Valentine

Rating:
Summary: Fun Enough for Me!
Review: This movie is not the horror movie of the year but who cares? It is fun enough. While almost everything follows the horror movie formula (writing is so so), the production values are good, and Denise Richards and David Boreanaz really shine in their performances and so I enjoyed the movie. If the only horror movie you have ever liked is "The Others", this is not for you but if you liked "Urban Legend" you may grove on this as well. On another note, the club reel of the "Opticon" by Orgy is a nice bonus which comes with the DVD.

Rating:
Summary: Could have been much better
Review: Drop this rating down to 2 stars if you're not really a slasher movie fan.

Director Jamie Blanks, who helmed Urban Legend, directed this very typical but stylish slasher. Like Urban Legend, Valentine is is not the sum of its parts. While both films feature some classic slasher movie pieces, they both try to throw in twists that they don't follow through on.

In many ways, I'm glad to see Valentine appear, as a I feared that absolutely no one would want to make a slasher movie after the Screams, the Last Summers, and the spoofs that followed. Being a big fan, I loved some portions of this film, but ultimately I was left wanting.

The story? Well, basically a grade schooler is shunned by a clique of girls at a Valentine's Day dance. Years later, someone is stalking the girls and bumping them off in imaginative ways. But who is it?

The ending doesn't seem to make too much senes, but maybe I'm thinking too much. (Like most slashers and indeed most horror films, Valentine inevitably unravels under even minor scrutiny).

But enough of the story and the plot. We know they're going to be second rate to the stalk-and-slash of the genre. And in my humble opinion, there are at least 2 excellent sequences in this film. The first involves the first victim of the cherub-masked killer. Working in a morgue late at night a young doctor (or was she a med student...does it matter?) is stalked. The killer bursts into a room that is lined on either side with gurneys. On each gurney is a zipped-up bodybag. Naturally, we assume the girl is hiding in one. In a very spooky and stylish sequence, the killer slams a hunting knife into each bag, waiting for a scream or some real blood. You can guess what happens when he gets to the last bag...

The other sequence is Denise Richards' death. Playing a very unlikable, bitchy gal she gets a particularly cruel death involving a hot tub and an electric drill. (Echoes of Body Double?)

Both of these sequences are atmospheric and creepy, which counts for a whole lot in a horror film to me.

The rest of the film could have certainly been better. I would think that director Blanks learned something from Urban Legend, but this is a weaker effort all in all. At times there is a little too much attention paid to the set (the lavish party, the art gallery installtion (which was impressive nonetheless)) and not enough attention paid to real suspense, let alone scares. The killer looks pretty good actually, not an easy chore to pull off since the mask is a cherub face.

A point of recommendation is the soundtrack. Culling a lot of populuar "nu-metal" and dark tracks, it features Static-X, Linkin Park, Amanda Ghost, Snake River Conspiracy, Marilyn Manson, Orgy, etc. Though you might not remember all of these tracks from the film, it's a very solid disc to pick up.

I'll give credit to this DVD though. Nice transer, good sound, and a good job on the extras. Least they could do for a so-so film.

Last but not least, as if I need to mention it, the ending sets up a Valentine II...

Rating:
Summary: Damn, homes.
Review: "Valentine" doesn't live up to it's promise of suspense...and also not really up to it's rating of 'horror' either. Only one of the deaths is really that creative, and we ALL know who the killer is, regardless of who's behind the mask at the end.

The actors/resses also didn't really put much into their role. David Boreanaz had his usual dazed Angel look (the "I just ran into a tree three seconds ago" one), and he never seemed to really get why he was in the scene. Marley Shelton ran around bulging out her eyes and I quickly got annoyed with her.

Denise Richards, however, pulls a good performance as Paige. It may be worth it just to watch her pour hot wax all over some dude's groin.

Rating:
Summary: 5 STARS ON DVD
Review: I RENTED THIS MOVIE AND LIKED IT ALOT. I THEN WENT TO SAM GOODY RECENTLY PURCHASED THE DVD. THE VHS GETS 4 STARS BECAUSE IT IS KINDA BORING AFTER A WHILE AND LOOKS RELLY BIG AND WIERD COMPARED TO THE LETTERBOX WIDESCREEN DVD FORMAT, THE DVD INCLUDES INTERESTING EXTRAS AND LOOKS BETTER, WHICH IS WHY IT GETS A BONUS STAR, RENT OR OWN IT SOON. REVIEW WRITTEN FEBUARY, 2002. GREAT GIFT FOR A HORROR FAN ON VALENTINE'S DAY.

Rating:
Summary: Dumb but sort of fun
Review: Valentine starts out with a 4 eyed geek getting turned down by every girl he asked to dance with him at a Valentine dance. Later on he gets beat up at the dance by some boys that think he was trying rape this girl. Later on in the movie when each girl starts getting vicsious Valentine cards that buy immiedetly comes to each of their minds of course. "Hey remember that kid we were mean to at that Valantine's dance ?", meanwhile this is like years after, that's just a dumb. I mean I doubt anyone that picked on me at High School or Jr. High immiedetly thinks of me when they're pranked or Harrased, lol.

Well anyway they start getting hunted one by one by someone in a cupid mask. Plus the killer stops to make some pointless other kills too of course.

Spoiler: What makes no sense to me though is that there's 2 killers that aren't in cohoots but they both just happen to kill wearing the same mask.

So there's some things in this movie that just don't work. However it still is kind of entertaining I guess. Makes a good popcorn movie at least, that you could sit down with friends and make fun of. Some of the killing scenes can be pretty scary too actually. So don't expect another Scream or even another I Know What you did Last Summer for that matter and maybe you might enjoy this B-Movie Horror film more.

Rating:
Summary: Not what u thought it would be
Review: this movie really isn't as good as I thought it would be. I only wanted to see it because I am a big fan of Katherine Hegil but shhe ws in the began of the movie for like only 7 or atlest 10 minutes. After that it really wasn't scary as it sounds. The BIZAR part of the moive was in the end. Go seee it for yourself but for Katherine Hegil the and atleast stay awake for the half of it.

Rating:
Summary: Read the Book
Review: I saw this because I love David Boreanaz- but for everyone who likes this movie, please read the book by Tom Savage by the same title with a slightly similar (but -much- better) plot. You'll see things differently

Rating:
Summary: Average slasher film, Hollywood style
Review: A mysterious killer targets four young women who were classmates 17 years ago. They begin to suspect one of
their former classmates who was betrayed by one of them, leading to horrible results (he was forced to psychiatric treatment and sent into asylum).

There isn't much more of a storyline in this movie (not that this is neccessarily a bad thing for a slasher film).
Unfortunately, this is pretty much shot for shot everything that every horror movie fan is expecting from today's slasher movies made in Hollywood, without ANY surprises... except maybe for the stupid ending, that left me in total confusion about the character played by David Boreanaz. But the hole thing is still o.k. entertainment for those who aren't used to horror movies and jump when watching shock effects of an R-rated genre flick like this. The die-hard horror fans have to see it anyway... Oh, and the cast is very easy on the eyes, if sometimes annoying. But that's the fault of the script, I guess...

Rating:
Summary: Love is in the air...
Review: I personally love the movie Valentine, and I know I would of loved it even more if a magazine I read didn't leak out David Boreanaz was the killer. I watch Angel(a show David Boreanaz acts in) almost every week and I was thrilled when I heard about his big movie release. It is pretty violent and gross so I usually fast foward through the gory parts but the story is very enjoyable. If you don't mind blood and gore then this is a movie for you!

Rating:
Summary: A Valentine Movie
Review: 'Valentine' is one of the best movies of it's kind. Some people may think that it is boring and has no taste, but they're wrong. I loved 'Valentine'. Denise Richards, David Boreanaz, Marley Shelton, and Jessica Cauffiel are some of my favoirte actors so I really enjoyed it. Two weeks after I saw the movie I went out and I bought it.