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Did Slasher Cult Favorite My Bloody Valentine Get the Shaft By Critics?

Just when you thought slasher movies couldn’t get any lower, My Bloody Valentine dug a mineshaft. A deep pit in the caverns of taste. Date movie? My Bloody Valentine was the antidote to Hallmark cards. The main suitor didn’t wear his heart on his sleeve; he bled it out with every candy in the box. Hence why critics weren’t so sweet on the slasher flick when it first came out in 1981, labeling it excessive and derivative. Nevertheless, the movie has amassed a cult following, and did indeed add subtle innovations to the genre. Is the ‘80s horror offering the…
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Shaft

JJ, aka John Shaft Jr. (Jessie T. Usher), may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend?s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ?s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft (Samuel L. Jackson) agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem?s heroin-infested underbelly. And while JJ?s own FBI analyst?s badge may clash with his dad?s trademark leather coat, there?s no denying family. Besides, Shaft?s got an agenda of his own, and a score to settle that?s professional and personal.Rated: RRelease Date: Jun 14,…
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