From the Recesses of Netflix: The Valentines Day Edition, we bring you My Bloody Valentine…

Happy Valentines Day everyone!

And for everyone who dislikes this beautifully commercial Hallmark holiday, ummm…Unhappy Valentines Day?

My Bloody Valentinetakes place in a small Canadian mining town called Valentine Bluff.

This town is of course very excited about Valentines Day.

This year is the first dance in twenty years.

But not this time!

They were only able to rescue one person who survived by eating his fellow miners.

He was obviously traumatized by the ordeal and did what any good traumatize person in a horror film does.

He went on a killing spree.

But that was then and this is now.

And the young people want their dance.

Of course when people start turning up dead the town decides to cancel the dance.

And they are also unaware that some human hearts have started showing up in boxes.

So they decide to have a huge Valentines Day party in, where else, the mines!

As the party rages on the body count gets higher and higher.

Smells like cooked Mabel up in this joint!

There are some great scenes where they get stuck in the mine.

At this point the film starts to actually feel a little scary.

And bodies keep piling up.

At this point we should probably tell you there was this love story element that was absolutely ridiculous.

Its not even worth mentioning except that it adds to the Scooby Doo ending.

Where, you know, the old killer isnt the one killing people.

But well let you figure out who the killer is when you watch it.

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This movie screams Im a horror movie from the 1980s all over the place.

It is an early slasher film and helped build some of the stereotypes and tropes of the genre.

Especially the first person camera shots from the killers perspective.

We also really enjoyed the punk aesthetic of the gas masks and boots.

Though we did want someone to say are you my mummy the entire film.

It was campy in all the ways that we both expected and enjoy in horror films.

And some parts are actually scary.

Especially the claustrophobic mine shaft scenes.

We also like that it doesnt follow ALL the tropes of horror.

Although the virgin does survive.

So if you like those tropes this movie is still really good.

Rating:

3.5 out of 5