MY
BLOODY
VALENTINE
With
Jensen
Ackles,
Jaime
King,
Kerr
Smith,
Tom
Atkins,
Betsy
Rue,
Edi
Gathegi,
Kevin
Tighe,
Megan
Boone
Written
by
Todd
Farmer
&
Zane
Smith
(based
on
the
1981
story
and
screenplay
by
John
Beaird
&
Stephen
Miller)
Directed
by
Patrick
Lussier
I
still
remember
the
original
slasher
flick
on
which
this
is
based
(part
of
the
‘80s
wave
of
masked
teen-killers
in
the
wake
of
successes
like
Halloween).
Much
of
the
story
is
retained
including
the
mining
town
and
our
hacker
in
question’s
gear
–
gas
mask
and
pick-axe.
After
a
mining
accident
(caused
by
Tom
Hanniger
-
the
son
of
the
mine's
owner),
one
of
the
workers
(Harry
Warden)
kills
his
co-miners
in
order
to
survive
the
limited
oxygen
supply.
In
a
coma
in
the
hospital,
Harry
awakes
on
Valentine's
Day
and
escapes
after
he
massacres
everyone
in
his
way
(including
a
bunch
of
teens
having
a
party
at
one
of
the
mining
shafts).
The
cops
chase
him
down
and
shoot
him
-
but
is
he
dead?
This
question
arises
a
decade
later
when
Tom
Hanniger
returns
-
to
sell
off
the
non-productive
mine
after
his
father's
death.
His
ex-girlfriend
has
married
Axel,
another
school
buddy
(now
the
sheriff).
But
a
bloody
vision
from
the
past
in
a
gas-mask,
wielding
a
pick-axe
has
also
returned.
Is
Harry
back
to
finalize
his
vengeance?
The
jealous
Axel
suspects
Tom,
but
everyone's
looking
over
their
shoulders
as
the
sleepy
town
is
suddenly
dumped
into
hysteria,
the
bodies
starting
to
pile
up
(including
those
of
all
Axel's
exes
and
affairs).
Where
Halloween
and
Friday
The
13th
got
the
snowball
rolling,
these
and
many
other
movies
from
its
era
(incl.
Texas
Chain
Saw
Massacre,
Prom
Night
and
The
Hills
Have
Eyes)
got
the
recent
remake
treatment
(but
not
always
successfully).
What
set
this
one
apart
on
its
theatrical
release
was
the
utilization
of
the
new
digital
3D
technology
for
added
eye-poking
cheap
chills.
Unfortunately
in
South
Africa
the
DVD
release
is
the
standard
edition
(where
foreign
releases
give
you
both
options,
plus
a
couple
sets
of
3D
glasses).
The
only
extra
feature
is
an
EPK
which
consists
of
a
deleted
scenes
and
outtakes
collection.
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C
-
Paul
Blom
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