This 21-minute documentary covers some interesting ground on the early 80's slasher cycle in general and the cult favorite entry "My Bloody Valentine" in particular. Among the things we learn about "My Bloody Valentine" was that the script was written under the title "The Secret," it was shot in an actual bleak small mining town, the cast all showed up in the town a week early to get a feel of both the place and the people who lived there, and mining equipment was used to kill various characters in the movie. The revival of the slasher genre by "Scream" is also discussed at some length before the doc concludes with a little coverage of the 3D remake of "My Bloody Valentine." In addition, there's a cool surprise interview with composer Paul Zaza about the memorable folk ballad ending credits theme song that was added by Zaza as an afterthought. Worth a watch for fans of the film.
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Way Too Short but Fun
Michael_Elliott6 January 2012
Bloodlust: My Bloody Valentine and the Rise of the Slasher Film (2009)
*** (out of 4)
This 15-minute featurette is way too short but fans of the genre should still get a kick out of it. This extra can be found on the uncut, original version of MY BLOODY VALENTINE and it starts off talking about how popular the slasher genre was and then we get into the making of the original VALENTINE. From here we see the downfall of the genre, the rebirth with SCREAM and then the films leading up to the remake of the movie in question. At such a short running time no one should be coming into this thing expecting the definitive guide on slashers. What this basically is is just a good time down memory lane and I must admit that the film does a great job at making you want to go through your collection and watch all the movies that are discussed here. I must admit that I'm not sure why Lionsgate would gather up so many people from the original movie and then just use their comments in such a small way. It looks like we could have gotten more with them and then all the stuff promoting the remake could have been its own featurette. With that said, fans of the genre should still enjoy this and it was fun seeing the original members of VALENTINE '81.
*** (out of 4)
This 15-minute featurette is way too short but fans of the genre should still get a kick out of it. This extra can be found on the uncut, original version of MY BLOODY VALENTINE and it starts off talking about how popular the slasher genre was and then we get into the making of the original VALENTINE. From here we see the downfall of the genre, the rebirth with SCREAM and then the films leading up to the remake of the movie in question. At such a short running time no one should be coming into this thing expecting the definitive guide on slashers. What this basically is is just a good time down memory lane and I must admit that the film does a great job at making you want to go through your collection and watch all the movies that are discussed here. I must admit that I'm not sure why Lionsgate would gather up so many people from the original movie and then just use their comments in such a small way. It looks like we could have gotten more with them and then all the stuff promoting the remake could have been its own featurette. With that said, fans of the genre should still enjoy this and it was fun seeing the original members of VALENTINE '81.
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