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Summary: A frightening evolution
Review: What we have here in this movie,is the evolution of a middle-school nerd,who is jilted and beaten to a crimson pulp at a Valentine's Day dance,to 13 years later,a psychotic murderer.This give you a good warning,never mess with a nerd,because you can never predict what they can do.
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Summary: Don't be that Psycho's "Valentine"
Review: People shouldn't make fun of nerds in high school. Especially ones who get nosebleeds. That's not right. Even the fat girl ditched the poor guy at prom. I guess it was his fault for buying her so many chocolates. Well, a group of girls grow up and remember the geeky guy on Valentine's Day. They are murdered one by one and it seems like the killer could be the ultra dork! Watch the movie for Denise Richards if anything because the plot is too predictable. You should know who the 'psycho' is just by looking at the cover of the movie. C'mon! Still funny.
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Summary: So-So
Review: At first this show is, I don't know how to explain it besides saying DELICIOUS! It is about 3 stars at first but after watchin it once or twice it gets slow very quickly and becomes a one or two. I would give it that rating, BUT it IS a horror movie and it is basically the most blood-and-guts movie there is.
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Summary: Awesome, brilliant, terrifying, relentless
Review: This movie was the best slasher film since the original Halloween. Scream, I Know and the rest don't even come close. Buy this DVD now. Urban Legend director strikes again - I loved this movie. Forget about the negative comments some idiots have made about this movie - it delivers and without the tedious self-referential atmosphere that permeates Scream and its ilk. Check out Urban Legend (the original not the lame sequel) this director knows how to deliver. The cool references to other pics are very subtle, only those intimately familiar with the works of Argento, Welles, Raimi, Romero, Bava, Claude Chabrol, Hooper, Cronenberg and Carpenter will appreciate the homages - I love that Blanks doesn't ram things down your throat but instead lays clues for the die-hard horror fans that would easily go over the head of your average movie-goer. Why aren't there more directors making movies like Blanks - I can't wait for the next one. Pity that Valentine had to go head-to-head with HANNIBAL, it would have fared better at another time. Thank god for DVD - this one will eventually be recognized as the 80s slasher love letter that it is. I'm amazed that so few horror fans picked up on the joke. I guess the average intellect of the modern horror film viewer is plummeting.
Barry - LA.
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Summary: Excellent & Creative
Review: This is one of the best horror flicks I've seen in a while. The murder scenes are all original and creative. David Boreanez is does an excellent job in this movie. I would definately recommend this movie to any horror fan. It's a must see.
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Summary: A long ways to go...
Review: It's a shame that Valentine is the first big-screen appearance of David Boreanaz (that I know of), because its one of the more dismal offerings in the post-modern slasher flick genre. I noticed in the credits that "Valentine" is based on a book, and I can only wonder about it, given the hogwash the film turned out to be.If this chap Jamie Blanks is such a fan of the genre, he sure doesn't show it, since he ignores both the tricks of the genre and innovative twists on them. Cupid or Jeremy Melton or whatever the masked killer is supposed to be called lacks the meance of even "Scream's" Ghostface, let alone one of the titans like Michael Myers. Blanks dispenses with the ways in which said menace can be established, as well as the ways in which Scream turned the nature of the killer on its head by keeping the villain all too human. No reason why the killer wears a mask or kills the way he does is ever given. Further, the killer seems to be something of an amateur, taking lives in ways that are neither efficient, horrifying, nor ironic. The relationship established between Boreanaz and the killer in the final minute of the film is, in turns, both painfully obvious and a let down. Its too obvious for the film's 'big star' to have this relationship. The character building of the five lead actresses is a nice touch, but we're never given a reason to care for them, and, thus, never give a damn about what happens to them. The audience could identify with Jamie Lee Curtis or Heather Langenkamp all too well, but with these ladies, not at all. Its only the strong, if unsympathetic, preformances by these actresses and the high production vales which keep me from giving "Valentine" a single star. Keep trying Jamie. Michael and Jason and Freddie don't have anything to worry about just yet.
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Summary: A strange little film
Review: Something like an episode of 'Sex and the City' directed by Wes Craven, this mercifully short teen flick can't decide if it's a girl-power sex farce or a by-the-numbers thriller. It hedges its bets and settles for being plain bad. It might have worked if pre-release buzz hadn't identified the serial killer. But if you know who it is, the whole thing's rather tedious. Denise Richards does her usual thing, as does David Boreanaz with one pleasant exception - unlike in 'Angel,' he's occasionally allowed to smile.
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Summary: GREAT SCARY SUSPENSEFUL MOVIE!!
Review: This movie is Great!!! I think the acting was good and the story was good too. For a Horror movie this succeded to me a lot! If you like horror mivies, rent this one. You wont be disapointed. It is rated R for Violence, Language, and a little bit of gore. Not that at all. But still a little creepy. ENJOY the show!!!
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Summary: MY FUNNY VALENTINE
Review: Tom Savage's book is much better than this twisted adaptation. First of all, the only resemblance to the book is the fact that a nerdy kid was abused by some sassy younguns. Everything else is completely reworked. Director Banks opted to make the nerd a middle school student, and the girls are all young teenies too. In the book, they were mature college graduates who had done something pretty despicable to a nerdy college student. Guess Banks figured he couldn't attact the all important "youth" audience if he casted anyone over 30. Oh, well, with that aside, this movie suffers from a very pedestrian ensemble cast. David Boreanaz is completely wasted in the role of Adam Carr, an alcoholic suitor to one of the heroines, played woodenly by Marley Shelton. Denise Richards is around to prove she cannot act her way out of a paper bag, and she doesn't even look as beautiful as she obviously thinks she is. Her demise is campy and incredibly staged. The characters all do dumb things (like the first victim---working alone in a morgue with no one else around? a student at that!). They go into rooms they shouldn't, try and find people they shouldn't, etc., etc. Yet within this amateurish framework is a subtly told story of what can happen when people pull the "Carrie" tricks on less "beautiful" people. Jessica Capshaw deserves kudos as Dorothy; she's the only actress who seemed to understand her role. And, what about the ending---who is (are) the killers. The nosebleeding stunt is completelly confusing, and why weren't we given a little more information on what exactly happens with Dorothy? Oh, well, if anyone else films another Tom Savage novel, stick with the original and do it justice.
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Summary: vlaentine-not a lovely movie
Review: i saw valentine a little while back and have seen it 2 or 3 times since. the plot is very simple and easy to grasp (a former boy who was bullied at school has set out for revenge on what else but valentine's day and wants to kill those who upset him).
the women in the video are all very lovely and i wanted the killer to die, so it worked on that basic level. unfortunatly this movie has nothing whatsoever in the name of originality and has plot holes big enough to sail the titanic through. for me (and many others) this made it a rather boring movie. the killings themselves were pretty unexciting and the movie was not at all scary.
this borrowed heavily from almost every other slasher movie in existence. i certainyl would not rate or recommend this unless it's for movie buffs who must have it fror their collection, or if you want to deliberately bore yourself. i only gave it 2 stars because the cast looked nice (wink, wink).
all in all don't bother.
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