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Valentine is a teen slasher film revolving around a group of college age girls who find themselves targeted by a serial killer that sends them gruesome Valentine cards.  It seems that their stalker is a ghost from their past, a kid, a nerd that they treated poorly who was driven down a path of civil disorder and madness after a particular incident.  The only problem is that after so many years the killer could be just about any guy.  Everywhere they turn they find men who could be the killer but how to tell who's just a jerk, and who's really homicidal.  One by one the girls are slaughtered by the mystery man with the cherub mask.  They have to figure out who it is and help the authorities put an end to the nightmare.

Valentine is a better than average slasher film with some inventive plot twists and some really great tension.  It succeeds quite well in keeping the audience guessing especially as things tighten up near the end.  It's not perfect but a much better effort than many other films.  The acting is fairly decent, the direction is straightforward, and the pace is not bad.  Some people will want to compare it to Scream but while Valentine is good it's not that good.  There is some nice characterisation and a lot of good empathy in the film.  It all pulls together to make a good addition to the sub-genre.

( Thank you for reading my review.
Bob Male)

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