Horror 101 – Episode 83: My Bloody Valentine (1981)

Horror 101 – Episode 83: My Bloody Valentine (1981) January 31th, 2019

Cross your heart…and hope to die.

Get out your chocolates, flowers, condoms and pickaxes. Its time to celebrate Valentine’s Day the only way we know how, through murder and mayhem. This time the Horror 101 crew go back to 1981 to showcase this Canadian slasher film about a killer in full mining gear cleaving his way through the town of Valentine’s Bluff. We dissect the Director’s Cut of this gory whodunnit in glorious HD. Join us as we give the Horror 101 treatment to George Mihalka’s My Bloody Valentine.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

01:00 Prelude to Terror…
04:20 Introducing My Bloody Valentine…
06:20 Mihalka’s Huge Budget…
08:45 The Director’s Cut…
12:00 Wants his Cake and Eat it Too…
14:40 The Telling of the Tale…
16:30 Laundromat Death…
20:50 What Did I miss?
23:00 Shower Massacre…
24:00 Entering the Mine…
26:40 Bargain Basement Lobotomy…
29:05 Decapitation on the Ladder…
31:00 No Spoilers!
33:45 Scoring the Film…
37:30 Siskel and Ebert…
38:55 Conclusion and Thanks for Listening!

My Bloody Valentine (1981)

Directed by: George Mihalka
Written by: John Beaird

Starring:

Paul Kelman as T.J.
Lori Hallier as Sarah
Neil Affleck as Axel
Keith Knight as Hollis
Alf Humphreys as Howard
Don Francks as Chief Newby
Larry Reynolds as Mayor Hanniger

Cinematography by Rodney Gibbons

All video, pictures and audio used from My Bloody Valentine is copyright © 1981 by Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Famous Players and Secret Films Used for educational purposes. No reproductions of any kind.