Movie Review - 'My Bloody Valentine 3-D'

My Bloody Valentine 3-D Starring Jaime King, Jensen Ackles, and Kerr Smith Directed by Patrick Lussier Rated R

If you're going to see My Bloody Valentine, see it in 3-D. Hands down, this horror movie remake is the best 3-D I've ever seen in a live action film. Yes, it has those silly 3-D moments, where pickaxes come hurtling through the screen and when mirrors are punched we see it from the other side of the glass, but this is as close as we've come to realizing what the technology should be. And, boy, does this full-on bloodbath take full advantage of it. There are some grade-A killshots in this movie that probably aren't nearly as impressive without the benefit of 3-D. In Harmony County, a fictional place hammered by fixed incomes and poor prospects and forever bound to the outdated town mines, an accident once claimed several miners trapped after a collapse. But it wasn't the collapse that killed them. It was Harry Warden. Took out all his fellow miners with a pickaxe before winding up in a coma himself. Without warning, Warden snaps out of his coma and picks up where he left off, killing 22 on Valentine's Day. Spared from Warden's spike were a group of teenagers, who ten years after the fact have to face down the old demons once again. At the time, Tom (Jensen Ackles) was going steady with Sarah (Jaime King) and Axel (Kerr Smith) was dating Irene (Betsy Rue). But Tom, whose father owned the mine and who was linked to the accident that caused the initial mine collapse, fled town immediately after the killings. Sarah wound up with Axel, who wound up becoming the sheriff of Harmony County. And ten years to the day, a killing spree starts again. Tom has just returned from parts unknown to finally sell his father's troubled mine to give himself a fresh start. Naturally, he's a suspect. But who isn't? Even Harry Warden is under suspicion, and he's been dead the whole time. There are a few things this movie gets absolutely right. As mentioned, the 3-D is spectacular. The opening credits sequence alone raises the bar, in my opinion. Though you will have opportunities to see this in a standard format in theaters, why bother? The point is the 3-D. Most horror movies aren't known for their performances, and this one is no exception in that regard. But it did keep the identity of the killer a secret until the penultimate scene in the film. That's rare, and it allows My Bloody Valentine to create and keep more suspense than it would otherwise. Now even though this is being billed rather tongue-in-cheek as "the perfect date movie," there's no way in hell that's accurate. As an experienced horror movie viewer and fan who doesn't get queasy, there are multiple scenes that are truly unsettling. This is really gruesome. So while the marketing for the film is slick and uniquitous, this is hardly the mainstream PG-13 horror flick most studios have been cranking out lately. It makes Saw look tame. But horror movie lovers should eat it, and gearheads waiting for the next big 3-D experience should definitely see it while it's still the gold standard.

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Awsome 3D graphics and one of the few films that actually made me jump. I'll be buying this on DVD.

I Hyped My Bloody valentine on Everhype and gave it 93% which I think is fairly accurate.

http://www.everhype.com/hyper/thebitch?X=M948

I wouldn’t mind getting some opinions on it . If you get on there, rate me a 5 & request friendship.