--- product_id: 92219992 title: "Happy Birthday To Me - Retro VHS Style" price: "171.94 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/92219992-happy-birthday-to-me-retro-vhs-style store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Happy Birthday To Me - Retro VHS Style **Price:** 171.94 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Happy Birthday To Me - Retro VHS Style - **How much does it cost?** 171.94 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/92219992-happy-birthday-to-me-retro-vhs-style) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Happy Birthday To Me - Retro VHS Look [Blu-ray] Review: Great Canadian slasher! Great deal! - One of the signature horror films produced by legendary Canadian studio and distributor Cinepix, J. Lee Thompson’s 1981 shocker HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME often gets lumped into the post-FRIDAY THE 13th slasher cesspool but it’s much more than that. Cinepix creative braintrust John Dunning had first found fame in the genre via his “discovery” of David Cronenberg, with he and his partner Andre Link producing both of DC’s first features, SHIVERS and RABID. But Cinepix also co-financed and distributed a wealth of horror and dark fantasy films, including Harry Kumel’s 1971 vampire masterpiece DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS and the notorious ILSA: SHE WOLF OF THE SS. These guys knew the market and when HALLOWEEN and FRIDAY THE 13th yielded big box office takes, Dunning and Link put together both this film and George Mihalka’s beloved killer thriller MY BLOODY VALENTINE. Now, VALENTINE is more of a straight-ahead masked-killer/body-count film, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME plays more like a giallo, with its convoluted mystery and its black-gloved murderer. Both films were distributed by major studios, but BIRTHDAY – the sleazier and more disturbing of the pair – escaped virtually uncut while VALENTINE was famously gutted by the MPAA and Paramount Pictures to secure its R rating. If we’re comparing the two, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME is the superior picture and that’s because of its director (Thompson was a veteran Hollywood filmmaker whose credits included CAPE FEAR) and for the fact that the story and script are totally loopy. Dunning hired ILSA scribe John Saxton to come up with this tawdry tale, in which LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE starlet Melissa Sue Anderson appears as high school student Virginia, one of the elite rich-kids who hangout together, wear grey and black striped scarves and call themselves “The Top 10”. Amongst his bunch are Canadian cult film icons Lesleh Donaldson and Lisa Langlois. Anyway, Virginia is having troubles, as she escaped a care-wreck that killed her mom years earlier and now is prone to blackouts and select amnesia. As her pals begin getting systematically slaughtered at the hands of a glove-wearing killer, their corpses mysteriously vanishing, Virginia begins to suspect that she might be to blame. And Thompson makes us believe this too. But IS she? The psychodrama climaxes in one of the truly great and wacky finales in 80’s horror history, at Virginia’s bloody 18th birthday party. Meanwhile THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE icon Glenn Ford looks on, presumably three-sheets to the wind, replete with open shirt and disco medallion. Said ending is even weirder because the screenwriters and producers sort of winged-it, making it up as they went along and settling on the face-pulling mania that currently serves as the final act. The movie was quickly picked up by Columbia Pictures for distribution, the studio pushing it in its marketing materials as having “six of the most bizarre murders you’ll ever see”, a sensationalistic tagline that irked Dunning, who didn’t think the deaths were that weird. He was kind of right, as a few of the killings are simple throat-openings (though they are edited in such a way as to make them truly alarming and grim), but the rest ARE indeed wild, including death by barbell (a rough scene to watch) and murder-by-shish-kebob, the later re-staged for the film’s famous poster. But the killings aren’t the main thrust of the movie. It’s eminently watchable and engrossing and has a twisted whodunit mystery at its core, with red herrings galore, plus a deranged “mad science” subplot and a pack of really good performances (for this sort of film) from its leads. Good HD picture and and sound. No subtitles, however. I'm loving this series!(Mill Creek retro) Great value, great packaging. Gonna collect 'em all! Not sure why there's some gripes about packaging. Yes it's only the outer cover, and it's pretty sturdy and wonderfully designed. As far as the size? Do you really Sheena, Who's Harry Crumb, etc. in oversized box? And again, all under $8. Review: Great 80s slasher at unbeatable price! - One of the true slasher classics of the 80s presented here with solid picture and sound quality throughout. Beside that there are absolutely no extras but that is to be expected at this bargain price. This is a slasher with good production value and Melissa Sue and the other actors are doing a good job. There is plenty of gory deaths as you would expect in this kind of movie, and also some twists and turns. As for the cover it is a slipcase with a retro VHS motive and not one of those big VHS-boxes. I prefer this sort of slipcase cover and recommend this bargain to all who love 80s slashers. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Contributor | David Eisner, Earl Pennington, Frances Hyland, Glenn Ford, J. Lee Thompson, Jack Blum, Lawrence Dane, Lenore Zann, Lesleh Donaldson, Lisa Langlois, Matt Craven, Melissa Sue Anderson, Michel-René Labelle, Richard Rebiere, Sharon Acker, Tracey E. Bregman Contributor David Eisner, Earl Pennington, Frances Hyland, Glenn Ford, J. Lee Thompson, Jack Blum, Lawrence Dane, Lenore Zann, Lesleh Donaldson, Lisa Langlois, Matt Craven, Melissa Sue Anderson, Michel-René Labelle, Richard Rebiere, Sharon Acker, Tracey E. Bregman See more | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 922 Reviews | | Format | Widescreen | | Genre | Horror | | Language | English | | Runtime | 1 hour and 51 minutes | ## Images ![Happy Birthday To Me - Retro VHS Style - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81Xp8R8iV5L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Canadian slasher! Great deal! *by A***. on January 18, 2019* One of the signature horror films produced by legendary Canadian studio and distributor Cinepix, J. Lee Thompson’s 1981 shocker HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME often gets lumped into the post-FRIDAY THE 13th slasher cesspool but it’s much more than that. Cinepix creative braintrust John Dunning had first found fame in the genre via his “discovery” of David Cronenberg, with he and his partner Andre Link producing both of DC’s first features, SHIVERS and RABID. But Cinepix also co-financed and distributed a wealth of horror and dark fantasy films, including Harry Kumel’s 1971 vampire masterpiece DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS and the notorious ILSA: SHE WOLF OF THE SS. These guys knew the market and when HALLOWEEN and FRIDAY THE 13th yielded big box office takes, Dunning and Link put together both this film and George Mihalka’s beloved killer thriller MY BLOODY VALENTINE. Now, VALENTINE is more of a straight-ahead masked-killer/body-count film, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME plays more like a giallo, with its convoluted mystery and its black-gloved murderer. Both films were distributed by major studios, but BIRTHDAY – the sleazier and more disturbing of the pair – escaped virtually uncut while VALENTINE was famously gutted by the MPAA and Paramount Pictures to secure its R rating. If we’re comparing the two, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME is the superior picture and that’s because of its director (Thompson was a veteran Hollywood filmmaker whose credits included CAPE FEAR) and for the fact that the story and script are totally loopy. Dunning hired ILSA scribe John Saxton to come up with this tawdry tale, in which LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE starlet Melissa Sue Anderson appears as high school student Virginia, one of the elite rich-kids who hangout together, wear grey and black striped scarves and call themselves “The Top 10”. Amongst his bunch are Canadian cult film icons Lesleh Donaldson and Lisa Langlois. Anyway, Virginia is having troubles, as she escaped a care-wreck that killed her mom years earlier and now is prone to blackouts and select amnesia. As her pals begin getting systematically slaughtered at the hands of a glove-wearing killer, their corpses mysteriously vanishing, Virginia begins to suspect that she might be to blame. And Thompson makes us believe this too. But IS she? The psychodrama climaxes in one of the truly great and wacky finales in 80’s horror history, at Virginia’s bloody 18th birthday party. Meanwhile THE BLACKBOARD JUNGLE icon Glenn Ford looks on, presumably three-sheets to the wind, replete with open shirt and disco medallion. Said ending is even weirder because the screenwriters and producers sort of winged-it, making it up as they went along and settling on the face-pulling mania that currently serves as the final act. The movie was quickly picked up by Columbia Pictures for distribution, the studio pushing it in its marketing materials as having “six of the most bizarre murders you’ll ever see”, a sensationalistic tagline that irked Dunning, who didn’t think the deaths were that weird. He was kind of right, as a few of the killings are simple throat-openings (though they are edited in such a way as to make them truly alarming and grim), but the rest ARE indeed wild, including death by barbell (a rough scene to watch) and murder-by-shish-kebob, the later re-staged for the film’s famous poster. But the killings aren’t the main thrust of the movie. It’s eminently watchable and engrossing and has a twisted whodunit mystery at its core, with red herrings galore, plus a deranged “mad science” subplot and a pack of really good performances (for this sort of film) from its leads. Good HD picture and and sound. No subtitles, however. I'm loving this series!(Mill Creek retro) Great value, great packaging. Gonna collect 'em all! Not sure why there's some gripes about packaging. Yes it's only the outer cover, and it's pretty sturdy and wonderfully designed. As far as the size? Do you really Sheena, Who's Harry Crumb, etc. in oversized box? And again, all under $8. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great 80s slasher at unbeatable price! *by K***N on February 16, 2019* One of the true slasher classics of the 80s presented here with solid picture and sound quality throughout. Beside that there are absolutely no extras but that is to be expected at this bargain price. This is a slasher with good production value and Melissa Sue and the other actors are doing a good job. There is plenty of gory deaths as you would expect in this kind of movie, and also some twists and turns. As for the cover it is a slipcase with a retro VHS motive and not one of those big VHS-boxes. I prefer this sort of slipcase cover and recommend this bargain to all who love 80s slashers. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Solid Horror Mystery From 1981 *by S***S on August 16, 2019* At a small town private school, things are not going well for a clique of self-described elite students called the Ten. Somebody has it out for this group with a vengeance as they start disappearing one by one. The central point-of-view character is a girl named Virginia (Melissa Sue Anderson), who is experiencing partial memory loss related to an accident in her not-too-distant past. Less obnoxious than most of her clique, the dark gaps in her memory may play into the killings now taking place. At this point the movie probably sounds predictable (which isn't to say it can't still be good) but things don't turn out quite the way it might seem. There were three major swerves which I definately didn't see coming, and they're not all at the end either. There are a couple of incidents which admittedly stretch credibility a bit, but overall this relatively little known horror mystery from 1981 is a great find. The unique retro packaging fits the release great too, and will look good displayed with your movie collection. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/92219992-happy-birthday-to-me-retro-vhs-style](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/92219992-happy-birthday-to-me-retro-vhs-style) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-06-06*