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Genres:
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Drama /
Horror /
Thriller
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Release:
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Director:
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George Mihalka
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Actors:
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Lori Hallier,
Keith Knight,
Paul Kelman,
Neil Affleck,
Rob Stein,
Thomas Kovacs,
Terry Waterland,
Jim Murchison,
Gina Dick,
Peter Cowper,
Alf Humphreys,
Cynthia Dale,
Helene Udy,
Carl Marotte,
Don Francks
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Duration:
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93 min.
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Rating:
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(5.7/10)83
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Plot Summary:
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There's a big valentine-party planned in the tiny coal mining town of Valentine Bluffs, Nova Scotia. It is the principal Valentine's Day party in 20 years, because then there was an accident in the vein, and the blunder happened because the men chief object of the shelter was at the party. The solitary surviving miner, named Harry Warden, later killed them, and told the village NEVER to predetermine a Valentine's Day individual again. The party begins, and so does the carnage...
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My Bloody Valentine
Is this the film that gave the name to Kevin Shields' reclusive and legendary indy band? Worth watching for that possibility alone. And all the gore...
Canadian David Cronenberg is his country's best known master of horror but he's not the only Canuck capable of chilling the spine as George Mihalka shows with this underrated horror that offers a very different take on the 'vengeance from the grave' slant.
The action is set in the small mining community of Valentine's Bluff and opens in 1960 when two mining supervisors, eager to attend the annual Valentine's dance, skip safety regulations. Their negligence leaves six miners trapped underground and only Harry Warden (Cowper) survives after resorting to cannibalism to be rewarded with imprisonment in a mental ...
Didn't realise it was only a 15 . . .
It could have been so much more. All the ingrediants were there for a classic 80s horror - cheesy plot, dodgy acting, awful script, predictable twist . . . just no gore! Didn't realise it was a 15 until all my terrible-special-effects dreams had been shattered. Shame.
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