This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

I'll tell you why so serious

Good concept, poorly executed.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

After reading the reviews, I thought this film would be an atmospheric, moody slasher with sex, suspense, gore and fear. It's not."My Bloody Valentine" is an okay film because it keeps missing its opportunities to be a great film. The basic idea is good, the location is good...but that's about it.Lost opportunity #1: The script is not engaging. It's one of those that has no real lead character with whom you identify. The film is ensemble style, jumping around from short random scene to short random scene. Consequently, it never really pulls you in. There are no strong emotional motives, no real interaction between characters, no linear plot.Lost opportunity #2: Not enough skin. Despite being produced in 1980, at the height of raunchy sex depictions in thrillers, the film is incredibly tame. The opening all-male shower scene could have been a feast, but all the guys wear boxer shorts while showering. Although it is implied a couple of characters have sex, we never see anything suggestive...they just go off to be alone and the next time we see them, they're dead (and fully clothed).Lost opportunity #3: There is not suspense, no dread. Almost every killing happens quite suddenly as the director is going for a quick "shock" reaction from his audience. If you're shock-proof, these scenes fall flat. Knowing the danger is there and nearing and watching the characters unwittingly walk into the trap would have been much more impactful.Lost opportunity #4: Few hotties in the cast. Although Hollywood was brimming with gorgeous young people who would do ANYTHING to get into the movies back then, the producers cast mostly homely or average players. There are a couple of hot guys and one okay girl but they should have done better.This was not a horrible film, just disappointing. See what you think.

Whilst it still revels in the tropes of the slasher genre 'My Bloody Valentine' is a solid, entertaining and slightly different film which should be enjoyed by fans as well as the casual viewer. 'Valentine' is notable for being one of the few good Canadian entries to the eighties slasher craze and makes the most of a limited, somewhat clichéd idea with a welcome professional, creative element that slashers often lack.Following on the heels of 'Halloween' and other holiday based plots 'Valentine' concerns the holiday, a card shop holiday anyway, in a small Canadian town also helpfully named Valentine's Bluff. You'd think it'd be the perfect place for a valentine's party but a mine collapse twenty years prior leaves a madman named Harry Warden buried alive whilst the rest of the town parties. You can imagine what happens next. The madman bans Valentine's in the town and enforces the ban in a violent fashion. Twenty years later a new valentine celebration is planned as Harry Warden has faded into legend.What makes Valentine's stand out is two things. One, the actual slasher set pieces are superb. Creative, brutal and sometimes funny. The filmmakers were forced to cut about eight or nine minutes of footage to appease the censors which adds to the cult appeal of the piece. Yet despite the cuts the bloody nature of Valentine will please fans of the genre and some genuinely unsettling moments are also scattered throughout the film when it comes to the use of blood and guts.The other appealing element is the film's professionalism. Whereas other slasher films fall into the cheesiest and cheesiest of quality through bad acting, bad camera-work and generally amateurish production Valentine does not. The acting is good and naturalistic, a nice surprise from the genre, the cinematography is interesting and inventive, making use of a wider range of camera expression than falling back on the POV shot. The focus of the characters in peril are also far more interesting. Valentine's Bluff is a dreary working class town with a single industry, the mines, to keep it going. As such the characters are smarter, more bitter and, in many ways, better than their college co-ed, teenage counterparts.In the ranks of slasher films 'My Bloody Valentine' ranks high. For those who are fans of the genre it is definitely required watching. For the more casual viewer the film's professional tint and interesting, though still generic holiday based premise, will distinguish itself from other less astute entries.

Partly i think it did, however on the other hand maybe it didn't. Some of the characters where killed off camera which is obviously a censorship issue which if made today probably wouldn't happen. We also had a couple of characters Howard and Sylvia who had little introduction and then promptly slaughtered.The other issue i had with My bloody valentine was the thin motive the killer had we get a brief reveal at the end but is hardly satisfying.Your common or garden slasher movie the killer has his trademark kill, here victims are dispatched using various ingenious methods, which we are not allowed to see.Now that the movie is over 30 years old it needs a re submission to the censors like others of the time and the cuts re-addressed to make the movie more complete.

In the small town of Valentine Bluffs everyone is getting ready for the big Valentine's Dance. It will be the first one in over 20 years, since the tragedy. In 1960 a terrible mining accident happened on Valentine's Day. On the day of the accident two supervisors were careless, and 5 people died. The only survivor was Harry Warden, who vowed to get even with the two that left him there to die, so they could get to the dance. He later found those two supervisors killed them, ripping out their hearts. He told the community that if there were another Valentine's Day Dance he would come back and kill everyone. Harry ended up spending several years in a mental hospital. It is now 1980, and the first Valentine's Day dance is going to be held regardless. Almost everyone believe Harry Warden is either dead or just a legend. Most of the people work at the Hanniger Mine; and can't wait to start helping with the decorating. As soon as the decorations begin the dance organizer Mabel is brutality murdered. Chief Newby tries to cover it up, so it won't start a panic . So after Mabel's murder, Newby calls off the dance which leads to disappointment. After her death the local bar tender knows exactly what happened.He believes Harry's back and everyone should wise up and listen to him. He explains that it isn't a fairy tale and they will be sorry. Naturally everyone thinks he's bulls**ting and ignore the scare tactic. The bartender worked in the mine back when the collapse happened, he was one of the men who found Harry.Later he tries to make believer's out of them by scaring them, but it backfires. So the gang ignores the advice and hold a Valentine's party at the mine. Once they arrive the terror and killings continue until the real killer is caught. Could it be one of there own? I love this movie, the uncut version is the only one to watch though. To get the real effect of the film the uncut is a must, the R rating is practically PG. I was young at the time so I don't know what the big brew ha ha was with Paramount, since they put out Friday the 13th a year earlier. That film was much more frighting. If the uncut scenes were left MBV would have done so must better at the box office.THX, Kris L. CocKayne