BLOODY BIRTHDAY is a pretty decent entry in the 'killer kids' genre of filmmaking that has existed ever since THE BAD SEED came out in the 1950s. This one has a trio of kids born during an eclipse, which of course means that they turn out to be murderous little brats who kill off anyone they can get their hands on. This is a surprisingly popular sub-genre of films including such entries as THE CHILDREN OF RAVENSBACK, THE GOOD SON, and MIKEY, and BLOODY BIRTHDAY is a solid addition to it. The kill scenes are well directed as is the movie as a whole and the performances pretty decent. It's not the most gruesome film out there but the deaths have imaginative flourishes designed to make you cringe; there's plenty of nudity too for exploitation fans.

This 1981 horror film stars Lori Lethin, Julie Brown, K.C. Martel, Billy Jayne, Elizabeth Hoy and Andrew Freeman. This takes place in California and begins one night in 1970 with a solar eclipse occurring during 3 births. Ten years later, we meet the children, Curtis (Jayne), Debbie (Hoy) and Steven (Freeman) who not only share the same birthday, but have murderous tendencies. Lethin plays Joyce who becomes targeted by them along with her little brother, Timmy (Martel) when they learn the truth about them. Brown (Clueless) plays Debbie's older sister, Beverly. This isn't a bad film that has similarities with "Village of the Damned" & "Friday the 13th" featuring a decent cast. I'd give this a chance if you enjoy horror/slasher flicks.

After a series of strange deaths, a teen learns her brother and his best friends are all involved in a murderous crime spree and must find a way to stop them before the spree continues.This was quite a disturbing and wholly original slasher. Perhaps more than any other film in the genre this one makes out the ploy about how evil kids are with their vindictiveness and cruelty, which is this one's main point. This one really goes to the extreme in making them seem like the coldest beings in the universe through their actions here by maliciously trapping kids inside locked refrigerators, waving guns in front of everyone around them, keeping scrapbooks of their killings, charging money to spy on their nude siblings and flat-out lying to adults and peers to keep their handiwork a secret from everyone. All of these tactics are more than enough to give them a creepy, twisted edge if it happened to be featured on adults, yet the fact that this is done on young children makes them even darker as the cold nature of their appearance and behavior makes for an incredibly fun time. It's a lot of fun when it zeros in on traditional slasher motives and scenes here by generating some fun with its rather chilling stalking scenes as the school rampage, their attempt to run-down a victim in a junkyard with a car, dealing with the sister in her bedroom and finally the chase along the streets which is quite enjoyable, along with the finale chases through the house that is really tense and matches up quite nicely to add a lot of traditional slasher-film chases. These here are enough to hold off the film's problems, the biggest of which is the sheer stupidity of everyone that basically ignores everything around them simply to get the plot going. This is either due to the lousy acting on the kids who are incapable of looking sad or grief-stricken during the funerals or the inability of the police to catch onto the spree around them which is all done to keep the plot going unnecessarily when a realistic effort would've done more investigating or more to prevent them from happening. The kills aren't that special or dynamic either, but the stupidity is the biggest factor holding this one down.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Language and a sex scene.

Three kids born during a solar eclipse have no consciences and turn into psychotic killers as their 10th birthday approaches. Cheesy '80s horror flick that appears to have had a budget of ten dollars with change left over for coffee. The cheapness of it adds to the appeal if you're a fan of low-budget horror from this period. The movie stars Lori Lethin, a cute actress who is forever imprinted on my memory as the epileptic street performer from a very special episode of Diff'rent Strokes. Also features Susan Strasberg and Jose Ferrer slumming. The three kid actors playing the killers are Billy Jacoby, Andy Freeman, and Elizabeth Hoy. Jacoby was a recognizable face in the '80s but I don't know the other two from anything else. Hoy's the creepiest of the three kids. I realize little kids murdering people might make some folks uncomfortable but, trust me, this is a pretty ridiculous movie. How anyone can take it seriously is beyond me. I loved when the scene where they try to run Lori Lethin down in a junkyard. One of the little buggers is driving with a sheet over his head and another is operating the pedals. Terrifying stuff! The best thing about this movie is the scene where buxom Julie Brown dances around her room naked. It's a tacky and sometimes trashy slasher movie that's worth watching if you're bored and in need of a laugh.