The slasher genre began with a weird holiday theme, which luckily fell by the wayside. But think about it: Black Christmas, Halloween, Friday the 13th, My Bloody Valentine… Bloody Birthday is a lesser known early, holiday-themed slasher, and for good reason. It’s pretty terrible. Bloody Birthday begins at Meadowvale General Hospital, in June of 1970. While we watch a total eclipse, we listen to the birth of three children. Delightful. The film proper begins in Meadowvale cemetery ten years later. A couple of horny “teenagers” are fooling around, but the girl doesn’t want to go all the way, because...
