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ERA
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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Valentine
"Remember that kid everyone ignored on Valentine’s Day? He remembers you."
2001 1h 36m EN
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5.6
MID
★5.6TMDB · 627
HorrorThriller
Synopsis
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Four friends start to receive morbid Valentine cards and realise they are being stalked by someone they had spurned 13 years ago. A masked killer is on the loose and Valentine's day is soon approaching.
“Remember that kid everyone ignored on Valentine’s Day? He remembers you.”
Cast
Denise Richards
Paige Prescott
David Boreanaz
Adam Carr
Marley Shelton
Kate Davies
Jessica Capshaw
Dorothy Wheeler
Jessica Cauffiel
Lily Voight
Katherine Heigl
Shelley Fisher
Fulvio Cecere
Detective Leon Vaughn
Hedy Burress
Ruthie Walker
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Jamie Blanks
- Writers
- Donna Powers, Wayne Powers, Aaron Harberts
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Jamie Blanks, shot by Rick Bota. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Don Davis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Steve Mirkovich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Denise Richards and David Boreanaz and Marley Shelton carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Remember that kid everyone ignored on Valentine’s Day? He remembers you.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0242998 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Jamie Blanks directs. Rick Bota behind the camera. Don Davis scores. Steve Mirkovich cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 125 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Directed by Jamie Blanks, shot by Rick Bota. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Original score by Don Davis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Editor Steve Mirkovich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Denise Richards and David Boreanaz and Marley Shelton carry the top of the cast.
- 6Marketing tagline: "Remember that kid everyone ignored on Valentine’s Day? He remembers you.".
- 7IMDB entry: tt0242998 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Rick Bota
- Original score
- Don Davis
- Editing
- Steve Mirkovich
- Production design
- Stephen Geaghan
- Costume design
- Karin Nosella
- Makeup / hair
- Lisa Leonard
- VFX supervisor
- Jim Finn
- Stunt coordinator
- Danny Virtue
- Runtime
- 96 min · 1h 36m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $10,000,000
- Box office
- $16,300,000
- Return
- 163% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
- IMDB
- Valentine (2001)
Also by
Jamie Blanks
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Trailers & featurettes
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Community reviews
What people are saying
- Wuchak★ 7/10
By-the-numbers slasher is entertaining In the San Francisco area, five girls in 6th Grade reject a boy’s polite offer to dance with one of them falsely accusing him of assaulting her. Thirteen years later, when they’re all about 25 years-old, the women start receiving macabre valentines before their gruesome deaths. Who’s killing them and why? "Valentine" (2001) was made by the director of “Urban Legend” (1998), which gives you an idea of what to expect. Like “Urban Legend” and the overrated “Scream” (1996), there’s a wink of parody, but it’s done better and is actually amusing, not to mention disappears by the second half. Unlike those flicks, “Valentine” wasn’t successful at the box office, but I like it better. Sure, it’s a standard slasher with the tropes thereof, but I enjoyed it from beginning to end. It’s similar in tone to “April Fool’s Day” (2008), just superior. The notable female cast includes: Marley Shelton (Kate), Jessica Capshaw (Dorothy), Katherine Heigl (Shelley), Jessica Cauffiel (Lily), Denise Richards (Paige) and Hedy Burress (Ruthie). On the other side of the gender spectrum there’s David Boreanaz (Adam), Fulvio Cecere (Detective Vaugn) and Daniel Cosgrove (Campbell). The rockin’ soundtrack is good, featuring acts popular at the turn-of-the-century, like Rob Zombie, Disturbed, Linkin Park, Deftones and so forth. The film runs 1 hour, 36 minutes, and was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Riverview Hospital in nearby Coquitlam. GRADE: B/B-
Production companies
Who made it
- NP
NPV Entertainment
US
Village Roadshow Pictures
US
Warner Bros. Pictures
US
Key crew
- ProducerDylan Sellers
- NovelTom Savage
- Co-ProducerJim Rowe
- Executive ProducerGrant Rosenberg
- Executive ProducerBruce Berman
- StuntsHeath Stevenson
- StuntsLeslie McMichael
- StuntsTrish Schill
- StuntsCorry Glass
- StuntsKristene Kenward
- StuntsMarshall Virtue
- StuntsYves Cameron
- Stunt CoordinatorDanny Virtue
- Production DesignStephen Geaghan
- Assistant Costume DesignerJessica Lythgoe-Green
- Costume SupervisorAllisa Swanson
- Script SupervisorMadeleine Duff
- Key Hair StylistLisa Leonard
- Art Department CoordinatorFranziska Keller
- Set DecorationAndrea French
- CastingBette Chadwick
- EditorSteve Mirkovich
- Art DirectionSuki Parker
- Costume DesignKarin Nosella
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- success
- violence against women
- mobbing
- revenge
- serial killer
- slasher
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2001-02-01R
- Theatrical2001-02-02R
Also known as
International titles
- Un San Valentín de muerteES
- Un San Valentín de MuerteSV
- O Dia do TerrorBR
- Valentine's DayUS
- Love HurtsUS
- Valentine - Schrei, wenn Du kannstDE
