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Reviews Counted:76
Fresh:42
Rotten:34
Average Rating:5.7/10
Consensus: This gory, senses-assaulting slasher film is an unpretentious, effective mix of old-school horror stylings and modern 3D technology.
Theatrical Release:16-01-2009
Synopsis: Bloodthirsty fans of the classic slashers of yesteryear should be sated by MY BLOODY VALENTINE (2009), a gory trip that’s not just a remake but a retro-amalgam of the greatest hits from the 1970s,... [More]
Starring: Jensen Ackles, Jaime King, Kerr Smith, Betsey Rue
Director: Patrick Lussier
it is a vacuous trawl through horror's more sensationalist tropes... but that is just another way of saying that this is popcorn cinema at its most unapologetic and unpretentious, guaranteed to delight gorehounds and to bring young lovers closer together.
Top CriticThe 3D makes for a reasonably fun horror ride; it's a dull waste of time otherwise.
Top CriticMy Bloody Valentine is best consumed in eye-popping 3-D, as director Lussier delights in putting the audience on the business end of the killer’s pickaxe or at the epicentre of messy eviscerations, and immerses them in the foreboding mine shafts.
Mindless mayhem all the way.
This is why 3D was invented.
Top CriticThe only reason to see this fairly average horror is its playful use of 3-D technology. Flinch as sharp objects hurtle out of the screen directly towards your eyes; wince as a supporting cast member gets her head sliced in half by a spade.
Top CriticHugely enjoyable, smartly directed slasher flick with decent performances, intriguingly flawed characters and the best 3D horror effects since the heyday of the 1950s.
Body parts are lopped off. Pick axes are stabbed at the camera. There's even a completely naked girl chased by the killer, in glorious 3D. This movie spoke to me.
If the imagination and enthusiasm behind the gore effects set it in the top tier of slasher movies, the rest of the film is no better than any of them.
The film is strictly by-the-numbers slasher boilerplate. It won't endure past the weekend.
While the story itself is a mixed-bag at best, you have to give it up for the technology, which uses the 3-D platform to such a successful extent, it takes a mediocre movie and turns it into a reasonably fun, camp contender.
Yes, it's stupid, ridiculously gory and you might lose brain cells with each passing second -- but you might have some fun watching!
There's nothing sweeter that watching a film that knows exactly what it is. At no point does MBV:3D pretend to be anything but a mindless slasher film straight out of your DVD collection. [It's] is jammed with great kills, loads of gore & plenty of laughs
My Bloody Valentine may not be horribly acted, but in a post-Scream and post-Scary Movie era, it's difficult to squeeze any more blood from this low-brow/high-camp turnip.
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It's a gimmick, but so are horror films and people pay for those, so one supposes some will pay for them in 3D.
This 2009 update isn't interested in manufacturing a severe facelift, instead holding tight to the dog-eared slasher playbook, adding the gimmick of 3-D to provide audiences with a front row seat to terror, and, for the most part, atrocious acting.
This lowest-common-denominator remake of/sequel to a minor slasher classic succeeds on purely technical terms but, despite the depth effects, it's a serious snooze.
An in-your-face bit of bloody fun that's guaranteed to thrill those looking for a gory good time.
Meu desejo era o de que o Mineiro realmente aproveitasse a tecnologia tridimensional e, acabando com meu sofrimento, rasgasse a tela com sua picareta, libertando-me da tortura de acompanhar suas aventuras.
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