLOODY BIRTHDAY (1981) Reviews and overview

  

Trailer:

Cast and characters:
Miss Viola Davis – Susan Strasberg
Doctor – José Ferrer
Joyce Russel – Lori Lethin
Mrs Brody – Melinda Cordell
Beverly Brody – Julie Brown
Mr Harding – Joe Penny
Sheriff James Brody – Bert Kramer
Timmy Russel – K.C. Martel
Debbie Brody – Elizabeth Hoy
Curtis Taylor – Billy Jayne
Steven Seton – Andy Freeman
Duke Benson – Ben Marley
Annie Smith – Erica Hope
Madge – Ellen Geer
Willard – Michael Dudikoff
Paul – Cyril O’Reilly
Girl in the van – Sylvia Wright
Guy in the van – John Avery
Classmate – Shane Butterworth

Filming locations:
Glendale, California. Filmed in 1980.

Release:
Bloody Birthday was given a belated limited release theatrically in the United States by Rearguard Productions in 1981. It was later released on VHS by Prism Entertainment in 1986 and Starmaker Entertainment in 1990.

The film was officially released on DVD by VCI Home Video in 2003.

It was released on Blu-ray by 88 Films in 2014. Severin Films released it on Blu-ray in 2021.

Arrow Video released Bloody Birthday in the USA on Blu-ray on December 18, 2018, from a new 2K restoration from original film elements. Special features:

Audio commentary with director Ed Hunt (new)
Audio commentary with The Hysteria Continues (new)
Interview with actress Lori Lethin (new)
Bad Seeds and Body Counts – Killer kid subgenre video appreciation by film journalist Chris Alexander (new)
Interview with executive producer Max Rosenberg
Theatrical trailer
Collector’s booklet with new writing by Lee Gambin
New cover art by Timothy Pittides with the original poster on the reverse

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Booklet
UK exclusive audio commentary with Justin Kerswell, author of Teenage Wasteland
Audio Interview with director Ed Hunt (51:10)
Don’t Eat that Cake: Interview with actress Lori Lethin (9:50)
A Brief History of Slasher Movies featurette (15:11)
Trailer
Reversible Sleeve Incorporating Original Artwork

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