My Bloody Valentine (film)
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| My Bloody Valentine | |
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| Directed by | George Mihalka |
| Produced by | John Dunning André Link Stephen Miller |
| Written by | John Beaird |
| Starring | Paul Kelman Lori Hallier Neil Affleck |
| Music by | Paul Zaza |
| Cinematography | Rodney Gibbons |
| Editing by | Gérald Vansier Rit Wallis |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | February 11, 1981 |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | CAN$2,300,000 (estimated) |
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My Bloody Valentine is a low-budget Canadian slasher film released in 1981 in the wake of the popularity of the slasher genre that had overtaken the 1980s. Considered an example of the low-budget cult films reminiscent of popular slasher films such as Halloween (1978) and Friday the 13th (1980), the movie was filmed on location in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia Canada.
The movie is also infamous for having had 9 minutes cut by the MPAA due to gore. Though co-producer Dunning has confirmed that the excised footage still exists, attempts to release it have proven difficult as Paramount Pictures has refused to offer an uncut version. The film's taglines are: "Valentine's Day will never be the same again...", "Someone's bound to lose their heart" and "There's more than one way to lose your heart."
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[edit] Plot Summary
Twenty years ago in the sleepy mining town of Valentine Bluffs, a methane gas explosion trapped five miners in a shaft when key members of the crew left early to attend the town valentine's dance. Six weeks later, the sole survivor of the accident, Harry Warden, was rescued; he survived on the flesh of his fallen coworkers and went mad. After a year in an institution, he escaped on valentine's day and cut out the hearts of the guilty crew members, leaving a warning that the same would happen if the town ever again held a Valentine's Day celebration. When a group of young miners and their girlfriends decide that the town has gone without a party long enough, a murderous maniac in mining gear begins dispatching townsfolk in bloody and creative ways.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Paul Kelman | Jessie 'T.J.' Hanniger |
| Lori Hallier | Sarah |
| Neil Affleck | Axel Palmer |
| Keith Knight | Hollis |
| Alf Humphreys | Howard Landers |
| Cynthia Dale | Patty |
| Helene Udy | Sylvia |
| Rob Stein | John |
| Thomas Kovacs | Mike Stavinski |
| Terry Waterland | Harriet |
| Carl Marotte | Dave |
| Jim Murchison | Tommy Whitcomb |
| Gina Dick | Gretchen |
| Peter Cowper | The Miner & Harry Warden |
| Don Francks | Chief Jake Newby |
[edit] Popularity
In a March 30, 2007 issue of Entertainment Weekly, the film was ranked 17 in a list of guilty pleasures, listed among such films as Dawn of the Dead and Escape from New York, and called "the most criminally underappreciated of the [slasher] genre." Popular filmmaker Quentin Tarantino calls it his all-time favorite slasher film [1]
[edit] Remake
Lionsgate is currently shooting a remake of My Bloody Valentine.
