My Bloody Valentine (film)
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| Directed by | George Mihalka |
| Produced by | John Dunning André Link Stephen Miller |
| Screenplay by | John Beaird |
| Story by | Stephen Miller |
| Starring | Paul Kelman Lori Hallier Neil Affleck Don Francks Cynthia Dale Alf Humphreys Keith Knight Patricia Hamilton |
| Music by | Paul Zaza |
| Cinematography | Rodney Gibbons |
| Edited by | Gérald Vansier Rit Wallis |
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Canadian Film Development Corporation
Secret Film Company |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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90 minutes 93 minutes (released uncut version) 99 minutes (complete uncut version) |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.3 million |
| Box office | $5,672,031 |
My Bloody Valentine is a 1981 Canadian slasher horror film directed by George Mihalka and written by John Beaird, starring Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier, and Neil Affleck. The film tells the story of a group of young adults who decide to throw a Valentine's Day party only to incur the vengeful wrath of a maniac in mining gear who begins a murder spree.
Released during the height of the popularity of the slasher genre of the late 1970s and early 1980s, it is considered an example of the horror slashers reminiscent of popular slasher films such as Halloween (1978) and Friday the 13th (1980). It was shot on location in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada. Upon it's release on February 1981, the film received mixed reviews, though the cinematography was praised.
My Bloody Valentine is infamous for having had a total of nine minutes cut by the MPAA due to the amount of violence and gore. Though co-producer Dunning confirmed that the excised footage still existed, attempts to release it proved difficult as Paramount Pictures refused to offer an uncut version. Lionsgate subsequently secured DVD rights to the film (as well as several other Paramount features) and on January 13, 2009 released a version of the film with three minutes of the uncut footage restored (Lionsgate soon after released the remake into theaters).
Inside a mine shaft, a female miner takes off her gear while another miner remains geared. When the woman performs a strip tease and fondles with the miner's breathing tube, the miner pushes her onto a embedded mining pick, impaling her chest and killing her.
Mayor Hanniger (Larry Reynolds) of mining town Valentine Bluffs reinstates the traditional Valentine's Day dance which has been suspended for twenty years. The dances stopped after an accident that occurred when two supervisors left several miners in the mines to attend the dance. Harry Warden, the only survivor who resorted to cannibalism, murdered the supervisors who left the mine and vows further attacks if the dance resume. As the accident was forgotten and Warden was placed into an asylum, the dance resumes. Many of the town's younger residents are excited about the dance, consisted of Gretchen (Gina Dick), Dave (Carl Marotte), Hollis (Keith Knight), Sylvia (Helene Udy), Howard (Alf Humphreys), Mike (Thomas Kovacs), John (Rob Stein), Tommy (Jim Murchison), and Harriet (Terry Waterland). Of this group - consisted of Sarah (Lori Hallier), Axel (Neil Affleck), and the mayor's returning son T.J. (Paul Kelman) are involved in a tense love triangle.
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