Alternate VersionsThe following scenes were trimmed or re-edited to avoid an 'X' rating from the MPAA:. Gore was cut from the pre-credits sequence where the woman is pushed backwards onto a pickax. Mabel's mutilated body was originally on screen for much longer. In the flashback, Harry Warden is shown cannibalizing a severed arm, in the edited theatrical release, he is simply shown picking the arm up.
The scene where the bartender is playing peek-a-boo with the Harry Warden dummy was edited so that no blood is shown. He was pickaxed up his chin and out his left eye, then dragged along the ground with his eyeball hanging out. The face-boiling of Dave was shortened so you don't see the after-effects while he is dying.
Graphic head-on shots of Sylvia's shower impalement were deleted. A stock footage close-up of the miner's light being shown at the camera replaces the bulk of a shot of Hollis' bleeding face after he has been nail-gunned. In the widely-seen release, the scene picks up after Hollis has mostly turned away. Howard's hanging is shortened. In the original print, he was decapitated.
The decapitation was cut out, so it looks like his body just falls, stops short when the end of the wire is reached, sprays blood all over Patty and Sarah, and then resumes falling. Not only do the cuts imposed render the scene senseless, but they also make it so there's no payoff to Hollis' earlier comment that Howard would lose his head if it weren't attached.
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The girl killed by the pick ax near the end was edited of all blood. The flashback of Axel's father being murdered originally showed the miner ripping out his father's heart.
In the 'R' rated version, all we see is a brief, non-bloody shot of the pick ax going in. Axel's left arm gets trapped under rocks in the cave-in at the end. He rips it off to get away, leaving his limb behind to horrify everybody else. But since the key footage of the arm removal all had to be removed itself, it is hard to see exactly what happened.ยป. My Bloody Valentine is one of the best and most well-made slasher flicks of the 80's.
It's also one of the better holiday themed horror movies around! A crazed miner is determined to stop the celebration of Valentine's day in a small Nova Scotia town, with the help of a trusty pick ax that is.
minor (or miner, I'm not funny.) spoilers. While the film doesn't re-invent the wheel for slasher movies, it still manages to stand out well from the rest of it's kind. The climax in the mine creates some great suspense in an atmospheric and claustrophobic setting. The cast is quite likable and good, even though there's not a known name in sight. And the gore hounds should enjoy the happenings, cutting out hearts and pick ax murders, even a nasty death-by-dryer and a face scalded in a boiling pot.
It's still gory despite cuts made by the MPAA. There's also the occasional touch of colorful dark humor. The direction, while simple, is well done with some good shock cuts. The music score is a nicely moody one, even beautiful in a way. Over all, the film holds together well. Seek it out slasher fans!
This is one enjoyable cult film that is not to be missed!. out of.