Valentine (2001)

Five women are stalked by an unknown assailant while preparing for Valentine's Day.

Director:

Jamie Blanks

Writers:

Tom Savage (novel), Donna Powers (screenplay)

Stars:

Denise Richards, David Boreanaz, Marley Shelton

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Denise Richards	...	Paige Prescott
David Boreanaz	...	Adam Carr
Marley Shelton	...	Kate Davies
Jessica Capshaw	...	Dorothy Wheeler
Jessica Cauffiel	...	Lily Voight
Katherine Heigl	...	Shelley Fisher
Hedy Burress	...	Ruthie Walker
Fulvio Cecere	...	Detective Leon Vaughn
Daniel Cosgrove	...	Campbell Morris
Johnny Whitworth	...	Max Raimi
Woody Jeffreys	...	Brian
Adam J. Harrington	...	Jason Marquette (as Adam Harrington)
Claude Duhamel	...	Gary Taylor
Wyatt Page	...	Evan Wheeler
Benita Ha	...	Kim Wheeler

Storyline

Valentine's Day 1988: At the school dance, geeky Jeremy Melton bravely faces one rejection after the other when asking four popular girls to dance with him. A fifth girl, plump and insecure, agrees, but they end up making out under the bleachers. When a group of school bullies catches them, the girl claims that Jeremy attacked her. This causes them to strip off his clothes and beat him up in front of the entire school. Flash forward to 2001. We meet the five girls who were in that school gym: Kate, Paige, Shelly, Lily and the formerly plump Dorothy. They are all in their 20's now and trying to sort out their love lives, which is appropriate, since Valentine's Day is coming up. After a disastrous date with a loser, one of the girls, a pre-med student, is murdered by a Cherub-mask wearing killer who sent her a death threat in the form of a Valentine card prior to the attack. After the four remaining girls are reunited at her funeral, they all start receiving threatening cards and ...

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Plot Keywords:

valentine's day | revenge | nosebleed | serial killer | valentine | 

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Taglines:

Scared to be alone on Valentine's Day? You should be.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong horror violence, some sexuality and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 February 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

Love Hurts

Filming Locations:

Riverview Hospital, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$29,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$10,024,648, 4 February 2001

Gross USA:

$20,384,136

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$36,684,136

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

If he could do it all over again, Jamie Blanks said he would cut back on the cheap scares and broad humor in the film.

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Goofs

A medical student wouldn't be starting a cadaver dissection the night before her final.

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Quotes

Paige Prescott: [sarcastically, to Brian] You brought me upstairs to show me your penis? How sweet!

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Crazy Credits

The opening Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures logos are red.

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Alternate Versions

According to director Jamie Blanks a lot of the violent scenes were trimmed down. This was not done to satisfy the MPAA (the original cut was rated "R"). Instead Warner Bros. thought that due to the political climate the amount of violence as shown in the original version was not tolerable at the time.

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Connections

Featured in The 50 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen (2014)

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Soundtracks

Breed
Written by Jason Slater, Eric Valetine (as Eric Valentine), Denny Porter and Jerry Goldsmith
Performed by Snake River Conspiracy
Produced by Jason Slater (uncredited), David Kahne (uncredited) and Eric Valetine (as Eric Valentine) (uncredited)
Courtesy of Reprise Records
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
Includes a sample of "New Entity"
from Planet of the Apes (1968)
Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

User Reviews

Its NOT that bad a movie

This movie, despite the low rating is NOT that bad. It is better then most of the teen movies that come out these days. (I liked it more then scream and I know what you did.....). I mean, its nothing ground breaking its just good scares and fun. Don't go into this movie expecting anything special...just some typical scares and it will make you jump at times. There are also a few good death scenes. Get your friends and go see this for a good time.....I give it 6/10