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Valentine is a 2001 horror film directed by Jamie Blanks, director of Urban Legend. It is a slasher film with a Valentine's Day twist. The film is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Tom Savage.
school dance in 1988, outcast Jeremy Melton asks four popular girls to dance. Three girls, Shelley, Lily and Paige reject him cruelly; with the fourth girl Kate kindly answering that perhaps she would later.
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Valentine is a 2001 horror film directed by Jamie Blanks, director of Urban Legend. It is a slasher film with a Valentine's Day twist. The film is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Tom Savage.
Plot
At a school dance in 1988, outcast Jeremy Melton asks four popular girls to dance. Three girls, Shelley, Lily and Paige reject him cruelly; with the fourth girl Kate kindly answering that perhaps she would later. Their friend Dorothy accepts Jeremy's invitation and they proceed to make out in privacy. When school bullies discover the two, Dorothy claims that Jeremy sexually assaulted her; causing the boys to taunt and severely beat Jeremy up publicly, his nose bleeding heavily. Years later, Shelley, a medical student, is at the morgue practicing for her medical exams. After receiving a vulgar Valentine's card and being pursued by a killer in a Cupid's mask, they guess that it could be Jeremy Melton. Can they solve the mystery before it happens again? or will they all suffer the same fate as Shelley?
Production
Star David Boreanaz shot his scenes in less than two weeks. Katherine Heigl only had 3 days to shoot her scenes since she was already committed to TV's Roswell (1999). Heigl later revealed that, had she read the entire script, she would not have joined the movie.
Director Jamie Blanks later said in an interview, "Forgive me for [Valentine]. A lot of people give me grief for that, but we did our best."
Cast
Original cast
This project originally began at Artisan Entertainment with producer Dylan Sellers with a different director and cast members. Richard Kelly was originally offered the chance to direct, but turned the offer down. Hedy Burress originally auditioned for the role of Dorothy Wheeler, but that role was handed over to Capshaw. However, Blanks still wanted Burress to star in the film. They both looked at each other eye to eye and said "Ruthie," resulting in Burress having the role of Ruthie Walker. Jessica Cauffiel originally auditioned for Denise Richard's role of Paige. In the original cast, Tara Reid who also starred in Jamie Blanks's first film, Urban Legend (1998), was to play Dorothy Wheeler and Jennifer Love Hewitt was to play 'Paige Prescott'.
Soundtrack
The musical score for Valentine was composed by Don Davis. The soundtrack also included the songs "Pushing Me Away" by Linkin Park, "God of the Mind" by Disturbed, "Love Dump" by Static-X, "Superbeast (Porno Holocaust Mix)" from Rob Zombie, "Valentine's Day" by Marilyn Manson and "Opticon" by Orgy.
Reception
Valentine made $20,384,136 domestically and a further $16,300,000 internationally, allowing the film to just surpass its $29 million budget. The film received a poor rating of 16% from Cream of the Crop and 9% from critics from Rotten Tomatoes.
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