My Bloody Valentine (2009)- Patrick Lussier

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  Initially, I chose this movie because of the title. I love romance novels, story lines, plots, and movies. However, I was in for a rude awakening when I first saw the promo reels for the film, and the trailer. This film although very interesting, it did kill romance for me for a bit.
The start of the film, definitely did give me an "AH-HA" moment, in the first few minutes, I immediately seen the relation to the idea of "Slasher". I have seen the promo for this film before however, I never thought it's plot was         related to any literary idea or background.

The Plot
The film starts in a very.... let's just say, creepy looking town. Some of a few minutes later, we are introduced to the horror in the film (they did NOT waste any time). There are 2-3 people who are killed by the main character Warren, after he awakens from a coma. They he puts a heart in a valentines day box-- Ha, ha! I see what they did there.
Things move rather quickly, and if you fast forward one awkward party venue, a death of Warrens father, a mine sale, and a shady affair, we get to a scene where Frank and his mistress are having intercourse and some how get in the middle of the street, and boom-- there the guy dressed in mine gear, and he murders frank with, you guessed it-- a picaxe. Irene witnesses this, and the miner kills her.-- let's not get started on her escape plan to hide under a bed.
The detectives arrive, and investigate, and of course, Irene's heart is missing, then we see a scene where her heart in a valentines day, heart shaped box. As we go through the movie, we see the pattern of people dying and their heart being found in a valentines day box. When we approach the end, we see a struggle with Sarah, Axel, and Tom. This ends in everyone being safe after a big explosion. Then Tom is saved by a rescue worker, and kills them.


My Bloody Valentine & Gender

 The film does have multiple cliché scenarios. For example, how many times have you seen the scene where there's an attractive blonde, that crawls under a bed when a monster or villain is chasing them. We've seen it in many films and it was no exception here.

Another relation to gender and horror, is the part in the film when Frank tells Irene, he doesn't want her anymore, and Irene acted in anger and threw a gun at his head. This as well is, a rite of passage in righting any romance storyline, with hints of conflict. Almost always, the man tells the woman that he's done, and she acts in retaliation.

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