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It seems of late that every slasher flick is going under the remake knife, Friday the 13th,
Prom Night, Black Christmas etc. the list is endless, at first I was not a big fan of remakes
but I have since gone on to judge them on their own merits some have been very good
others not so good.
A psychopathic miner terrorizes the town of Harmony in this retelling of one of the most
underrated slasher films of the early '80s with My Bloody Valentine (3-D if you are lucky
enough to see in that format) I am a huge fan of the original (can't wait to get my hands on
that new uncut DVD)
The plot is a lose retelling that has the same basic plot but with a few twists and turns, this
time round Tom played by Jensen Ackles (Supernatural) returns to his hometown on the
tenth anniversary of Harry Warden's brutal and gory rampage that knocked down the town's
population by 22 but he finds much has changed: his old flame Jamie (Sarah Palmer) is
married to his old rival Axel (Kerr Smith) and the rest of town is pissed off at him because
he is going to sell off the family mine that is pretty much the town's lifeblood, and to make
matters worse when he hits town a maniac in miners garb turns and picks up were Harry
left off and poor Tom find himself the prime suspect.
Director Patrick Lussier gives a nice throw back to the golden age of slashers that pretty
much follows all the 80s basis’s (gore, tits, sex, logical issues that you overlook.) The
performances are for the most part decent and it was great fun seeing Tom Atkins
(Halloween 3) in the cast. One thing that pretty much makes a slasher flick is the kills, so
how does this one measure up in those stakes? I am happy to say we get a shit load of kills
and gore, we are treated to pickaxes going through the head from all sort of angles, eyes
implode, jaw ripped off and even the old Day of the Dead shovel gag shows up and when we
don't see the kill on-screen we get the very gory aftermath, some of the gore is hurt a little
by CGI (in 3D would have not noticed so much i think) and we also get some full frontal
female nudity.
The cinema I checked it out in did not show it in 3D, would have loved to see it 3D as I have
nothing but praise for the 3D effects and I’m sure I would have knocked by another 2 or 3
skulls if I had the pleasure on viewing it in "REAL 3D" , The movie isn't a total success but
there are certain things horror and 3-D fans want and this film delivers them and it well
worth checking out at least once.
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