Is Happy Birthday to Me actually good?

Happy Birthday to Me sits in the 43.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 43.7% of them.

How does Happy Birthday to Me compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Happy Birthday to Me lands in the 41.5% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Happy Birthday to Me's score based on?

132 calibrated reviewers stand behind Happy Birthday to Me's score.

1981

global pct

43.7

Film · 1981 · Films · 1980s

Happy Birthday to Me

Name: Happy Birthday to Me
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1981

Scored from 132 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

43.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

41.5%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

33.7%

AI-adjusted percentile

132 calibrated reviewers

Summary

Virginia Wainwright, a member of an elite clique at an exclusive prep school, is haunted by gaps in her memory stemming from a traumatic accident. As her eighteenth birthday approaches, her friends begin dying in bizarre and gruesome ways, and Virginia fears she may be responsible.

Happy Birthday to Me (1981) is a film IMDb files under the horror, mystery and thriller genres.

The calibrated figure is built from 132 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 134 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. The cohort it is ranked inside is 1980s films — 3,141 of them. Rotten Tomatoes carries a separate audience for the same title, 291 of whom clear the calibration test.

Is Happy Birthday to Me (1981) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 132
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 1980s

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