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At long last I hauled my booty down the highway to the nearest theatre that actually shows all of the new 3D movies in 3D to see the remake of My Bloody Valentine. I guess I considered it a moral imperative to get the full 3D experience - just as it was a moral imperative to hit up my local drive-in movie theatre when they decided to show Grindhouse. And in case you’re wondering, you haven’t lived until you’ve watched Planet Terror while five- and six year olds run wild three cars up.

I learned two things from my visit to the theatre today.

First, I learned that of all the film studios currently remaking horror flicks of years past, Lionsgate is the one that has truly earned the right. They stared down a massively violent, controversial film of yesteryear and didn’t blink by trying to turn it into a PG-13 flick. Good for you, Lionsgate. Horror movies shouldn’t be afraid of an R rating. And not only that, but they made My Bloody Valentine 3D not just violent, but ridiculously so.

Second, I learned that if you’re making a horror movie today and you have the budget for it, yet you’re passing up the opportunity to shoot it in 3D, you’re an idiot.

I say this because My Bloody Valentine 3D - as much as I respect it for being true to the violent nature of the original - is a bad, bad movie. Not just bad on the level one is used to seeing from old slasher flicks, but actually featuring some startlingly incomptetent directing.

Even so, I was able to enjoy the movie. Because it was in 3D. It was fun. The pickaxe flew at the camera. Multiple times. And so did the blood. And one jawbone.