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Bloody Birthday 1981 ★★★
Bloody birthday is a bit of an odd duck between the ream of eighties slashers. First of all, it makes no secret of the identity of the killers. And the killers themselves, well... not to spoil anything, but I can say that it's reminiscent of the Eve 6 episode in the X-files. Similar intelligence, similar pyschoticness and meanspiritedness.
That makes up for the lack of originality with some of the kills. Not saying that I long for blood in this context, but in the average slasher, you are not really waiting for a few shootings. That said, the burial kill and the bow and arrow kill kind of make up for that.
Good stuff if you are a slasher fan looking for something different.
Body Double 1984 ★★★½
Solid thriller from Brian De Palma. A tad predictable and for some reason a lot less bloody than I recall.
But decent overall and solid for what it sets out to do.
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