I love a good slasher flick. Who doesn’t? So when I saw the trailers for My Bloody Valentine in 3-D, I knew I had to see it, whatever it was about. So I recruited some friends, got some snacks, and we braced the cold and made a Friday night of it.

In the small town of Harmony rests the Hanniger mine. One night, long ago, a miner named Tom Hanniger caused an accident that killed all the workers in his area. All except one, Harry Warden, who survived but fell into a coma. He woke up exactly a year later, on Valentine’s Day, and escaped from his hospital room and went back to the mines. There, he went on a killing spree, murdering everyone in his path with a pick-axe. He removed the hearts of all of his victims as more or less of a calling card. (Hearts. Valentine’s. Get it?)

Side note: Ok, so I’m not a medical student, but I’m not sure how a person can be in a coma for a year and then wake up and walk right out of the hospital unseen. Is that even possible?

At the mines, Harry donned his typical miner’s outfit, complete with the protective face mask. After he murdered about everyone he could, he was shot and killed by the town sheriffs and buried in the woods near the mine. Shaken by the incident and full of guilt, Tom Harringer fled town.

He returned to Harmony at the tenth anniversary of the Valentine’s Day massacre with intentions to sell his family’s mine. Having been a stranger so long, his welcome home is less than warm, especially from his former best friend, Axel, who is now a sheriff and married to Tom’s ex-girlfriend Sarah. Once Tom returns to town, a masked, pick-axe-wielding psychopath strikes again, as the sleepy town tries to figure out if Harry Warden is still alive or if he has an apprentice out doing his dirty work.

I would not call this a good movie. Actually, I thought it was pretty awful. I only learned recently that it was a remake, so I have no connection to the 1981 original. The acting was, for lack of a better word, lame. It was over dramatized and the plot was incredibly predictable. Because it was a remake, I can’t fault the movie-makers for the storyline, but it really wasn’t anything I had not seen before. At a certain point, it just became a guy heaving a pick-axe at everyone in reach.

That being said, everyone who enjoys horror movies should definitely go see this. In spite of the predictability and the lackluster performances, it was entertaining. My friends and I found ourselves laughing at scenes that were probably not intended to be funny- that and the reactions of the audience to the 3-dimensional weaponry. While this might not have been the reaction the movie studio was aiming for, it’s still a good time for the viewers.

I have never seen a horror movie in 3-D and while this is not a new concept, it does make the movie more fun. And a little more gross. At a few points, it appeared the audience was being spattered with blood (ew) or that we were about to become Harry Warden’s next victim.

The movie was also not very scary, so if you don’t tolerate thrillers well, it’s no problem. However, there is plenty of blood and dismemberment to go around. To top it off, there’s a gratuitous amount of sex and nudity. So, please leave the kids at home. (There were two children in the row in front of mine. I don’t want to know what kinds of questions they’re asking their parents.)

Like I said, I love a good slasher movie. I love it even if it’s corny. If you’re like me, you should go see My Bloody Valentine, but go soon; this is one movie you’ll want to see in a crowded theater.