Observe the proper safety protocols, because My Bloody Valentine (1981) is the Greatest Movie EVER!
Click on the movie poster or the title above to download our review of the film, featuring guest host Kyle “ChibiUFO” Foster.
Review in a Nutshell: Savaged by critics as derivative and derogatory when first released, My Bloody Valentine (1981) is a gem among the slasher subgenre for its attention to detail, strong production design, sympathetic characters and gruesome gore effects.
The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast 
This may be a cut above Ebert’s “dead teenager movies”, but that’s a very low bar. It’s been many years since I watched this, so my recollection is imperfect, but to me it was just one of many inferior imitations following in the wake of Halloween (the atypical good movie in the slasher subgenre).