was with Sarah before he went away for a while without telling anyone where he was going. (Kelman), Axel (Affleck) and Sarah (Hallier). There's an interesting sub-plot that builds between T.J. Although the acting isn't remarkable, I found that the three leads were competent enough and the script gave us enough time to get to know them. It seems Harry has returned MY BLOODY VALENTINE is certainly a fine example of eighties splatter at it's best. However the night before the event the town mayor receives a blooded heart in a candy box with a poetic warning. Memories of Warden's murders have passed and a group of fun loving kids are thinking about nothing else but the anticipated party.
Now in 1981 the happy go lucky residents of the usually tranquil town are preparing themselves for the first Valentine dance to be held since that fateful night two decades ago. Fortunately he was caught before he carried out any more killings and was put into Eastfield Asylum for the insane. He cut out their hearts, stuck them in candy boxes and sent them to the authorities. Exactly a year later he returned and brutally killed the two who were responsible for the tragic mishap. The only survivor was one Harry Warden, who never mentally recovered from the accident. There was a massive explosion and five workers were trapped underneath the rubble and debris. Twenty years ago the supervisors at the mine were so eager to get to the annual Valentine dance that they didn't bother to check the levels of the methane gas. The movie itself nestles nicely with ROSEMARY'S KILLER as the two best non-franchise splatter flicks of 1981.įrom the outset, we're introduced to the small mining town of Valentine Bluffs, which hides beneath its fun loving exterior a best-forgotten secret. The only available version of this movie is missing over 9 minutes of gore, but thankfully producer John Dunning has located all of the absent footage and a battle rages on with copyright owners Paramount for a fully restored release. Notorious for being the slasher film most tortured by the censors upon release, MY BLOODY VALENTINE has become something of a cult classic with legions of adoring fans.