My Bloody Valentine

Love me love my pickaxe.

Slasher films from the 1980s are legion for they are many, unsurprisingly the quality varies and the advent of time has dimmed their impact somewhat. My Bloody Valentine is middle of the road, blighted by cuts to its gore scenes, its a film that has had to work hard to earn its cult following. Its a good old stalk and slash revenger based around a coal mine where a tragedy happened many moons ago. The mystery element is strong enough to maintain interest, and although the formula is consistently one dimensional for the genre of the time, it operates well above average for the gore and blood hounds.

Theres some bad acting and some even worse moustaches! While expectation of a hidden slasher gem will only end in...

Okay early 1980s slasher (with some decent gore effects, though the violence was very tame compared to today) that has its moments but really never found it very suspenseful or worse, engaging, maybe hurting there's not much in the way of a lead to follow. I know this holds a special place in some people's hearts, I just didn't do it for me. 3.0/5

The Miner Forty-Niner, oh no!!! (not really, but sort of)

Twenty years after a psycho murder spree at a mining town in Nova Scotia, gruesome slayings start happening again on Valentines Day. Did the psycho escape the asylum and return for more blood?

My Bloody Valentine (1981) was part of the early 80s slasher boom after the success of Friday the 13th (1980) and, of course, Halloween (1978). It meshes the vibe of The Funhouse (1981) with the location of Orca (1977) and throws in a dash of The Fog (1980). While its the least of these IMHO, its not far off.

The remote mining town area on the shores of Nova Scotia is a highlight augmented by a colorful cast. Unfortunately, the filmmakers didnt have the funds to shoot any sequenc...