My Bloody Valentine (DVD)

Synopsis

Heart. BURN! Cross your heart... and hope to die.

"The lensing and editing is sharp, and Paul Zaza's largely electronic score builds ominous mood without proving overbearing." -Variety

Combining the small town atmosphere of Halloween (1978) with the body count gore of Friday the 13th (1980), MY BLOODY VALENTINE is an example of the glut of low-budget copycat films that those two influential films inspired in the early 1980s. Twenty years ago, a tragic accident in a mine on St. Valentine's Day took the lives of five miners. The disaster occurred while supervisors left their posts to attend the town's annual Valentine's Day dance. The only survivor, Harry Warden, was confined to a mental institution after the ordeal. On the disaster's first anniversary, he returned to the town for bloody revenge. That was nineteen years ago, and memories have dimmed.

Young lovers T.J. (Paul Kelman) and Sarah (Lori Hallier) and friend Axel (Neil Affleck) are among the townspeople attending another Valentine's party. Then, a box of Valentine candy arrives, containing an ominous message and a blood soaked heart. Before the night is over, terror will strike again and again and again... Stay, little Valentine, stay...