Valentine

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Summary: Terrible
Review: This is a terrible movie, if it were not for Denise Richards I would have turned it off after 10min. Watch it on mute if you do buy iy.

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Summary: Will You Be My Valentine?
Review: Revenge is sweet, just like a valentine bonbon...at least a phsyco killer cupid thinks so. In this humor-laced comedy you'll be dying for love and a lot more in this twist-filled thriller. Yes...cards, candy, and flowers are nice...but for fans of stalker-shocker-slasher terror, you're in for a real treat! THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A VALENTINE!

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Summary: Don't bother...
Review: This movie is one of the worst 'horror' movies I've seen (believe me, I've seen a lot since I'm a horror movie fan)... Truly, the only good thing about this movie is its soundtrack, that's about it.

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Summary: Ambitious, beautiful and stylized junk!
Review: Five beautiful friends who start receiving threatening valentines find themselves being hunted by a repressed killer (obviously inspired [or stolen] from HALLOWEEN) wearing a cupid mask. Is it that nerd they all teased in sixth grade? Attractive but predictable, poorly written thriller that not only has a complete lack of suspense but can't make us seem to care about a character of any kind. Still, at least director Blanks tries. Based on the novel by Tom Savage.

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Summary: it's horrible all right
Review: Valentine is a ghastly mess. Upon recieving violent valentines the "heroines" proceed to go out alone, ignore the advice of the police, withold evidence and generally act like fools. The plot had potential but the actors and the crummy dialog destroy all hope. David Boreanz essentially plays Angel as a drunkard human instead of a brooding vampire but that's the best thing I can say about the flick. Denise Richardson is the worst thing about it. Her acting was never her strongest suit but in Valentine it takes a real nose dive. ...The twist ending didn't make a lick of sense and I took the DVD back to the store and begged to exchange with something else.

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Summary: My bloody valentine
Review: I think Valentine is a vastly underrated, thrilling horror movie. At its root, it is obviously a slasher film, but this movie features great pacing, true suspense, quite effective musical transitions, and, most importantly, a terrific finish. Valentine not only has a recognizable plot, it incorporates some dandy instances of symmetry that really help tie everything together in the end. I wish I could tell you just how satisfying the ending is. I had my suspicions about the identity of the killer, but several late twists made me doubt my theory, change it, and finally just applaud the filmmakers for essentially keeping me in the dark up until the very end. I know the clues are there all along, and many people may discover the secret well before the final revelation, but this experienced horror fan was kept off-balance throughout. I also have to admit that this movie made me jump a couple of times (and I can't say that about very many horror movies). With significant help from the musical score, suspenseful scenes were really presented well-just long enough to make you grit your teeth but not long enough to become tiresome. In trailers, the movie looks like another Scream (and there are definite similarities), but Valentine stands head and shoulders above the great majority of slasher films.

A lot of horror films feature attractive women, but Valentine is in a class all by itself. What you get here is Katherine Heigl, Marley Shelton, Jessica Cauffiel, the charming Jessica Capshaw, and-drum roll please-Denise Richards. Denise Richards is absolutely stunning in this movie-the smoldering, sultry looks, the prayer-answering hot tub scene, and the bedroom scene I won't even attempt to describe. Watching the creepy old detective put the moves on her is rather comical, but you can't blame the guy for trying.

I must say I really love the killer in this movie. While the concept of the masked killer is far from original, the cherub mask is a cool, creepy look. This killer also enjoys variety, employing a number of different, equally effective implements of death. He works his way up from your basic knife across the throat and crossbow to broken shards of glass and a couple of really innovative weapons. No two deaths are remotely alike, and you can just tell how much the killer enjoys his/her work. The DVD's energetic club reel of Orgy's song Opticon is great, but I would caution you not to watch it before watching the movie because it does give a little away in terms of who lives and who dies.

Valentine has almost everything I want in a horror movie-a creepy killer, gorgeous actresses, all manner of killings, miscellaneous laughs, an actual plot of some complexity, nail-biting suspense, and a less than obvious ending that totally satisfied this horror fan. I would not have objected to some nudity, but this movie really doesn't need it. It's hot, it's sizzling, it's sexy, it's smart, it's a carnival of murderous delight. You won't find many slasher films better than Valentine.

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Summary: The only horrific thing about this is how pathetic it is
Review: Valentine is just one of the many new teen-slasher thriller movies that are plagueing the horror genre. It seems ever since Scream was a hit that we have just been bombarded by these totally non-scary, predictable, and overly stupid films that are trying to establish franchises such as Valentine, Jeepers Creepers, Urban Legend, etc. The storyline isn't half bad on paper; a group of popular girls who shunned a boy years before are being sent some disturbing valentines and are then picked off one by one by a masked killer. While this may seem like a neat idea, the delivery fails miserably. While Denise Richards isn't really a bad actress underneath it all, her co-stars are horrendous and don't come off as believeable for one minute. David Boreanaz seems to just brood his way through the film from start to finish, and the wanna-be twist ending isn't so twisting because anyone with a brain can figure out who the killer is in the first half hour of the movie. The fake scares (hands on the shoulders) are just more annoying than suspenseful, and the film is not scary at all. All in all, Valentine is just another teen thriller that tries to be better than what it is, but is a failure in an overbloated genre that is becoming an insult to true horror fans.

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Summary: Old is new again
Review: I saw this in the theater the same day as Hannibal. One movie made a truckload of money and stunk, the other was good with only a modest profit. Can you guess which?

Valentine freshens the masked person killing teens genre and mixes in a great soundtrack with good acting and great cinematography. We have seen this plot before, but it is perfected here and given a sense of style that carries it far beyond the films that came before it.

The plot is old as dirt... Spurned guy vows revenge and people start dying. Where Valentine steps up is that it's "mask" is a disturbing cherub and it's expressionless face harkens back to Michael Myers mask in Halloween. The expressionless face mirrors and blank soul. It has been emptied of compassion and you feel it's pain while hoping it is stopped.

This is solid entertainment. You should not get bored watching the film. Will you be satisfied? Rent it and see. I feel that you will want to buy it after you return the rental.

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Summary: Finally! An original ending!
Review: Despite the fact that Jamie Blanks wanted and tried to make this movie all about Denise Richards...it is still one I watch regularly. There are some of the "obvious what's going to happen next" moments, but if a horror movie didn't have a few of those, people wouldn't get it. Donnie Darko for example. Very good very dark. Back to the point, I wish this movie had gotten more clout when it came to theatres. I vaugly remember and trailer and a poster. It is definately worth the rent to see if you want to buy..I did. If you love this movie, don't listen to the commentary, it will frustrate you.

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Summary: The Only Scary Slasher Film!!!
Review: Valentine, like most slasher movies has the killer behind a creepy looking mask! But the thing that Valentine gains is the frightening moments! Yes, I have to admit it! All slasher films are jumpy the first time you watch it! But Valentine stays jumpy each time, even if you memorize everything! Plus, this movie has the most suspensful twist at the end. Even better than The Others was! I highly recommend this movie to any horror movie fan, or anyone who just wants to find out how much love hurts!