Happy Birthday to Me (1981) Movie Script

Aaah!

Winston!

Winston, just stop it!

Bad boy!

Sit down!

Now, sit!

Oh, Mrs. Patterson.

Bernadette O'Hara, do you

have any idea what time it is?

Where are you going?

Well, I-I was just going up

to the village to meet some of

the kids at the inn.

You mean the second

home for the Crawford top 10?

Isn't that what the elite of

the senior class like to call

themselves?

Well, I guess so.

I beg your pardon?

Yes, Mrs. Patterson.

Do you know, Bernadette,

if you and the other so-called

members of the top 10 would

spend half the time on your

books that you do down at

that inn, you could all be in

Harvard tomorrow.

Yes, Mrs. Patterson.

Just be sure you're

back before midnight.

Come along, Winston.

Take mommy home.

Come on.

Come along, Winston.

Give mommy head.

Aaah!

Oh! Oh!

Aaah! Aaah!

Help me!

Aaah!

Help me.

Aaah! Aaah!

Leave me alone!

Aaah! Aaah! Aaah!

Help me.

Aaah!

Oh! Oh, it's you.

Oh, thank god.

Thank god.

Oh, please help me.

Please, somebody's trying...

♪ ...if one of those bottles

should happen to fall ♪

♪ There'd be 53 bottles

of beer on the wall ♪

♪ 53 bottles of

beer on the wall ♪

♪ 53 bottles of beer ♪

♪ If one of those bottles

should happen to fall ♪

♪ There'd be 52 bottles

of beer on the wall ♪

♪ 52 bottles of

beer on the wall ♪

♪ 52 bottles of beer ♪

♪ If one of those bottles

should happen to fall ♪

♪ There'd be 51 bottles

of beer on the wall ♪

Oh, god, please, no more!

No class, these Americans.

Thanks a lot.

Amelia, I'm

really getting mad.

These guys are

really pissin' me off!

Greg, just

settle down, okay?

Etienne, you know

Bernadette's gonna

be here any minute.

♪ 49 bottles of beer... ♪

Virginia!

You finally made it.

Hi, Virginia.

Hi.

What is this, a convention?

Where's Bernadette?

I don't know.

I can't fend

him off much longer.

♪ ...bottles of

beer on the wall ♪

From out of the fog it comes!

♪ ...bottles of

beer on the wall... ♪

Come on, guys,

grow up, okay?!

Alfred, come sit by me.

How's the

midnight taxidermist tonight?

Hey, Alfred,

Alfred, get stuffed.

Hey, Alfred,

did you bring George?

Sure, I brought George.

Here, come on, George.

Come on, come on.

Say hi to George, everybody.

Hi, George.

Let's start the whole

thing all over again!

♪ 100 bottles of

beer on the wall... ♪

That's it; I've had it!

Greg!

5 bucks says he beats 'em.

You're really

askin' for it, man!

Settle down!

What's with you, kid?

Thank you.

Can I buy you a drink?

Come on, Alfred,

you know the rule.

We all buy our own.

Yeah, I know...

I know the rule.

But, um, I'd like... I'd

like to buy you a drink.

Let me hold him.

Ooh!

He jumped.

Hi, cutie.

Mr. grand pooh-bah, sir...

My, uh, apologies for

the gross misbehavior

of my colleague.

Uh, Ingrid, a steiner

for the grand impotate.

That's damn big of you, kid.

Thanks a bunch.

Where's... where's George?

What happened to George?!

I'm sorry,

I dropped him.

What?!

I dropped George.

Oh, no!

George!

A special for his eminence.

As a token of our

friendship and esteem...

Your wizardship.

That's damn big of you.

Your next round's on me.

Jesus Christ, it's a rat!

Time to go, kiddies.

Get 'em!

George!

Get 'em!

You'll pay for this,

you freaks!

Woo-hoo!

Go, go, go!

Let's play the game!

You're on.

Greg!

Get in.

I thought I was with you.

Just get in!

I'm gonna call your

headmistress about this!

Don't forget your numbers.

I go first.

I'm second!

Third!

Fourth!

And you're last, Greg!

And 20 bucks says

you got no balls.

Just watch me, asshole.

Go!

Remember, you scumbag,

that's 20 bucks... cash!

Whoo-ha!

Whoo!

Fuck it!

No!

No, Greg, no!

Stop the car!

It's too high!

Mother!

He made it!

Let go of me, Virginia!

For Christ's sake,

we made it!

No, stop!

Stop it!

You'll kill yourself!

Hold on to her!

Virginia!

Come back!

Ginnie, come back!

Virginia!

Greg, unbelievable

jump, man!

What's wrong with Virginia?

You dumb shit, you

could've killed her!

You're the one that

shoved her in my car!

I'd like to break your neck.

Ann!

Just ease up a little, okay?

She's new!

She never played before!

Maybe we should

go after her.

She's okay.

She just lives over there.

Okay, let's go.

What happened to Steve?

He chickened out.

He's on the other

side of the bridge.

Yeah, hey, that

nimrod owes me 20 bucks.

Mother, I miss you so much.

You'd be proud

of me now, mother.

All the kids like me.

I'm even one of the top 10.

We go everywhere together.

W-who's out there?

Aaah!

You.

I'll walk you home.

No, Etienne,

it's just over there.

I-I'll be f-fine.

I know where it is.

Etienne, I said

I'll be fine!

Virginia?

Yes, daddy.

I was worried.

Where were you?

I was just out with

Ann and the other kids.

Honey... this is not the kind

of night for running around.

Virginia...

Yes, daddy?

Honey... have you

been over there again?

I don't know why it

bothers you so much.

Ginnie, I thought

we agreed to...

No, we didn't agree!

You told me what to do!

I don't even have

the right to go visit

my own mother's grave!

Ginnie, Ginnie,

Ginnie, please.

I'm so sorry.

Daddy, please

don't be angry with me.

You can't live

in the past, honey.

Daddy, I have to remember.

David says until I stop

repressing what happened,

I-I won't be completely cured.

He says I'm progressing

very quickly.

Ginnie, we've

been happy together.

I don't want any of

those memories to change that.

Oh, god.

Sometimes I wish we'd

never moved back here.

I love this house.

I like living here.

I like my school.

I like my friends.

Please don't take

that away from me.

If this is where you want to

live, this is where we'll live.

This is where I want to be.

Case closed.

All right, then, come on.

Off you go.

Goodnight.

I love you, daddy.

I love you too.

Aaaaah!

This sort of

behavior simply must stop.

As students of Crawford

academy, you have

a responsibility to uphold the

traditions established by your

predecessors, which include

being on time, miss Wainwright,

miss Thomerson.

Now, a full apology will

be made to the owners

of the silent woman.

And if I hear of any more of

these outrageous incidents,

I will be forced to declare

the inn out of bounds.

It's all your fault.

Is that perfectly clear?

I take it that

Bernadette O'Hara is late also?

Has anyone seen

her this morning?

I know she was

with you last night.

Maxwell?

Miss Wainwright?

Uh, that's true,

Mrs. Patterson.

We waited for her at the

inn, but she never showed up.

Hmm, well, I will

get to the bottom of it.

Good morning, professor.

So, finally comes peace.

Now, class,

enough time wasted.

Gather over, please.

This morning, a treat...

The galvanic response

of the nervous system.

You recall the

electrostatic generator...

...the galvanic probe,

and finally, frogs' legs.

Ew! Yuck!

Wonderful fried,

a la francais.

By applying the electrical

charge of the galvanic probe,

to the nerve in the frog's

leg... galvani induced muscle

contraction, as though

the leg were alive.

What's so funny?

Yes, Mr. Van Der pall,

quite the comedian.

But the really funny thing

about static electricity

is that it can be discharged.

Aaah!

Now, let's get serious.

Power, please.

I apply the probe to

the nerve of the frog's leg.

Doctor?

Doctor, why is

she doing that?

A random discharge,

Mr. Wainwright.

The brain tissue

is rebuilding itself.

There's no way of

knowing whether new tissue

will function normally or not.

Within the past year, we've

had some marvelous results

with a new technique.

The principle is sound,

and I think we'll succeed

with Virginia.

In fact, we are succeeding.

Then whey the hell

isn't she conscious?!

She's been like

this for months.

She only moves when

you turn on that machine!

Dr. Feinblum, her

alphas are up again.

I'll switch off.

What's happening?

Virginia, can you hear me?

M... m-m... m-m-my...

B-b-bir... birthday.

I was an experiment, David,

just like that frog in the lab.

The principle

is very simple.

When a, uh, salamander loses

its tail, it grows a new one.

And, uh, Dr. Feinblum found

that when this happens, the

salamander's nervous system

creates a kind of electric

field around the

site of the wound.

So what he did was he

developed this apparatus which

reproduced this

field in human beings.

And this field brought about

a regeneration and a healing

of, uh, broken bones, damaged

tissue, internal organs.

And brain cells.

You were the first.

A Guinea pig.

Yes, but a very

successful Guinea pig.

What you remembered

today proves it.

You see, Virginia, Dr. Feinblum

was convinced

that you... your brain

tissue had been restored

by his treatment.

And today I remembered.

Yes.

And tomorrow you

will remember more.

- Even the...

- Even the accident.

I-I'm not saying

it's gonna be easy.

Some of the memories

may be very painful.

That's why you've

repressed them.

But you will remember,

Virginia, and you

will be complete.

Scary.

Yeah.

I won't let anything

or anybody hurt you.

No, I won't.

See ya.

Goodnight, Ginnie.

Come on, Etienne!

Yeah!

Come on, baby!

This is your match!

Do it, baby!

You can do it!

Take it home!

Come on, you bastard!

We've got 50 bucks on you!

Come on!

Go!

Boogie down, baby!

Boogie down!

You did it!

Yay!

Fantastic!

Did you wipe

that mother out?!

Whoo!

Hot damn!

4 to 1... we made 200 bucks!

200 bucks?!

We are rich!

This calls

for a celebration!

The silent woman!

You got it!

But first I have

to clean up my bike.

We'll all just

meet there tonight.

What time?

Seven o'clock.

Okay, see you then.

Bye.

Too bad Bernadette

wasn't here to see you win.

I had to win.

I was carrying this

next to my heart.

God, you've got

a lot of nerve.

That's not all I've got.

Want to see?

What the hell

are you looking at?

God, that Etienne.

What a mover.

No wonder

Bernadette took off.

Are you kidding?

She loves it.

Don't you know that they've

taken a room in some

seedy motel and are

doin' it every night?

Oh, come on, they are not.

How do you know?

Ah, my sweet,

innocent Virginia.

I've got a lot to teach you.

Ha.

Aaah!

Hey, you

guys, no answer at Etienne's.

You think he'd come to

his own celebration party.

And where the

hell is Alfred anyways?

He's on a new biology

project... stuffed students.

Oh, come on, you guys.

He's your regular,

all-American boy.

Ghoul... all-American ghoul.

Come on, Steve,

he's not that bad.

I think these

girls like Alfred.

I think they would like

to be stuffed by Alfred.

Why don't you

get stuffed, Rudi?

God, you're gross.

Just piss right

off, Maggie, okay?

Rudi, Maggie, look...

You got to quit this

bickering back and forth,

all right?

Now, come on,

kiss and make up.

Well, there's

no problem there.

Okay, come on, let's party.

The night's young.

For god's sake,

what's this all about, Ann?

I don't want to see Alfred.

Anyway, he's probably still

in the lab stuffing something.

Stuffing what, I wonder.

He has been acting

very odd lately.

Just go around the

back and keep watch, okay?

Okay.

Aaah!

Fooled ya.

Jesus Christ, you just

scared the shit out of me.

Is he in?

No, and the door's locked.

But there is a

window that's open.

So?

So why don't we go in there

and see what evil deeds

little Alfred's been up to?

Shh!

Do you need a hand?

Yes!

Oh.

Shh!

Quiet.

God, this place is

almost as weird as he is.

Think he really

stuffs all these things?

Who knows?

Ann, let's just get

the hell out of here.

Ah, courage, my dear.

Hmm.

What is it?

I don't know.

There's only

one way to find out.

No!

Aaah!

Oh, god.

Oh, Jesus!

Window!

What are you doing here?

We were worried because

you didn't show up at the inn.

You were worried about me?

Worried...

About me?

Maybe you were worried

about Bernadette.

What about poor,

little Bernadette?

How do you like her?

My latest masterpiece.

She is a masterpiece,

isn't she?

I'm... I'm very proud of her.

And I'll tell you something.

If you're both very good,

you can be my next models.

I think you'd

be good models.

Oh, Jesus, Alfred.

You might think this is

a joke, but I think it's sick.

Sick, sick, sick.

Watch it.

She's on the warpath.

Virginia, you're next.

Hey, wait for me.

Just a moment, please.

Come in.

No, no, of course not,

Mr. O'Hara.

I don't want to alarm you

unduly, but there's still

no word of Bernadette.

Are you sure you

have no inkling where

she could possibly be?

Yes, Mr. O'Hara, of

course I realize she is my

responsibility also.

Certainly.

I will call you tomorrow.

Bye.

Well, miss Wainwright, I

have to tell you that I do not

for one moment believe that two

of the top ten could disappear

without the rest of you

being in on the joke.

But, Mrs. Patterson, really,

I have no idea where they are.

Virginia, I know that

in some ways you are

a special case.

It must have been hard for

you to come back to Crawford.

I knew your

mother, you know.

Well, after all,

she was a local girl.

Virginia, your father

is a very wealthy man,

and I'm afraid that is the

beginning of the trouble.

You and all your gang... you

think that because you are rich

you can sneer at people who

have had to work hard, people

who have had to fight to get a

decent education, that you can

do just as you please.

Well, I'm afraid it doesn't

work like that... at least not

at Crawford academy.

For now, I'm going to assign

you to after-school duties.

Please report to

Mr. MUNCIE at 3:00.

We'll see if a little

detention doesn't

jar your memory.

Yes, Millie, what is it?

Ambassador Vercours

on line 1.

It's about Etienne.

Bonjour,

monsieur I'ambassadeur!

So, did she give

you the same horse shit?

What a bitch.

How are we supposed to

know where everybody is?

And what they're up to.

Well, I already

know what they're up to.

It's just where

that has me stumped.

I just hope

they're all right.

It is kind of weird

vanishing like that.

Yeah, I know.

You want to go to

the movies tonight?

The film society's

showing "high noon."

Sounds great.

I love Gary Cooper.

Ah, I agree.

But Zinneman...

Zinneman is so fabulous!

Every time I go see

a western, they put grease

in their hair.

Hi, Rudi.

Hey, you missed

a great movie.

Yeah?

Seems like someone didn't

bother to ask me to come along.

Come on, Steve, let's go.

Maggie, I want to have a

word with you for a minute,

okay?

Steve, get out

of the way, okay?

I said get out of the way!

Rudi, come on!

Come on, lighten up!

You touch me again,

I'm gonna fuckin' kill you!

Hey, come on.

Let's all go

have a drink, okay?

Look, why don't you

guys just go to fuckin' hell?

Let's go, Maggie.

We're all falling apart.

Come on, I'll take you home.

Now, Alfred, you

can by me that drink.

Come on, Ann.

Amelia?

Oh, it's you.

Amelia's coming

over with some stuff.

She should be

here any second.

Hey, do me a favor.

Slap on 10 more, huh?

I guess I should have minded

my own business tonight, huh?

Amelia says we're fallin'

apart, and I'm startin'

to agree with her.

That was kind of easy.

How about two more 25s?

I just don't understand it.

We've been together for such

a long time, and all of the

sudden we're at

each other's throats.

Make sure you

tighten it, huh?

Okay, that's it.

What are you doin'?!

Come on, put 'em back.

Come on, quit

screwin' around!

Come on,

please put 'em back!

For god's fuckin'

sake, put 'em back!

God, please.

I-I c-c-can't...

Can't hold it.

It's not a joke anymore.

Please.

I can't... I can't hold it.

Aaah!

Hey, Greg!

Pizza delivery girl.

I've got one all

dressed with anchovies.

Greg.

Greg?

Aaah!

Kill 'em!

Kill, kill, kill 'em!

Kill 'em!

Go, Rudi, Rudi!

Crawford could... for Rudi!

Two to ten says

we'll never make it.

You got it.

Come on, guys,

we're running out of time.

This way!

I got it!

Oh, god.

Oh, give me a break.

Hey, don't worry.

Greg wouldn't take off

in the middle of the night

without telling me.

We sure could use him now.

All right!

...and roll the dice...

Aces high, deuces low,

come on, Crawford, let's go!

Give me one more!

Come on, baby!

Come on, Rudi, come on!

No, no, no, no, not now!

That's five... one more.

Come on.

Thank you.

Oh, Rudi,

you were great!

That goal was just terrific!

Yeah, sorry I was, uh,

such a jerk last night.

Aw, that's okay.

Hey, are you, uh, doing

anything later on?

No.

Well, I'll meet

you at the chapel.

Okay.

You cannot refuse.

You must follow

me into the tower.

Ah, that smell... the

putrescence of decay.

But fear not, my little

darling, for although we are

doomed to die, we shall

live forever in the ranks

of the undead.

Rudi, you stop that

right now or I'm not gonna

go another step.

I'm sorry.

I can't resist in

a place like this.

Yeah, it's... it's

creepy all right.

You've, uh, never been

up here before, have you?

You know, I-I keep on

forgetting that you're

new here at Crawford.

No, I'm not.

I was here before you.

Oh, yeah?

When?

Four years ago.

That's funny.

How come, uh,

nobody ever mentioned it?

Well, it was just

for a few weeks, but...

They've all forgotten me.

I will never forget you,

my darling.

Rudi!

Wow!

I-I just love this place!

I swear!

I feel just like quasimodo...

Quasimodo in a bell tower!

Thank god you

don't look like him.

Give me a little kiss,

Esmeralda... a little peck

on the cheek.

Rudi, stop it.

Stop it!

Next thing I know, you'll

be swinging from the bell rope.

Hey, that's not a bad idea!

Rudi, are you crazy?!

Virginia...

You know, I... if I cut

this bell rope almost

all the way through...

No.

Rudi, no.

Virginia...

I've got a knife.

Virginia...

don't go away.

Come over here, Virginia.

Jesus.

Help.

Murder!

Is Dr. Faraday

in his office?

Probably.

Let me check for you.

Roll for the flap.

Fish hook.

Drill is next.

Irrigation, please.

Free bone flap.

Her vital signs stable?

Yes, she's breathing well,

and her blood pressure

is stable.

Brain is swelling.

I'll hyperventilate her.

Cerebral edema...

She's finished.

Close her up.

Now, close her!

She's dead!

Oh, Jesus, no!

Somebody stop him!

God, don't let him do it!

Somebody help me!

He killed part of my brain.

He killed part of me!

Virginia, you've remembered

the operation.

It's coming back

piece by piece.

The knife...

The... t-the blood...

The operation, Virginia.

No!

It was today!

Don't you see?!

I was with Rudi!

We were in the bell

tower, and he had a knife!

I was so scared!

And then what happened?

I don't know!

I-I panicked!

I-I came here.

God, I thought

you'd help me!

Come here.

Come with me.

Come on.

You need some rest.

I'm gonna take you home.

All right?

Listen, I'll, uh, I'll check

out the bell tower.

Don't you worry

about a thing.

Right now I'm

taking you home.

Come on.

It's all right.

...that two more

students have disappeared.

Lieutenant Reese refuses

to confirm or deny that police

believe the incidents

are related.

Also missing is

Etienne Vercours,

a French citizen on

an exchange program

at the Crawford academy.

He is the son of ambassador

Adrienne Vercours.

The third missing student is

Gregory hellman, the son

of Nathaniel hellman,

chairman of the trans-allied

finance corporation.

In other news, police are

investigating a mysterious

incident at Crawford

chapel yesterday.

Vandals severed

the bell-tower rope.

But with the discovery of

a bloodied knife, police are

looking further into the

matter, believing foul play

may be involved as well.

In sports, the 5-game

unbeaten streak of the hous...

Yes, sir,

they're in the library.

When did you

last see Greg hellman?

I saw him

the night before last.

We went to

the show together.

Just give me a name,

rank, and serial number.

It was an anonymous

phone call.

That's why they're digging.

Christ, every day

someone else is missing.

Where the hell is Rudi?

Why are you worried?

The other night,

you wanted to kill him.

They think that

Greg may be dead.

Okay, that's all.

David.

Virginia, come here.

I want to talk to you.

David, I'm so scared.

Rudi is missing.

Now, listen, it's very

important that you tell me

exactly what happened in

the bell chapel yesterday.

Well, I went with Rudi.

We went up to the church.

Dr. Faraday, is anything

the matter?

You'd better come outside.

Hey, everybody, I think

they found something outside!

Please, let me through!

Back.

Let's move it on back.

Aaah!

Hi, there.

Rudi!

Where have you been?!

Where have I been?

Where have you been?

What happened

to you yesterday?

Yesterday?

In the bell tower!

I nearly cut my hand

off with that lousy rope!

15 stitches!

You... you creep!

You had me believing... it was all a joke.

Y-you didn't tell

anybody, did you?

Tell anybody?!

They've been turning the

school upside-down looking for

you and the others!

They're even out there right

now digging in the garden!

I was afraid

to say anything.

Oh, dear god.

Uh, lieutenant, do you

mind if I take a look at that?

Go right ahead, Dr. Faraday.

Thank you.

Now, I think you should

have another look at this.

Uh, property of Crawford

academy science department.

Here.

Rudi.

Virginia.

Rudi, I thought

that was you.

I'm prettier than that.

You're still a bastard.

Listen, David, please don't

say anything about this

to anybody.

I don't want to

get Rudi in trouble.

No, I'm not gonna

say anything to anybody.

But I-I must admit, some

of your friends have

a macabre sense of humor.

I just hope these

kids aren't having

an adverse effect on you.

They're not.

Listen, uh... my birthday's

Sunday, and, uh, I'd like

to invite you to dinner.

Why, I'd be delighted.

Virginia!

Oh, I got to run.

Thanks, David.

Come on, let's go.

And Maggie... I thought she

was gonna tear your balls off

after she got over

that joyous reunion.

Well, it all worked out

for the best.

Now I can take Virginia to

the dance, can't I, sweetheart?

By the way, where's Alfred?

God, not Alfred too.

Maybe we should all

put in 20 bucks and the last

one left takes all.

No, you see, Alfred is

not a disappearer,

he's a disappearee.

A disappearee?

I can just see him walking

through the woods

stalking out his latest victim.

Ah, get serious, you guys!

I haven't seen him

since this morning.

Yeah, nor have I.

How 'bout you, Ginnie?

Have you seen the

phantom taxidermist?

Virginia?

Virginia!

Yeah, I'm watching

it right now.

Look, red and his crew are

on their way up from Houston.

I expect you to give them all

the cooperation you can,

is that clear?

All right.

I'll be in calgary in

approximately four hours.

A jet's standing by.

I want a chopper

at the other end.

Thank you.

How long will

you be gone, daddy?

It's hard to say, honey.

As long as it takes to

get the damn thing out.

What about Sunday?

Sunday?

Your birthday.

Hey, glummy face,

look... I'll be back, Ginnie.

I'll be back by

Sunday afternoon.

I promise.

You really promise?

I promise, honey.

I'll tell you what, if

you can find time in your busy

social schedule to put on some

fancy duds, we'll go out

on the town and celebrate... just

the two of us.

And you know something?

Your old dad will show you

some of his most incredible,

astonishing, fancy footwork.

What do you say?

- Okay.

I got to go.

You'll be all right

here on your own.

Why don't you call a friend,

invite them over?

Or I can... I can

always call David.

Right.

See you Sunday.

Happy birthday.

Have you seen Alfred?

No.

Four down, six to go.

Come on, Rudi,

it's not funny.

Who's laughing?

You know the cops are

out there dragging the canal

looking for bodies?

Rudi, you got

to do me a favor.

What?

Go dance with Maggie.

Whose idea is this?

Hers.

She's driving me nuts.

Well, uh...

Oh, it's fine with me, Rudi.

I don't care who knows it.

I'm scared.

Don't worry about it.

I'll take you home.

Let's get out of here.

Aren't you havin'

a good time?

Well, sure, but, uh,

we could be having

an even better time.

Oh, really?

How?

We could, uh, go for

a drive, have a toke.

Just the two of us?

Just the two of us.

Shame on you, Steve.

What would my father say?

Luckily, he's away

for the weekend.

I make real good

midnight snacks.

You hungry?

Am I hungry!

Meet you outside.

Uh, Ann, what time are

you coming over tomorrow?

Uh, about noon, okay?

See ya.

Wait.

Where are you going?

My place.

With Steve?!

Yeah.

Mmm.

Smells good.

What's that?

I'm making yours

nice and spicy.

Oh, I like it spicy.

Good.

Thank you.

Mmm.

Don't you like hot things?

Some hot things.

God, am I ripped.

My ass is burning.

Mmm.

Delicious.

Well, have some more.

What time is it?

Past noon!

Come on, it's

time to get up!

I want to hear all the

gory details about you

and Steve last night.

Last night?

What the hell

was last night?

I don't remember anything.

Oh, bullshit.

Just a minute.

I'll be right back.

Here are the keys.

Come on up.

I'm gonna take a shower.

Okay.

Mommy, I-it doesn't matter.

Never... I'll never

forget this!

They don't know

how it hurts...

But they'll learn!

But... but daddy says... never

mind what daddy says!

Where is he

when we need him?!

Be careful!

Crazy son of a bitch!

Mommy, the bridge!

Mommy, watch out!

Watch out!

Ugh!

Oh, my god!

Back up!

Hurry!

Mommy, we have to get out!

The water's rising!

W-we have to get out!

We can still get out.

You can swim.

Take a deep breath,

and I'll open the window.

Mommy, I can't!

I'm afraid!

I-I can't!

Virginia, do

what mommy says!

Go on, now, take a deep

breath and swim to the surface.

Do it!

Go!

No!

Nooo!

David!

David, help me!

Help me!

God, help me!

David!

David, help me!

David...

David, I killed her.

I killed her!

She's upstairs.

She's in the bathroom.

I killed her.

All right, come on!

Come on!

Stop!

David!

You come on!

You show me!

She's upstairs?

You show me, you hear?!

Come on!

Stop!

I don't want to see her!

Stop!

Look!

All right, look at this.

Look!

Here.

This should warm you up.

Thanks.

Hmm.

Um...

You know, w-we're

coming very close, Virginia.

You see, tonight you

remembered the accident

at the bridge, and that's

where it all started.

But David, I

don't understand.

Why would I

think I killed Ann?

L-listen, it may be very

painful, but you see,

we've got to find the link

between your trauma...

And your friends.

Bridge...

The kids... they play chicken

on the bridge as it goes up.

They... they call it a game.

And they took

you over the bridge?

Is this... is

this all a game?

Is it?

I think I better stay here

until your father gets home.

Okay.

It's my birthday.

Mmm, it's after 12:00.

So it is.

Happy birthday, Virginia.

Happy birthday.

Oh, hi, doc.

Is Virginia Wainwright

at home?

Oh, well, she hasn't

been feeling very well.

She's sleeping.

We're investigating

the disappearance

of miss Ann Thomerson.

We found her car abandoned

just across the road.

She hasn't been

seen since yesterday.

Her parents are away, and the

only information we have

is that she was on

her way over here.

Yes, uh... well, uh, I-I've

been here all weekend, and I

know that miss Wainwright

has not had any visitors.

I would like to ask miss

Wainwright some questions.

Well, suppose I have

her give you a ring

when she wakes up.

Is that all right?

Okay, fine.

Here's my card.

Oh, doc, almost

stole your paper.

Oh, yes, thank you.

Thank you.

Virginia.

Virginia, the police were

just here, and they found, uh,

they found Ann's car.

She's missing.

Oh, my god!

Then I did kill her!

I killed Ann!

Listen! Wait! Wait!

Just a minute!

She's missing...

That's all.

They're all just missing.

David, I-I don't understand.

What... what

does it all mean?

I think, uh, it means that

it's locked up in your past,

and you've got to

try to go back.

What do these people have

to do with the whole thing...

Alfred, Steve, Greg,

Bernadette, Etienne?

What happened

before the accident?

You've got to

try to remember.

It

Was my birthday.

Mother decided to have

my party in the cottage.

Bernadette O'Hara,

Etienne Vercours,

Steve Maxwell, Alfred Morris,

Greg hellman,

and Ann Thomerson...

Six of the richest.

Nothing but the

best for my little girl.

It's almost 5:00.

Did you tell

them to come at 4:00?

Yes, mommy.

I suppose this is what

they call "fashionably late."

Shit!

Hello?

I've been

trying to call you all day.

I can't get home

until the weekend.

Would you tell Ginnie

I'll make it up to her?

Tell her yourself,

you bastard!

It's your loving father.

Hello?

Happy birthday, sweetheart.

Daddy, where are you?

I'm still in Caracas, honey.

Oh, but, daddy, I-I

wanted you here so much.

I know.

I tried, sweetheart.

I just can't get away.

Now, look, tell

me... how's the party?

Are your friends

from school there?

Yes!

Yes, they're all here.

I-I wanted you to meet them.

And I will, Ginnie.

Believe me.

When I get back,

we'll have another party.

Promise?

I promise.

Goodbye, sweetheart.

Goodbye, daddy.

Why did you say that,

Virginia... that your friends

were here?

I-I didn't want

him to feel bad.

Your father's never

kept a promise in his life.

Well, where are they... your

little friends from

the Crawford academy?!

They're not coming!

What?!

There's a party at

Ann Thomerson's house.

I-I heard them talking.

Why didn't they invite you?

Mom, they

don't even know me!

Those goddamn little snots!

We'll show them.

If they won't

come to our party...

We'll go to theirs.

Open this gate!

Open this fucking gate!

Is that you, estelle?

What's the trouble here?

My daughter's

going to that party!

Has she been invited?

She doesn't

need an invitation!

Hell, Pete,

it's her birthday!

All those kids are

her friends from school.

Estelle, you can send your

little girl to the Crawford

academy, but that ain't

gonna change who you are.

You get will Thomerson

down here!

Let him tell me

that to my face!

Those things are

over and done with.

Don't bring them up now.

Just take your

little girl and go home.

God damn you!

I'm a rich woman now,

and I plan to shove it

in their faces!

You hear me,

will Thomerson?!

I can't be bought

off ever again!

Mommy...

Mommy, please don't cry.

I-it doesn't matter.

Please don't cry.

L-look, let's go home.

You don't understand.

Those stuck-up assholes...

They think they own the world!

Well, they're

gonna pay for this!

I'm gonna make them pay!

No, mother, no!

- No!

No! Virginia!

No!

Ugh!

Ginnie...

I'm home!

Where's my birthday girl?

Ginnie?

Ginnie, where are you?

Gin?

Ginnie?

The plane was late.

Ginnie?

Jesus, god!

Not my baby!

Please, god, not my baby!

Baby!

Ginnie!

Nooo!

Ginnie!

My god... estelle.

♪ Happy birthday

to me ♪

♪ Happy birthday to me ♪

♪ Happy birthday, dear Ginnie ♪

♪ Happy birthday to me ♪

Oh, god.

Ginnie...

Oh, baby.

Oh, god.

Daddy...

You kept your promise to me.

You came to my

birthday party.

Oh, Ginnie.

Ginnie...

That's better.

Now...

Would daddy

like a big piece...

Or a little piece?

Ginnie...

Oh, Ginnie, baby.

What have I done to you?

I had no choice.

The doctors were so sure...

So sure.

Bastard!

And now for you...

Bitch!

Oh, my poor,

dear little sister.

We can't have you

looking all dirty...

Not for your

own birthday party.

Now...

Take a look!

Take a good, long look!

I've done it all

for you, sister, dear!

Since I ruined your

last party, I've made certain

nothing's gonna go

wrong this time.

With everyone's help,

they're all here,

just as you always wanted...

All seated around the table,

waiting to celebrate your

birthday... your

precious birthday.

And as a special treat...

They all get

to watch you die.

Murder...

Then suicide.

Now they'll all know just

how crazy little Ginnie

really was!

Surprised?

I hope you are.

I planned it so you'd

never suspect a thing.

None of them did.

I dressed like

you, walked like you...

I even talked like you.

You made it

all so easy for me.

I was your best friend.

You trusted me.

I could come

and go as I pleased.

You woke up

remembering nothing.

It worked every time.

That night in

the cemetery...

With poor, little Alfred...

Genius mask-maker.

Remember how he fooled us

with Bernadette?

You didn't know it, but he

had followed you there,

and so had I.

I did it again after

the dance with Steve.

He was so stoned he

didn't even notice for

a moment it wasn't you.

And tonight with David.

Hey, that nimrod

owes me 20 bucks.

At 4 to 1,

we made 200 bucks.

200 bucks?!

We are rich!

This calls

for a celebration!

The silent woman!

All right!

Say hi to George.

Hi, George.

And now it's your turn.

You deserve to die.

You're just like her!

A fucking whore!

My father's mistress.

And you're his daughter...

My sister.

Something she never

let my father forget.

That's why my

mother left us.

She could never

forgive him for having you.

It's all your fault.

You've ruined our lives.

You should've died

that night at the canal.

You never should've

been born!

Nooooo!

Ugh!

Dear god.

What have you done?

♪ Happy birthday

to me ♪

♪ Happy birthday to me ♪

♪ Happy birthday,

dear Ginnie ♪

♪ Happy birthday to me ♪♪

♪ I'll have my party

alone today ♪

♪ Who cares anyway? ♪

♪ I don't need 'em now ♪

♪ Who wants presents

with pretty bows? ♪

♪ Who wants party clothes? ♪

♪ I don't need 'em now ♪

♪ Can't I dim the lights? ♪

♪ Can't I cut the cake? ♪

♪ A wish is just a wish ♪

♪ What difference

does it make? ♪

♪ Now that everyone's

gathered here ♪

♪ Sing out loud and clear ♪

♪ Cheerful as can be ♪

♪ Happy birthday to me ♪

♪ Ah ah ah ahhhhh ♪

♪ Ahhhhh ahhhhh ♪

♪ Ahhhhh ♪

♪ Can't I dim the lights? ♪

♪ Can't I cut the cake? ♪

♪ A wish is just a wish ♪

♪ What difference

does it make? ♪

♪ Now that everyone's

gathered here ♪

♪ Sing out loud and clear ♪

♪ Cheerful as can be ♪

♪ Happy birthday to me ♪♪

Happy Birthday to Me (1981) - full transcript