My Bloody ValentineYear: 1981 Director: George Mihalka Written by: John Beaird Threat: Psychopath Weapon of Choice: Pick-Axe Based upon: Original |
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Rish Outfield's reviews
There was a big bad happening years ago on Valentine's Day, and nobody's
celebrated it since then. But this year, they do. And the fun begins.
Although some of this movie wasn't so great, there were some nice elements to
it. I enjoyed the backstory and the genuine fear the townspeople had for the
killer. It also had a novel setting, and at least one fake scare that really
worked. The ending was pretty stupid, though. And that's really all I have
to say about that.
Note: Upon further examination, it appears the above review was written by Forrest Gump.
The tyranist's thoughts
Why would anyone make a movie like this? I guess that the holiday thing in horror is always popular, but what about the
rest of it?
I've heard things about this movie that just aren't borne out by a viewing of it. This is a pretty typical bad slasher.
I laughed at the silly things they did and plot inconsistencies. The killer was sort of scary but sort of not. The
characters were often stupid. See? Pretty typical.
About the only thing that the movie really had going for it where the hearts in the candy boxes. At least that would be
a little creepy.
The acting wasn't particularly bad, but cutting through the Canadian accents wasn't that hard, but we had fun making fun
of them anyway. The idea was pretty solid but really fell apart toward the end. I think the thing that really held the
movie back and undid whatever good it could of done was the way they withheld information. There were several times when
it was obvious that certain characters had information that we didn't (and one of those instances ultimately reveals who
the killer is). If they had given us something to work with then we could have tried to piece the puzzle together, but
they kept us in the dark until the very end and then revealed the killer in a stupid flashback/vision sort of way.
I wouldn't see this if I were you, but who knows, others have loved it.
Total Skulls: 22
Sequel | ||
Sequel setup | ||
Rips off earlier film | ||
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie | ||
Future celebrity appears | ||
Former celebrity appears | ||
Bad title | ||
Bad premise | ||
Bad acting | ||
Bad dialogue | ||
Bad execution | ||
MTV Editing | ||
OTS | ||
Girl unnecessarily gets naked | ||
Wanton sex | ||
Death associated with sex | ||
Unfulfilled promise of nudity | ||
Characters forget about threat | ||
Secluded location | ||
Power is cut | ||
Phone lines are cut | ||
Someone investigates a strange noise | ||
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door | ||
Camera is the killer | ||
Victims cower in front of a window/door | ||
Victim locks self in with killer | ||
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls | ||
Toilet stall scene | ||
Shower/bath scene | ||
Car stalls or won't start | ||
Cat jumps out | ||
Fake scare | ||
Laughable scare | ||
Stupid discovery of corpse | ||
Dream sequence | ||
No one believes only witness | ||
Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth | ||
Music detracts from scene | ||
Death in first five minutes | ||
x years before/later | ||
Dark and stormy night | ||
Killer doesn't stay dead | ||
Killer wears a mask | ||
Killer is in closet | ||
Killer is in car with victim | ||
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes | ||
Unscary villain/monster | ||
Beheading | ||
Blood fountain | ||
Blood hits camera | ||
Poor death effect | ||
Excessive gore | ||
No one dies at all | ||
Virgin survives | ||
Geek/Nerd survives | ||
Little kid lamely survives | ||
Dog/Pet miraculously survives | ||
Unresolved subplots | ||
"It was all a dream" ending | ||
Unbelievably happy ending | ||
Unbelievably crappy ending | ||
What the hell? |