My Bloody Valentine

Year:

2009

Duration:

101 min

Genres:

Horror | Mystery

IMDB rate:

5.5

Director:

Patrick Lussier

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2009-01-16

Filming Locations: Kittanning, Pennsylvania, USA

Earnings

Budget: $15,000,000

Opening Weekend: $21,241,456 (USA) (18 January 2009)

Gross: $51,545,952 (USA) (12 March 2009)

Cast

Actor

Character

Giovanna Yannotti

Jensen Ackles

Tom Hanniger

Jaime King

Sarah Palmer

Kerr Smith

Axel Palmer

Betsy Rue

Irene

Edi Gathegi

Deputy Martin

Tom Atkins

Burke

Kevin Tighe

Ben Foley

Megan Boone

Megan

Karen Baum

Deputy Ferris

Joy de la Paz

Rosa

Marc Macaulay

Riggs

Todd Farmer

Frank the Trucker

Jeff Hochendoner

Red

Bingo O'Malley

Officer Hinch

Liam Rhodes

Michael

Michael McKee

Jason (as Michael Roberts McKee)

Andrew Larson

Noah Palmer

Jarrod DiGiorgi

Doc Miller

Selene Luna

Selene

Cherie McClain

Commentator

Richard John Walters

Harry Warden (as Rich Walters)

David Whalen

Bartender '08

Denise Dal Vera

Nurse (as Denise Dalvera)

Sam Nicotero

Bartender '98

Tim Hartman

Eli Hanniger

Ruth Flaherty

Thelma

Annie Kitral

Desk Clerk

Jerry Johnston

Verne

Rita Gregory

Female Doctor

Brandi Engel

Teen Straggler

Mightie Louis Greenberg

Louis

Nicole Leigh Belle

Nurse from the Past (uncredited)

Sara Brooks

(uncredited)

Chris Carnel

The Miner

Sam Harris

Sheriff Murray (uncredited)

Greg Hartle

Miner (uncredited)

Jesse Iwanonkiw

Killed Miner (uncredited)

John W. Iwanonkiw

Miner #7 (uncredited)

Jeffrey Jones

Sheriff (uncredited)

William Kania

Deputy Murdock (uncredited)

Nick Kincaid

Nick (uncredited)

George Macbeth

Deputy Coroner (uncredited)

Zachary Mazefsky

TV News Cameraman (uncredited)

Sean P. McCarthy

Coal Miner (uncredited)

Jackson Nunn

Bar Guy #3 (uncredited)

Beth Pedone

Rescue Miner (uncredited)

Jared Pfennigwerth

Dead Teen (uncredited)

Kyle Quinn

Rescue Miner (uncredited)

Joe Shelby

Killed Miner #1 (uncredited)

Henry Tjernlund

Rescue Miner (uncredited)

James Werley

Rescue Worker (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

In 2009, the Australian Classification Board released its report, which shows the most complained about tiles of the year. My Bloody Valentine was in the top five with a dozen complaints. Most of the complaints were about the film's gory violence. Although the film carried the highest rating available to a non-pornographic film (R18+) in Australia, many people who wrote in wanted the film completely banned.

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The film was made into a haunted house at Universal's "Halloween Horror Nights".

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The first two characters killed on screen are named Jason and Michael, an homage to characters from the Friday the 13th (1980) and Halloween (1978) series where the killers are non-speaking. A direct reference to the films is how they die - trademark features of the characters.

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Goofs

When the miner attacks Sarah Palmer at the old run-down house she flees for her life, and breaks through a boarded up glass window. However, considering the layout of the house, with the basement entrance being further down the hill, the window she escapes from IS in fact on the first floor.

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Sheriff Palmer carries a revolver type gun on his belt but in a few scenes you can clearly see that he has two extra ammo clips on his duty belt which would only be used for a semi automatic type weapon.

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When Tom Hanniger is revealed to be the killer through a montage of past events, one specific occasion shows him staring into a mirror to transform into Harry Warden. However, in the background, another mirror reveals the same transformation from another angle, delayed by mere seconds.

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Quotes

Megan: Wait! I'm kinda pussy sometimes.

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Red: [talking to a co-worker on the phone] Well, you know what? You couldn't find your ass with both hands.

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Tom Hanniger: What were you doing at the mine earlier?

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Faq

Q

Is There An Official Site Up For This Film?

A

Yes, and it can be found at here. The trailer can also be viewed here.

Q

Is this connected to the 2001 film "Valentine"?

A

The only thing that connects Valentine with the My Bloody Valentine movies is the fact that they both take place on Valentine's Day and are slasher films. My Bloody Valentine was made in the wake of the success of early 80's slasher movies, such as Halloween and Friday the 13th, while Valentine was made after the success late 90's slashers like Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer. The stories of Valentine and My Bloody Valentine are also quite different. In Valentine, a boy tormented by a group of girls in high school grows up and begins killing the girls out of revenge. They are very different movies with completely different plots and are not connected to each other.

Q

Is it necessary to have seen the 1981 movie in order to understand this one?

A

No. Enough information is given at the beginning of the movie to explain what happened on Valentine's Day ten years ago.

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