Valentine (2001)

Jamie Blanks directs Denise Richards, David Boreanaz and Marley Shelton in this slasher where five mean girls are stalked by the boy they humiliated at a high school dance over a decade ago.

The closest Hollywood has ever gotten to replicating a giallo. That doesn’t mean it is particularly good or even competent. Two of the kills scratch an itch and the fact that everyone is an utter dick is kinda sweet. If I was casting Valentine from a pool of 2001 C-listers I could still replace everyone except Marley Shelton a dozen times over and find an improvement. Would it have rocked with Rose McGowan and Joshua Jackson or Tara Reid and Luke Wilson? Not much more. But, cleavage excluded, Katherine Heigl will never be an adequate substitute for Drew Barrymore.

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Perfect Double Bill: Urban Legends (1998)

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