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The Birthday Party
14 August 2026
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
123 min
Director William Friedkin
Cast Robert Shaw, Patrick Magee, Sydney Tafler
Not yet released
The Birthday Party were an Australian post-punk band, active from 1977 to 1983. The group's "bleak and noisy soundscapes," which drew irreverently on blues, free jazz, and rockabilly, provided the setting for vocalist Nick Cave's disturbing tales of violence and perversion. Their 1981 single "Release the Bats" was particularly influential on the emerging gothic scene.