Monthly Archive: February 2019

Lace Crater (2015)

Directed by Harrison Atkins

Viewed on Shudder

Valentine’s Day has come and gone, so now it’s time to sweep up the candy wrappers, take down the heart decorations, and talk about Lace Crater! Going into Lace Crater I only knew two facts about the movie, the first being that it is a strange movie and the second being that the plot is about a woman who has sex with a ghost. Thinking about it now, I probably could have just said the second thing and you would have assumed the first. So, if you want to read about a movie where a woman has sex with a ghost, well, here’s your chance!

My Bloody Valentine (1981)

Directed by George Mihalka

Viewed on Vudu

After watching the remake and original versions of My Bloody Valentine in reverse order I now instantly regret this decision. I had very little experience with this series, hadn’t seen either movie, so I just figured it might be an interesting experiment to watch them this way and the results were not quite what I expected. I may have already given away my feelings about the original My Bloody Valentine so let’s be fair and go over the movie and its merits because My Bloody Valentine is certainly not a bad movie.

My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009)

Directed by Patrick Lussier

Viewed on Netflix

Summary: A fun and simple slasher movie that kind of loses its way in the third act, My Bloody Valentine 3D is a mostly successful but not too deep horror movie.

Today I’m bending the rules a little bit. My Bloody Valentine 3D is a remake of a film of the same name, minus the ‘3D’, from 1981, and I try to always watch the original before the remake but today I decided to do it in the opposite order for, well, no reason really. Just trying to shake things up occasionally. Going into this movie I knew very little, I can’t say I was terribly familiar with either version of the movie, and judging by the cover all I could tell was that this was a slasher film where the slasher was some sort of miner or was just wearing miner gear. So, with no expectations, it’s time to explore My Bloody Valentine 3D!