Review of My Bloody Valentine (1981) by Billy B — 25 Aug 2011

Allright. Prior to seeing this (the original), I had seen the 2009 remake, which kept some scenes, but i'm glad that it wasn't mostly the same, or I really wouldn't have liked this. It was great in keeping the viewer intrigued and interested, by giving the audience creative deaths, and tension building suspenseful scenes. There sadistic open-ending left me rolling my eyes, and the idiotic stereotypical sexually-active teens (who looked in their mid 20s) was irritating, but in all realness, the film served up a nice 90minutes that was fun, and enjoyable.

The plot was original (back in the day), and still today I thoought, with not a single film coming to mind about a sadistic miner (other than the remake). The characters were stereotypical teens, but the dialogue is out-dated, but I presume it was "hip" back in the day. There was one scene towards the end that I got the inkling who the killer was, and when I turned out right, the tension building, action sequence was pretty pointless to me.

The acting was average. I find it really hard to praise acting from years ago, because to me, it seems so fake and unrealistic, especially with the dialogue being very laughable. I think it was a reasonably good cast, other than a few that didn't quite fit in.

Overall "My Bloody Valentine" has out-dated dialogue and stereotypical characters, but is successful in drawing the viewer in, and giving them a satisfying amount of death and suspense. My rating is 3/5.