The Birthday Party is a 1968 film directed by William Friedkin. This film tells the story of a lodger (Robert Shaw) who is menaced in a seaside boarding house by two mysterious strangers, who eventually take him away.

Mickey's friends throw him a surprise birthday party at Minnie's house. The chef brings out the cake (with 2 candles); Mickey manages to blow all the cake onto the chef's face, while the candles stay lit. He unwraps his present: a miniature piano. He plays a duet of I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby with Minnie, followed by an instrumental version of The Darktown Strutter's Ball, which everyone dances to (including Mickey and Minnie, while the piano stools keep playing). Mickey then plays There's No Place Like Home on the xylophone, then accompanies Minnie on another piece, after which the xylophone gets frisky and eventually dumps Mickey in the fish bowl. Written by Jon Reeves

Based on Harold Pinter's enigmatic play about a border (Robert Shaw) in a British seaside dwelling who is visited by two strangers (Patrick Magee, Sydney Tafler). They torment him verbally, ask him idiotic unanswerable questions, force him to sit down and stand up, and give him a "party." Then, eventually, they take him away, a tongue-tied idiot. The trivial becomes the terrible, and with it a certain wonder, a certain pity. Written by alfiehitchie

Assistant U.S. attorney Stanley Alpert was returning from a blind date when he was accosted by three gunmen. Originally intent on siphoning $1,000 from his ATM, the thugs revised their plan upon learning from Alpert that he had $100,000 in the bank. During the time they held him hostage in a Queens, N.Y., apartment, a bit of bonding ensued. Written by anonymous

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY is a genre movie with a unique personality. It makes its mark as a stylish and stylized, modern classic horror movie and deconstructed slasher-film. THE BIRTHDAY PARTY services the expectations of a hungry horror audience but also delivers surprises along the way. This film transcends typical splatter to offer surreal and suggestive images that scare - for entertainment value. This film strives to create iconic images that leave the theater with the audience. The producers and creative team of THE BIRTHDAY PARTY are determined to tell this story with hyper-creativity and skillful elegance. Written by Joe Moe