10 Things You Never Knew About The My Bloody Valentine Remake (2009)

10 Things You Never Knew About The My Bloody Valentine Remake (2009)

As the most romantic holiday Valentine’s Day approaches, here’s a look back at the horror movie My Bloody Valentine 3D.

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For horror fans, the annual cinematic destination come February 14th will always be My Bloody Valentine, the stellar slasher whodunit made once in 1981 and remade a second time in 2009. Directed by Patrick Lussier, the 2009 redo garnered positive reviews for being a fun, hyper-violent throwback slasher movie with the campy gimmick of being projected in 3D.

My Bloody Valentine 3D was released on January 16, 2009. Against a $15 million budget, the film went on to gross more than $21 million at the opening weekend box-office and a total of over $100 million internationally. As the most romantic holiday approaches, here’s a look back at My Bloody Valentine 3D.

10 First R-Rated 3D Movie

Produced at the height of the 3D fad around the turn of the decade, the My Bloody Valentine made history by becoming the very first R-rated feature film to be projected in Real D Technology.

In addition, the film made history by becoming the first R-rated 3D film to earn a wide release of more than 1,000 theaters. The entire film was shot digitally on 4K resolution using the Red One camera and an SI-2K Digital Cinema camera. For movie theaters ill-equipped with 3D projection, 2D versions of the film were released.

9 The Mothman Prophecies Location

While the original My Bloody Valentine became iconic for its location shoot in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, the remake was filmed in Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania to take advantage of the generous tax breaks.

More interesting is how Lussier reused the same location and the noticeable bridge from the 2002 film The Mothman Prophecies. Both films were shot in Western Pennsylvania, including the city of Kittanning.

8 Truck Driver Played By Screenwriter

One of the most memorable scenes from MBV 3D is the hotel room murder in which Irene (Betsy Rue) runs frantically across the parking lot while stark raving nude before being slaughtered in a heart-shaped bathtub.

Believe it or not, Frank the Trucker was played by Todd Farmer, who co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Zane Smith. It’s the second time Farmer appeared in a film he wrote, the first being Jason X in 2001, in which he played the role of Dallas.

7 Betsy Rue’s Nudity

Speaking of Betsy Rue’s infamous nude murder scene, many believed that Farmer wrote her death that way in the script so that he could spend time with a nude Rue on set. The truth is, the nudity in the film was suggested by Rue herself.

About the scene, Rue told channelguidemag.com in 2012 “that was the whole point of what I wanted to do. ‘Okay, I’m going to be naked, so I better be good instead of just being naked.’ I wanted the audience to forget about the fact I was naked running around the parking lot and getting killed and actually have them scared for me.”

6 Supernatural Crossover

In 2009, Supernatural stars Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki both starred in a mainstream remake of an iconic 80s horror film. Padalecki starred in Friday the 13th, while Ackles starred in My Bloody Valentine 3D.

As a cheeky way to poke fun at Ackles cinematic career, Supernatural aired an episode entitled My Bloody Valentine on February 11, 2010. The episode involves homicidal and suicidal valentines who are corrupted by an evil cupid gone haywire.

5 Tom Atkins’ Recycled Line

My Bloody Valentine 3D stars Tom Atkins as Sheriff Burke, the grizzled top lawman in the small mining town of Harmony. During one scene inside a barroom full of hysterical patrons, Sheriff Burke barks the line “Everybody stand down, god damn it!”

Two years later in the film Drive Angry, also written by Farmer and directed by Patrick Lussier, Atkins plays a different character named Cap who recites the exact same line during the climactic roadblock sequence.

4 Halloween Horror Nights

Unless you happened to be in Hollywood in the fall of 2009, you probably missed the fact that MBV 3D was turned into an attraction at the Halloween Horror Nights event held at Universal Studios.

The two locations include Hanniger Mine #5 and the Thunderbird Motel. Characters at the even included Harry Warden, Burnt Miner, Motel Girl, Motel Guy, Shovel Girl, and Fresh Kill Victims. According to John Murdy, the attraction was originally meant to be based on The Wolf Man, but given the delayed release date, it was changed to accommodate MBV 3D.

3 Slasher Film Homage

While there is no real way to confirm the intention of this, two gruesome fatalities in the film make direct reference to the biggest slasher movie franchises of all time: Halloween and Friday the 13th.

In The Miner’s early underground onslaught, he uses a pickaxe to impale a victim from behind until his eye pops out of its socket toward the camera in 3D. The victim is not only named Jason (as in Voorhees), but the shot is nearly identical to one in Friday the 13th 3D. Later, another victim named Michael is murdered in a way reminiscent of Michael Myers’ homicidal handy-work.

2 Different Killer Than Original

Unless you’re well versed in both versions, you may have missed the fact that different killers are responsible in each film. Spoiler: In the 1981 original, Axel was the killer. In the 2009 remake, Tom was unmasked as the murderer.

Since much of the plot hinges on the whodunit element and the identity of the killer, Lussier wisely opted to go a different route so that fans of the original wouldn’t easily guess the outcome and ruin the ending for themselves and others.

1 Almost Banned In Australia

Due to its intense graphic carnage, MBV 3D was nearly banned in Australia. The film faced such a public backlash that it ranked among the top five most complained about movies of the year (12) by the Australian Classification Board.

Although the film drew the strictest 18+ R-rating for a non-pornographic release, several filmgoers petitioned to have the film banned from theaters. However, the effort went for naught.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/never-knew-about-my-bloody-valentine-remake-2009/

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