My bloody Valentine
DVD Features: NOTHING! Spanish and English tracks!!! THAT'S IT! PARAMOUNT DOES IT AGAIN! Although I must say, I did enjoy the crisp and crystal clear picture quality of this film. Better then most of the modern movies.
Starring...Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier, and neil affleck
directed by...george mihalka
My rating:
This was the film that I know what you did last summer took alot from. The idea of this flick was pretty good but it never reached the full potential that it could have. Plus in the end, things really don't add up to the reasons of it all happening. The acting is mediocre at best, the directing is just that, but the thing that really had me amazed was to how clear they got it on the DVD. Hell, this thing looked better then Gladiator did! But here is the story...
Harry Worden was one of 4 miners that was trapped in a mining accident. The accident happened because of the 2 supervisors running off to go to a Valentines Day dance. When they finally found Harry, he was the only one alive, but in body only. His mind was long gone, they stuck him into a mental institute and then he got out, one year to the day of the incident. He came back to the town to get revenge on the supervisors that made him that way. He found them, and killed them both, he ripped there hearts and put them into a heart shaped box of chocolate candy. Now, 19 years later, for the first time since the incident, the town of Valentine's Bluff is having a Valentine's day party. But Harry isn't going to let it slide, and the body count begins to rise....
The film was a pretty decent flick, I enjoyed it and would watch it again. It is nothing great though, like I said before, they could have made this alot better had they explained the ending better and had the deaths have some kind of chase to them. This killer had it way to easy, I mean before anyone could tell who it was (due to the blinding light of the killer's helmet) BAM, Pick-axe to the face.
I will say though, this film had me guessing who it was till the very end. Alot of characters pop into mind and each with there own very good motive and reasons for them doing it. But in the end, it was a let down because it was a piece of info that they NEVER gave you in the film. Had they have said something, it would have been more logical but... they also leave it open for a sequel of which from what I can see, never got made.
Character's were for the most part, pretty cut and dry with a few exceptions. And the exceptions were very good, I enjoyed half of them, but some of the others, why, I have no fucking clue where they came from! It was like, they over casted the film and then said, oh shit, we have to do something so why don't we just stick them into scenes and make up dialogue as we go!
I think they should have made a sequel to this film, JUST ONE SEQUEL though! Not like some of these other series that have been milked dry and beyond! But I think they could have made a pretty decent sequel, of course now if they did it, it would suck balls.
I say, if your sick of all of these new 90's "REDEFINING GENRE" slasher shit films, then go back to some of the old classics. Also, if you enjoyed April Fools Day, Happy Birthday to me, or even American Gothic, then check this one out as well. They may not be genre defining, but they get the job done. So check out My Bloody Valentine and go home happy, just don't be expecting any kind of special features for your money. Why? Because Paramount couldn't give a rat's ass about horror movies!
Special Guest Reviewers:
Al Bundy
"Hello? Yes I would like to make a complaint. Yes, I would like to said I am disgusted as to the lack of hooters in this film! We don't get so much as a single hooter in the whole 90 minutes! YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF! What kind of a horror movie doesn't have at least 4 hooters in it??? What? Wait...your not...oh...I am sorry Father Damien, I must have the wrong number..."