A teenage couple having sex in the back of a van are shot to death. The Motion Picture Association (MPA) film rating system is used in the United States and its territories to rate a film's suitability for certain audiences based on its content. It's quite graphic. She is watched by two 10 year old boys who pay a 10 year old girl to watch. With Randy Ackerman, Andy Beckstrom, Jeff Howard, Laura Sellers. So, now that I’ve bitch like a schoolgirl, on to the film. Bloody Birthday (Blu-ray) - Blu-ray (2018) for $23.40 from OLDIES.com Horror The Nightmare Begins With The Kids Next Door - Order by Phone 1-800-336-4627 Bloody Birthday Vhs/ Original & Rare R-rated Video Classics Horror/slasher. And improve it did, when Severin remastered and re-released it in 2011 with some fresh extras to boot. The Package– Considering the age, Bloody Birthday actually doesn’t look too bad- until the scene gets dark. January 17, 2021. Apparently this featurette is on the Nightmares disk as well. Eventually I just gave up, and around the 30 minute mark it seemed to level out. So while an official announcement was made today, it should come as a shock to nobody that Pet Sematary will be rated R for “horror violence, bloody images, and some language.” The killer children theme is something extremely taboo, but somehow pretty popular. The killers attempt to murder a young boy and a teenage girl by shooting and strangling them. The murder scenes may be frightening for young viewers. I’m pretty sure most cars in scrap yards will require more than just alligator clips ad 10 gauge wires to repair. The Movie: Bloody Birthday begins in 1970 when three children… Debbie (Elizabeth Hoy), Curtis (Billy Jacoby) and Steven (Andy Freeman)… are born at the pinnacle of a lunar eclipse where the sun blocks Saturn, which is the planet that according to astrological lore, controls human emotions. A teenage girl dances to music and strips down to her panties. I’m not talking about some DIY bow that she’s made or something- no, some dumb ass motherfucker actually went out and bought a 10 year old a goddamn hunting grade bow with broadhead arrows! Towards the end of the scene, she removes her panties, displaying brief rear nudity. A teenage girl dances to music and strips down to her panties. Obviously not the first of its kind (Hollywood tapped into the total schlock of having kids commit heinous deeds decades eariler) but arguably one of the wackiest, Ed Hunt’s macabre take really embraces the silliness of the concept and doesn’t give a damn about shying away from it. Ten years later, they begin to murder the people around them - even their own family members." Henry Primo, desperate for acceptance and popularity, invites everyone to his 16th birthday party. Bloody Birthday is a lot of fun and should be watched with friends to get the full effect of the film. A 10 year old girl fatally shoots her sister through the eye with a bow and arrow. Unfortunately, that includes the twisted Jim Kizay, a local bad seed who slips Henry narcotics. Bloody Birthday is not a slasher, nor is it original- but it’s fun. Children at Play and The Children, to sophisticated action thrillers like Who Can Kill a Child? The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has officially handed down an R-rating to the upcoming installment of the long-running horror franchise. There’s like two murders, and if I remember correctly they’re both accidental. I guess that's why I'm still glad I had a chance to check out Bloody Birthday, even though the movie's pretty lousy, and not in that so-bad-it's-good flavor either. As he walked across an alley he saw a little boy and stopped and walked to him. The man is beaten with a shovel and the woman is strangled to death. Slasher killers don’t use a Smith and Wesson revolver, people! It's an otherwise decent package, at least if you can stomach the lackluster audio, but Bloody Birthday just isn't competent enough to warrant much more than a couple of clicks on Netflix. Unlucky for him, she drops the jump rope they used to kill the couple with. Bloody Birthday debuted on DVD in 2003 from VCI, with a matching UK disc from Anchor Bay. With the Sheriff out of the way, Curtis steals his gun. and Ils. Also, Beverly’s father is the sheriff… Yeah he’s about to die soon, right? These profilers must have been the same guys on the Henry Lee Lucas case). The second, and probably the most ridiculous thing about the entire flick, is that Beverly has a fucking archery bow in her closet. Taglines 'I wonder what everyone else is doing.' It’s definitely offensive, and was during its original theatrical release. There a consistent, minimal layer of noise during the entire film- but when it’s night, you can barely see a damn thing. THE PICTURE AND THE SOUND Presented in the film’s original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and featuring a brand new 2K scan of original film elements, Bloody Birthday looks pretty good. Her breasts are seen for a long time, about a minute. Ten years later, with their birthday only a few days away, a high school couple sneaked off to an open grave in the cemetery to fuck around. Beverly sets up a skateboard on the stairs to trip Sherriff Brody, but when he walks over to see his daughter, he steps right over it. Australian Pal ex-rental sleeve: Good/untrimmed/unfaded case: Acceptable tape: Good/play’s fine She has a peep hole in her closet that looks into her sister’s room, and she charges the neighborhood boys 25 cents to watch her big sis undress. Her corpse is shown in a later scene, the left eye covered in blood. A teenage couple make out in a graveyard. On this particular night, Saturn was obstructed from the Earth. Here’s possibly the worst aspect of the entire disk. The first is a scene where Curtis and Stephen hotwire a junked car and chase Joyce in it. BLOODY BIRTHDAY * Produced by Gerald Tolson, directed by Ed Hunt, written by Ed Hunt and Barry Pearson, photography by Stephen Posey, music by Arlon Ober, distributed by Judica Productions. The police believe it’s the same person doing the killings (because strangulation and shooting could easily give you that impression, right? Back in October of 2012, I reviewed the DVD release of Bloody Birthday. 4.4 out of 5 stars 128 ratings. Rockoff does know what he’s talking about (at least more than most people), but in this interview it seems like he’s just title dropping (there are multiple non-slashers included on his list) retro horrors instead of actually mentioning genuine, obscure slashers. And his daughter was the one who orchestrated it (even more shocking, that’s not the only person in her family she kills)! The first third of the film has a muffled, crackling audio track, and it’s so damn annoying. With Lori Lethin, Melinda Cordell, Julie Brown, Joe Penny. Synopsis Here was my review: Advocators of political correctness please be advised: Bloody Birthday is not for you. I spent about 15 minutes trying to find the right volume to listen at, because too low and you couldn’t hear shit, and too high would cause your speakers to become very angry and make those not-very-fun popping noises. Well, aside from the fact that it’s actually good, it was also mis-marketed as shit. “Bloody Birthday” is one of probably the most offensive of the killer kid sub-genre of horror films out there. Overly protective and sensitive parents be advised: Bloody Birthday is not for you. I’m always really, really critical of “experts” in the horror genre, and this was no exception. There’s also a featurette, A Brief History of Slasher Films with Going to Pieces author Adam Rockoff. Her breasts are seen for a long time, about a minute. It’s not a significant or striking scene, but it’s definitely one of the biggest WTF moments of the film. Bloody Birthday [DVD] Lori Lethin (Actor), Melinda Cordell (Actor), Ed Hunt (Director, Writer) & Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: DVD. It’s annoying at first, but eventually does get much, much better. ‘Mortal Kombat’: First Images from This Year’s Rated “R” Movie Preview Iconic Characters and Bloodshed! A man is beaten to death with a baseball bat (offscreen). He found a jump rope handle in the open grave last night (the same one also containing two corpses), and has a hunch one of the children might have seen something. And she actually uses it to kill people! A woman is hit with a shovel in the mouth, the shovel is later pushed cutting her head from the jaw-up (brief but very graphic/bloody) Edit Several people are hit with an axe in several scenes, sometimes it's offscreen but most of the time it's graphically on the screen with lots of … She’s been mapping out the charts of the students in her little brother, Timmy’s, elementary class. After Curtis and Stephen get their eye full, she decides it’s time to get daddy out of the picture. But, what makes Bloody Birthday so different? Severin has also added a few trailers for their retro and slasher-esque titles. | This isn’t the result of a shitty transfer, just age. Sent with Australia Post Standard Small Box/Satchel. Out of all the evil kid movies we get, Bloody Birthday sure does stand out, not necessarily for being so original but for being a fun pseudo-slasher! This is mostly in shadow but brief glimpses of her breasts are seen. For what it is, Bloody Birthday is a fun, disturbing Horror film that definitely will make anyone uneasy. 2 characters have sex in a bed. Why this seemed like a good idea I have no clue, but the three hell spawns strangle them to death with a jump rope. There is a brief view in profile (the actress is clearly holding the arrow in position). She is watched by two 10 year old boys who pay a 10 year old girl to watch. Bloody Birthday (Blu-ray) - Blu-ray (1981) for $31.00 from OLDIES.com Horror The Nightmare Begins With The Kids Next Door - Order by Phone 1-800-336-4627 The scene lasts about a minute and a character sucks another character's breast. Aside from some very rough looking places, this is an average transfer for a film of its age. A Hidden Gem: 1987’s Horror Series “Werewolf” Claws Its Way Out of Obscurity When the kids, who keep in mind are 10 years old, beat a man to death with a baseball bat, that’s pretty harsh. The Lars Klevberg -directed remake has been rated “R” for: “Bloody horror violence, and language throughout.” Producer Seth Grahame-Smith recently promised “intensity” and “gore” from the film. Plot Keywords. Before I get into what I really like, there are a few things I found totally stupid. Blumhouse's Halloween Kills has been officially rated R this week for strong bloody violence ... Star Wars Fans And Celebrities Wish James Earl Jones A Happy 90th Birthday. Directed by Ed Hunt. Director Todd Phillips' Joker has been rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America, the film's official site confirmed. Even with those idiotic flaws, Bloody Birthday is one hell of a fun movie. I honestly didn’t see that shit coming. Who the fuck does that? His bloody body is shown as the final shot of the film. Joyce uneasily accepts to babysit Beverly one night (she thinks it’s all Curtis and Stephen), and when she and Tommy arrive at the Brody residence, the pint-sized psychopaths unleash hell! It’s actually a pretty shocking movie- not in the way of having epic gore, but it’s just shockingly violent. One-Shot: Kuroko was walking down the street with a milkshake in hand. A teenage couple strips nude to have sex in the back of a van. Condition is Good. The three "kids" supposedly lost all human feeling when they were born when Saturn was unavailable during a freak planetary alignment when they were born, which gives them a decidedly "grown-up" psychopathic capacity to kill both random targets or people they simply do not like.