Eugenio Mira's directorial debut The Birthday went
under the radar on its 2004 release but has become a cult fave in the years
since, with Jordan Peele recently programming screenings of the movie at
Film at Lincoln Center and hailing it as "a cinematic marvel that demands captivation and will never relent to your
expectations."
Set in 1987, The Birthday stars Corey Feldman as
Norman, a young man who attends a party at an elite hotel where he is to
meet his girlfriend's family. Wandering into the bowls of the hotel, Norman
discovers an apocalyptic threat in the form of an ancient evil.
Newly restored in 4K, The Birthday will play for
one-night-only in Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas in the US on October 1st before opening in
select US cities on October 11th. A UK/ROI release has yet to be
announced.
Check out the new trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
Not everything is as it seems at the old Royal Fulton Hotel. Norman Forrester, played brilliantly in a career-defining performance by the iconic Corey Feldman, is finally going to meet his girlfriend’s family at her father’s lavish birthday party. But what was supposed to be an important step forward in their relationship doesn’t exactly go as planned; he’s not on the guest list, his girlfriend is ignoring him, and her father doesn’t like him at all. Rejected and heartbroken, Norman wanders away from the party, only to find something far more sinister than his girlfriend’s family lurking deep within the churning bowels of the ailing hotel: an ancient evil that threatens to bring about the end of the world.
