After seeing My Bloody Valentine it’s almost impossible to open a box of chocolates the same way again. On the 40th anniversary of Canada’s most famous slasher film, Halloween Every Night offers a few tasty factual tidbits to tide you over.
- The film received negative reviews on its release, but has since gained a cult following.
- Director Quentin Tarantino has claimed My Bloody Valentine is his favorite slasher movie.
- The film crew used the bare minimum of 50-watt bulbs to safely light scenes in the mines.
- Filming began in the middle of September 1980.
- The townspeople of Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, spent $50,000 to repaint the town after learning the film would be shot there.
- Every kill in the film was cut or censored in some way, with Mabel’s (Patricia Hamilton) death — at 20 seconds — being cut the least.
- Despite the film’s success, a sequel called The Return of the Miner was never made.
- The film is featured on Rotten Tomatoes’ “The 20 Scariest Opening Scenes in Horror Movie History.”
- The film was remade in 2009, starring Supernatural’s Jensen Ackles.
- To give the film a uniquely Canadian feel, director George Mihalka said they were going to have a “bunch of Canadian actors with Canadian accents in obviously a Canadian setting.”
The movie is available on Amazon Prime, Vudu and Fandango Now.