My Bloody Valentine
The 2000s 3D remake has its fun moments, but for old-school slasher delights this time of year there’s no topping 1981 Canadian classic My Bloody Valentine. It’s set in a small town where a mining disaster has reverberated dread through generations—a cinematic choice helped along excellently by the fact that mining masks are inherently sinister-looking, even when the wearer isn’t a slaughter-happy maniac. Multiple hearts are ripped out in some very on-theme death scenes, and the twist at the end is genuinely startling. Don’t miss the folky end-credits song, which casts all that came before in a very murder ballady-y light. (Hulu, HBO Max, DirectTV)
