My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009)

My Bloody Valentine 3D: Directed by Patrick Lussier. With Jensen Ackles, Jaime King, Kerr Smith, Betsy Rue. Tom returns to his hometown on the tenth anniversary of the Valentine’s night massacre that claimed the lives of 22 people. Instead of a homecoming, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders, and it seems like his old flame is the only one that believes he’s innocent.

“Remake of the 1981 slasher film about a maniac in a coal mineru0026#39;s outfit slaughtering everyone, and a worthy retread of the original. These days there has been a return of sorts to the unrestrained gory days of early u0026#39;80s slasher films, and this one delivers in all those typical categories youu0026#39;d expect — the over-the-top mutilations and gore sequences, the gratuitous sex (including full frontal female nudity) and people getting theirs in a variety of inventive ways. At least itu0026#39;s a step up in that the main cast and victims are not just silly teenagers, but rather silly 20-somethings and older this time out. And it is a very nice bonus getting a return from old timer Tom Atkins as a retired policeman in the mix, too.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis film is also released in standard flat 2-D, but I would only have awarded it **1/2, if not for the added gimmick of third dimension, which is really what the fun is all about here. The 3-D effects are well done, seeing things fly off the screen and into your face. One wonders whether they might have taken this even farther with more deliberate situations designed to fully utilize the effect, but whatu0026#39;s there is still cool. The u0026quot;mysteryu0026quot; of the film kept me going back and forth in my guesstimates, up to the final second, so that was an added bonus to the usual trappings that worked for me. *** out of ****”