MY BLOODY VALENTINE (1981) Midnights This Weekend at The Moolah

“Roses are red, violets are blue, one is dead, and so are you. “

MY BLOODY VALENTINE screens Midnights this weekend (February 10th and 11th) at The Moolah Theater and Lounge (3821 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63108) as part of  Destroy the Brain’s monthly Late Night Grindhouse film series.

The original MY BLOODY VALENTINE, the most classic of ‘80s Canadian horrorshows, has it all: creative deaths, overt melodrama, boiled hearts, Moosehead beer and Coal Mining!

A small mining town in Canada has become famous over the years after a maniacal ex-miner went on a killing spree in the early sixties. He was the only survivor from a fatal accident on Valentine’s night that stole the lives of numerous workers and left him having to survive by feeding on the corpses of his colleagues. Harry Warden murdered the supervisors that he considered responsible for the tragedy and stuffed their hearts into candy boxes to remind the townsfolk that their incompetence should never be forgiven. Twenty years later and the town is preparing for its first Valentine’s dance since the gruesome massacre, but it seems that it is not only the decorations and romantic spirit that has returned. As a mutilated heart is sent to the local Sheriff with a gruesome warning that there will be more murders, it seems apparent that Harry Warden has come back once again….

MY BLOODY VALENTINE can lay claim to arguably the best arsenal of marketable gimmicks ever to be included in an ‘80s splatter feature and if the authentic calendar date doesn’t induce your interest, then it’s impossible to resist the excellent guise for the maniacal killer and the creepy mine location. The gas mask adds an extra dimension to the killer’s essential-clichéd heavy breath and the pickaxe makes for an exquisite tool for gory slaughter. You can almost visualize director’s George Mihalka’s smile upon witnessing for the first time the awesome sight of his bogeyman strolling through the dimly-lighted shaft and stalking his intended victims. In terms of slasher visualizations, it’s pure poetry-in-motion and Mihalka understandably milks the possibilities.Don’t miss it when MY BLOODY VALENTINE screens midnights this weekend at The Moolah.

A Facebook invite for the Friday show can be found HERE

https://www.facebook.com/events/1730175670626401/

A Facebook invite for the Saturday show can be found HERE

https://www.facebook.com/events/1846477815626218/

TICKETS ARE $7 AND YOU CAN BUY THEM ONLINE VIA MOOLAH’S WEBSITE.

THE PSYCHOTRONIC PRE-SHOW STARTS AROUND 11:30P WITH THE FILM STARTING AT MIDNIGHT.

The Moolah Theatre & Lounge serves alcohol until 2:30AM! Feel free to show up early and stay late to have some drinks and get friendly with the amazing Moolah staff.