My Bloody Valentine

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Summary: Sarah... will you be my bloody valentine.
Review: One of the better 80's slasher films. I remeber this film always being on the Movie Channel & HBO in February as a kid in the early 80's. The annual town Valentines day dance is banned in the mining town of Valentines Buff because 20 years ago the supervisors attended the dance while 5 miners died in a freak accident except Harry Warden. Harry was sent to a mental institution after this tragedy, 19 years later the local kids try to have the traditional dance on the first anniversary. The dance is stopped by a bloody heart being sent to them in a candy box. They decide to throw the party in the mine but someone doesn't like that idea. Not major gore but some creative ways people get killed involving boiling water, a pick axe, & a nail gun. The lead actors undying love for Sarah (female lead) is borderline scary obsession. The movie leads you to believe that you know the killer the whole time who is back for revenge but it throws you with a twisted surprise ending. One of my favorite 80's horror films & an essential viewing to 80's horror film genre fans.

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Summary: Halloween and Friday the 13th spin off...
Review: These horrific events began 20 years ago in the small mining town, Valentine's Bluff, when some miners got trapped in the mines and their rescue got delayed due to a Valentine's day party. The only survivor sought his revenge a year later by killing everyone who was celebrating Valentine's day. Now the curse is about to be brought back as the people of Valentine's Bluff are preparing for their first Valentine's day party in 20 years. My Bloody Valentine is a poor slasher film that seems to be a spin off from Halloween (1978) and Friday the 13th (1980), which offers an awkward cinematic experience.

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Summary: Bloody Good Fun
Review: Paramount pictures had been enjoying success with Friday The 13th, so why not strike while the iron is hot? My Bloody Valentine came out at the perfect time(though not to much financial success) in the slasher heyday. I saw it when I was 5, and thought it was very scary. Now I think it's just silly, but fun! Basically there's nothing new here if you've seen any slasher flicks before. It's just fun to see variations on the subject. This time it's a guy in a miner's outfit, which is actually one of the cooler looking psycho slasher getups. As far as plot goes-Horrible mining accident years back on Valentine's Day. Flash forward to 81 and the killer warns the town not to throw a Valentine bash or there will be hell to pay(even though he starts killing before Valentine's Day). The kids don't heed the warning, tra-la, tra-la. The killer hacks away at our partying kids, gets mixed up in industrial espionage and battles a team of bloodthirsty mutant whales. There's also a subplot of two guys fighting for the affections of our leading lady. Not scary, but fun in that slasher way. I watched this suffering a bad gas attack from a BBQ chicken pizza I had ate earlier for dinner, so it all had kind of a 3-D effect with the dark, stanky, damp mine scenes. As you'll read, the MPAA took a special interest in this film and cut down the gore. I have no idea why coz you wouldn't let your kid watch this anyway. But it's still enough to satisfy. It's no less gory than the later Friday the 13th films. Watch with someone you love.