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Alison's Birthday is a film of genre Thriller directed by Ian Coughlan with Joanne Samuel
Alison's Birthday (1981)
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Add to a movie listAlison's Birthday is an independent Australian horror film released in 1981, produced by the Australian Film Commission, Fontana Films and the Seven Network. It starred Joanne Samuel, Lou Brown, Bunney Brooke, John Bluthal, and Vincent Ball. Filmed in New South Wales, the movie was directed by acclaimed Australian director Ian Coughlan.
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The story starts in sequence with 16-year-old Alison Findlay (Samuel) and her two friends playing a seemingly innocent ouija board game. Upon contacting a spirit, who is later revealed to be Alison's dead father (she never knew her actual parents), the girls discover that Alison is in danger. The spirit then possesses one of the girls and warns her not to return home for her 19th birthday. The girl is immediately killed after a bookcase collapses onto her.Actors
Joanne Samuel
(Alison Findlay)
Bunney Brooke
(Jennifer Findlay)
John Bluthal
(Dean Findlay)
Vincent Ball
(Dr. Jeremy Lyall)
Julie Wilson
(Maureen Tate)
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