049 - Bloody Birthday (1981) & Happy Birthday (2016)

CW: Queerphobia, Sexual Assault, Rape The Birthday Extravaganza continues on Pod Sematary! To celebrate Kelsey's birthday this week, the birthday-themed movies just keep coming! First up is the forgotten 1981 classic, Bloody Birthday. Three kids are born during an eclipse by an eclipse (it makes sense, I promise) and shit goes downhill from there. This movie is simply balls-to-the-walls, unabashed murder-by-kid. Where were you people on this one? How have we never heard of this?! Then, unfortunately, it's on to 2016's Happy Birthday... a movie that would have been derivative in the 90's and it has aged even worse. It still has promise in the form of music video-style direction, but that just can't make up for the punching-down, edge-lord humor. It's too bad because Steven Tyler was a lot of fun. Plus spoiler talk about Castle Rock episodes 8 ("Past Perfect") and 9 ("Henry Deaver")! Get more at podsematary.com! Audio Sources: "Chasing Amy" produced by Too Askew Prod. Inc. and View Askew Productions "Clueless" produced by Paramount Pictures "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" written by Julie Brown, et al. and performed by Julie Brown "Happy Birthday" produced by Darko Entertainment "Bloody Birthday" produced by Judica Productions "Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones "The Story of Everest" (Mr. Show with Bob & David S04E04) produced by Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, et al.