Off to eternity

Movie
German title	Off to eternity
Original title	Happy Birthday to me
Country of production	Canada
original language	English
Publishing year	1981
length	110 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18
Rod
Director	J. Lee Thompson
script	John CW Saxton Peter Jobin Timothy Bond
production	John Dunning André Link
music	Bo Harwood Lance Ruby
camera	Robert Paynter
cut	Debra Karen
occupation
Melissa Sue Anderson : Virginia Wainwright Glenn Ford : Dr. David Faraday Lawrence Dane : Hal Wainwright Sharon Acker : Estelle Wainwright Frances Hyland : Mrs. Patterson Tracey E. Bregman : Ann Thomerson Jack Blum : Alfred Morris Matt Craven : Steve David Eisner : Rudi Lisa Langlois : Amelia Lesleh Donaldson : Bernadette O'Hara Michel-René Labelle : Etienne Vercures Richard Rebiere : Greg Hellman Earl Pennington : Lieutenant Tracy Jérôme Tiberghien : Professor Heregard Maurice Podbrey : Dr. Feinblum Karen Stephen : Mrs. Calhoun

From into eternity (Original title: Happy Birthday to me ) is a horror film by the Canadian director J. Lee Thompson from 1981.

action

Virginia Wainwright barely survived an accident, her mother was not so lucky. From that moment on, Virginia is plagued by strange hallucinations. She is well received by her classmates in her new school. The clique calls itself the "Top Ten", which causes a lot of unrest and celebrates every evening in the small restaurant by the harbor called "Old-In".

But at the same time, a creepy killer sneaks around the school, to whom the first of the troop, Bernadette, soon falls victim. Virginia is catching up with her past more and more. Your doctor and helping friend Dr. David Faraday believes she is cured. Soon Virginia no longer knows what reality and dream is. Soon she thinks herself the killer. But in the end everything turns out differently. One of her friends has put on a mask that looks like Virginia. Out of jealousy about their father, she also wants to get Virginia out of the way, who can turn the tables on her at the last moment.

criticism

"A shocker composed of set pieces from the horror film and thriller, staged in an unnecessarily drastic and bloodthirsty manner, with a few variations of familiar motifs."

- Lexicon of international film

“Thriller specialist Jack Lee Thompson (“ A bait for the beast ”) makes the story's credibility disappear under gallons of blood. Glenn Ford, box office magnet of the 50s, is completely burned out. "

- Cinema

Web links

• Happy Birthday to Me in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Into eternity in the online film database
• Happy Birthday to Me at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Off to eternity. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ^ Review on tvspielfilm.de