On the Valentine Day, after acknowledging the violent death of the former high school friend and presently student of medicine Shelley Fisher (Katherine Heigl), who was found with her throat sliced in a body bag, the friends Kate Davies (Marley Shelton), Paige Prescott (Denise Richards), Lily Voight (Jessica Cauffiel) and Dorothy Wheeler (Jessica Capshaw) are threatened by some weird Valentine cards and gifts. Kate has a boyfriend that she likes, Adam Carr (David Boreanaz), but the guy has a drinking problem and Kate does not feel safe with him. Page is a shallow and promiscuous young woman and Dorothy is very insecure and has many complexes because she was a fat teenager. They believe that an old school student from their high school, who was abused by other students in a Valentine party, is responsible for the menaces. Although not being a great movie, there are many positive points in the screenplay of `Valentine'. First of all, a beautiful cast: Marley Shelton and Denise Richards are delicious, Katherine Heigl, Jessica Cauffiel and Jessica Capshaw are very pretty women, and David Boreanaz is a handsome man. The murderers are very original and tense, specially the first one in the morgue; the locations, highlighting the video art gallery, are fancy. One negative point is the beginning of the movie, which is plagiarized from `Carrie'. But the greatest flaw in the screenplay is the lack of motives for the serial killer. There is no clue or hint showing why the killer commits such murders. Anyway, after the pros and cons, I believe that the viewers who like Jason, Freddy Krueger or Leatherface will have a good time with this Cherubim-masked killer. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): ` O Dia do Terror' (`The Day of the Terror')
Title (Brazil): ` O Dia do Terror' (`The Day of the Terror')