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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009)

"My Bloody Valentine 3D" is a remake of the low budget, 1981 Canadian film "My Bloody Valentine". The film is vastly superior to the original and yet has it's own faults. This version is more intense, more violent, and simply has a better story line; it has the same basic premise as the original but the plot points are clearer and the pacing is stronger. Of course one of the most noticeable differences are the action shots that were used to take full advantage of the 3D properties that the film had, when shown in the movie theater. Now, on a basic TV, the sequences look a little silly and hammy. But that's alright, it's still a mildly fun slasher flick all the same.


In a small town, six miners become trapped deep underground during a cave in. By the time the rescue crew is able to get to the men, six days later, five of the men are dead and one is comatose. Harry Warden, the survivor, is taken to the local hospital but after he arrives is when the rescue team realizes that the five men who died were actually killed by a pickaxe.

Exactly a year later, Harry awakens form his coma and kills the entire hospital staff and disappears. Meanwhile, a party is taking place at the former mine (WHY???), where Axel, his girlfriend Irene, Sarah, and her boyfriend Tom are having fun. Tom is the mine owner's son and is believed to be responsible for the cave-in the year before because he forgot to release the built up methane gas. While in the mine, Harry appears in his miners suit and has his pickaxe in hand. Harry attacks Tom and hits him in the shoulder as the other three run to their truck, believing that Tom is dead. Tom runs deeper into the mine to hide from Harry. As Harry is about to kill Tom, the town's sheriff arrives and shoots Harry. Tom quickly leaves town and life goes on.

Ten years later, Tom returns to sell the mine. His father is dead and he wants nothing to do with the family business, despite the pleas from the locals. While in town, Tom learns that Axel is now the sheriff and is now married to Sarah, and that Axel's ex-girlfriend is now the town's whore. Unknown to most, Axel is having an affair with Megan, one of Sarah's employees. Megan happily tells Axel that she's pregnant with his child, which places him in a unwanted situation. That night, Irene is having sex with a truck driver who later tells her that he filmed the two together. Irene becomes furious and follows the man to his truck, completely naked. While they are fighting, the trucker is impaled by a pickaxe and a man who looks just like Harry begins killing various townspeople. Who it is, no one knows....until it's too late.







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