The 3D remake of the My Bloody Valentine, released in 2009.Much like in the original film, the film is centered around murders committed around Valentine's Day, perpetuated by a psychopath in a miner's outfit.
This remake provides examples of the following tropes:
Hallucinations: Tom suffers from auditory ones, which later escalate to visual ones.
Home Porn Movie: Frank makes them... without his partners' knowledge.
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday: Unlike the original, it's fairly incidental to the plot, though a deleted scene does reveal Harry was trapped while a Valentine's Day dance was being held.
Karma Houdini: Tom receives this from the law over his role in the mining accident. While Tom claims that it was an accident on his part that caused the explosion/cave-in, he is absolved once the rescue teams get to the miners and discovered that Harry sadistically killed his friends in order to ensure his own survival via hogging all of the oxygen for himself.
Tom actually gets this twice; after he's revealed as the killer, he is presumably killed by Sarah and Axel in the mines, but survives and escapes.
Kick the Dog: Frank secretly videotaped himself and Irene, calls her a whore, flips her off, then says he's gotten tired of her. He also has a wedding ring on, so we can add adultery to the list.
Kill Us Both: Suggested by Axel when Sarah has him and Tom at gunpoint.
Little People Are Surreal: The reason they decided to have the Thunderbird clerk be a little person, actually saying they though it gave the sequence "a Twin Peaks vibe".
Menacing Stroll: Mostly, though the killer does run a few times.
"No. Just... No" Reaction: In the commentary, director Patrick Lussier mentions this was essentially his reaction to a test screener ask if it was Megan's unborn baby, not her heart, that the killer cut out.
Only Known by Their Nickname: Red's real name (William Kirkpatrick) can be seen really briefly on an evidence board.
Peek-A-Boo Corpse: Sarah comes across several while running from Harry in the mine.
Plot Hole: It's never revealed how Tom knew where Harry's body was, and it's very doubtful his father would've told him, considering how estranged they were.
The Sheriff: Axel, successor to the retired Jim Burke.
Shovel Strike: Sarah attacks Harry with one in the prologue. He takes it from her and proceeds to behead Brandy at the jawline with it. Near the end, Axel fights Tom with one.
Smoking Hot Sex: Planned by Irene, but the moment is ruined by Frank's assholishness.
The Stinger: The killer appears and takes a swing at the camera with his pickaxe.
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