as a slasher movie, well, we've seen it all haven't we? valentine is no more or less redeeming than all the i know what you dids and the screams and the halloweens put together. but it does have the most gory deaths of all.
i'm not by nature a violent person, but after a lot of boring (and i mean, VERY EXCRUCIATINGLY BORING) slasher films, this one's death scenes made me wake up and wait eagerly for the next. it also helps that the characters all possess heightened stupidity. you'll be cheering for the cupid from the word go. all these make the death scenes so much more satisfying.
it's not much to boast, in fact, i find it quite disturbing to be saying all these. but there you have it. a notch above the other slashers (at least in one respect. or two. final-girl marley shelton looks like a cross between heather graham and uma thurman. now that can't be a bad thing).
i'm not by nature a violent person, but after a lot of boring (and i mean, VERY EXCRUCIATINGLY BORING) slasher films, this one's death scenes made me wake up and wait eagerly for the next. it also helps that the characters all possess heightened stupidity. you'll be cheering for the cupid from the word go. all these make the death scenes so much more satisfying.
it's not much to boast, in fact, i find it quite disturbing to be saying all these. but there you have it. a notch above the other slashers (at least in one respect. or two. final-girl marley shelton looks like a cross between heather graham and uma thurman. now that can't be a bad thing).