My Bloody Valentine [Limited Edition] [SteelBook] [Blu-ray]

Director: George Mihalka George Mihalka

Overview

It's Valentine's Day in the tiny mining town of Valentine's Bluff, Nova Scotia, and for the first time in two decades the residents are planning a holiday dance. The long hiatus is due to the tragic events of 20 years earlier, when a pair of mining supervisors were too busy enjoying themselves at the dance to prevent an accident from killing a large contingent of their workers. The lone survivor, Harry Warden, took his revenge the next year by removing the hearts of his bosses and promising similar carnage if ever another Valentine's dance were held. Unfortunately, the town's horny early-'80s youngsters aren't big on tradition, especially since Warden is locked up in an insane asylum. They go ahead with plans to celebrate the holiday -- even after a heart in a candy box shows up and beloved biddy Mabel (Patricia Hamilton) ends up enduring an involuntary tumble dry. Soon, bodies begin piling up, setting the stage for a climactic trawl through the mines and surprise revelations about the fate of Harry Warden. Shortly after the death of John Lennon, the MPAA made an example of this Canadian slasher film, forcing much of its gore to be excised. Nevertheless, My Bloody Valentine provided inspiration for Kevin Shields' influential band of the same name, which helped establish England's late-'80s shoegazer sound and paved the way for the post-rock of the 1990s.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/09/2021
UPC:	0826663215281
Original Release:	1981
Source:	Shout Factory
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00
Sales rank:	13,926

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Paul Kelman	T.J.
Lori Hallier	Sarah
Neil Affleck	Axel
Keith Knight	Hollis
Alf Humphreys	Howard
Cynthia Dale	Patty
Helene Udy	Sylvia
Rob Stein	John
Tom Kovacs	Mike
Terry Waterland	Harriet
Carl Marotte	Dave
Jim Murchison	Tommy
Gina Dick	Gretchen
Peter Cowper	Miner/Harry Warden
Don Francks	Newby
Patricia Hamilton	Mabel
Larry Reynolds	Mayor
Jack Van Evera	Happy
Jeff Danks	Young Axel
Pat Hemingway	Woman
Graham Whitehead	Mac
Fred Watters	Supervisor
Jeff Fulton	Supervisor
Pat Walsh	Harvey
Marguerite McNeil	Mrs. Raleigh
Sandy Leim	Ben
John MacDonald	Rescuer
Lori Hellier	Actor
Michael Wandmacher	Composer
Paul Zaza	Composer

Technical Credits

Todd Farmer

John Beaird

George Mihalka	Director
John Dunning	Producer
Andre Link	Producer
Stephen Miller	Producer
Todd Farmer	Screenwriter
John Beaird	Screenwriter
Dwayne McLean	Stunts
Bo Harwood	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

My Bloody Valentine stands out from the glut of holiday-themed 1980s slasher films by virtue of its mine-shaft locale and inventive murder scenes. Despite heavy MPAA cuts, slayings involving laundromats, nail guns, hot dogs, steam rooms, pickaxes, and, of course, valentines enliven a fairly standard-issue scenario. The cavernous mine sets provide a compellingly claustrophobic locale for the mayhem, while the cast of mostly Canadian unknowns goes dutifully through its paces, even pausing once in a while to emote. If anything, the script is a bit too heavy on the plot, the prodigious back story taking up too much time better spent racking up corpses. By the time the mine literally comes apart at the seams and the ranks of dim-witted miners and their girlfriends have been thinned, My Bloody Valentine may have outworn its welcome. But for genre aficionados, the film offers just the right mix of novelty and familiarity.