My Bloody Valentine (1981)
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- Directed by
- George Mihalka
- Written by
- Stephen A. Miller, John Beaird
- Produced by
- John Dunning, Lawrence Nesis, André Link, Stephen A. Miller
Why it’s HorroRated
Not many slashers use a location this well: the claustrophobic mine shafts, rattling ore carts and that faceless miner silhouette give it a texture the summer-camp copies lack. The working-class characters feel like real people with real jobs, and the payoff underground is properly tense. Censor cuts once stripped out much of the gore, so seek out the restored version. It's still a fairly standard body-count picture in its first half, but a fun Valentine's watch.
Synopsis
Canada's answer to the holiday slasher boom, My Bloody Valentine (1981) sends a killer in a miner's gas mask and headlamp after young people in a small mining town that has revived its Valentine's Day dance. George Mihalka directed from John Beaird's screenplay, with Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier and Neil Affleck as friends tangled in a love triangle on a very bad night underground.
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Quick facts
- Release date
- February 11, 1981
- Runtime
- 1 hour 30 mins
- Country
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Content rating
- R
- Entry type
- Movie
Content notes
- Pickaxe killings
- Gory deaths
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