Valentine (2001) Movie Review

Valentine (2001) Movie Review

                Valentine is Rated R for strong horror violence and language. Valentine’s key stars for the 2001 horror film were Denise Richards, Paige Prescott, David Boreanaz, Adam Carr, Marley Shelton, Kate Davies, Jessica Capshaw, and Dorothy Wheeler. This horror movie went along the lines of other horror movies in this era, which were slasher films. A slasher film era that began with Scream in 1996 and was the type of horror movie that was distributed for years which the horror movies made I this era consisted of several Scream sequels, two Urban Legend movies, Valentine, among other horror films which fell into the horror movie slasher era of horror movies.

            Valentine is a revenge movie with the outcast students from lower levels in school seeking to gain revenge on those popular kids that caused them trouble at a Valentine’s dance back in their day. The outcast was seeking to gain revenge against the popular kids on Valentine’s Day many years later inside the popular kids adulthood.

            If you enjoy slasher movies honestly, I believe that you will enjoy Valentine because there is nothing any different from this slasher movie than any other slasher movies that was going on inside this era of horror. Take into consideration this was before the torture porn of era of horror began with the initial Saw movie back in 2004. The differences between a slasher horror movie and a torture porn horror movie are below….

·         A slasher film is a subgenre of horror films involving a killer stalking and murdering a group of people, usually by use of bladed or sharp tools such as knives, chainsaws, scalpels, etc.

·         A Torture Porn a genre of horror films in which sadistic violence or torture is a central aspect of the plot

The slasher film and torture porn eras were two different movie type areas inside the horror.

genre world, and if you enjoy slasher movies like I said previously I feel Valentine is an enjoyable movie, and I feel that Valentine holds up in 2024 if you enjoyed slasher horror movies back in the late nineties beginning with the first Scream in 1996. There aren’t too many holidays specific to horror movies. Valentine’s Day is a great holiday to have a holiday specific horror movie because Valentine’s Day is a day of love, and in 2001 you didn’t have a choice of a romantic movie to see around Valentine’s Day based on my research. So, going on a date to see Valentine in 2001 for a Valentine’s Day was a good option regarding a Valentine’s Day related movie. Especially among horror movie fans, and it is still a great option for a Valentine’s Day watch in present day.

            The only other options off the top of my head for Valentine’s Day horror fans would be the vintage 1981 My Bloody Valentine or the 2009 My Bloody Valentine Reboot as like I said there aren’t too many holidays specific horror movies available for horror fan’s time to enjoy on certain occasions.

            Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a multiple star horror movie. This isn’t a best picture Oscar winner by any means but if you enjoy the slasher style horror movie then Valentine is worth the time to watch whether you are with your date or your are by yourself. It is a great Valentine’s Day viewing for the single person on Valentine’s Day and is my routine Valentine’s Day tradition because I really do like the movie, and I love horror, so being a single male watching Valentine is my routine Valentine’s Day Tradition like watching all of the Die Hard movies being Christmas Eve and Christmas Day is my routine Christmas Tradition for myself.

            I don’t see anything changing with either of the above traditions so with that being said I will end this review here by saying once again if you are a slasher horror movie enthusiast then I recommend Valentine for you regardless of the day of the year because you don’t just have to watch holiday movies on that specific holiday!