My Bloody Valentine (1981)

It is not so often I am so surprised and impressed by a movie as I was by this one.

My Bloody Valentine


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This was on my wishlist because I wanted to watch it before seeing the recent remake. This was made in 1981, and was one of the early slasher films of the Friday The 13th type. My Bloody Valentine is much better than Friday, because it has something that Friday never really got until the later 80's. It has a plot and decent actors playing characters that aren't really stupid. Most slasher characters are thick as anything, especially Law enforcement officers. MBV has the token Sherriff, but he actually does his job, doesn't turn a blind eye to the murders happening in his town, (as other slasher film cops do), and actually follows police procedure. He doesn't charge into dark places alone to meet certain death.



So what actually happens? Well, some of the story happened 20 years previously when this mining town suffered a mine explosion, trapping a group of miners underground for days. This explosion was caused becaused the supervisors went off to a Valentine's Day party before all miners were safely out. here was noone there to check methane gas levels and BOOM!, trapped miners. Days later, the sole survivor of the group, Harry Warden, is rescured and discovered chewing on his collegues to survive. Harry is sent to a mental hospital, but returns the next year to use his sharp old pick on the two supervisors who preferred to party than do their job of keeping the miners safe. Harry gives the town a warning that no Valentines Day parties occur or he will return with his trusty pick to remind the town.



For twenty years the town observed Harry's warning...



Guess what happens twenty years later? Yep, some people decide that a Valentine's Day dance is a good idea, and a certain pissed off miner with his trusty pick starts reminding people it's not a good idea.



My Bloody Valentine was heavily cut by the MPAA when first released, and it was the cut version that I saw. Most of the gore is removed from screen, which makes it more gory with the aid of imagination. So much for the MPAA protecting us from horrible things....



My Bloody Valentine, a classic of the eighties.



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