At the Screamfest after party for Trick 'r Treat, I had a moment to get chatty with actor Kerr Smith (The Forsaken) co-star of Patrick Lussier's My Bloody Valentine 3-D. In the remake of George Mihalka's slasher film of the same name (sans the "3-D"), Smith plays Axel Palmer, sheriff of the town known as Harmony.
Smith told me Lussier's film is very different from the '81 original, except for "Harry Warden, the miner, and a couple of other characters in the film, but that's really about it. It's a brand new movie."
When I informed him that an official MPAA rating was in (it's rated R), the actor grinned. "It's going to be a hard R," he promises. "There's a lot of blood, man. A lot of killing. It's scary. What I love about this film - because when you do a lot of thrillers it's a crapshoot, some people phone it in and whatever - but no one phoned it in on this one. Everybody did a great job. Patrick [Lussier] had a terrific vision. He knew every scene and he helped make the actors make it a compelling story." That was a plus consider the 3-D process during principal photography process was slow, he adds. "It's really interesting to watch two cameras working at 90-degree angles from one another. It's very interesting and a new wave that's going to catch on. There are a lot of movies that are going to be 3-D. I love 2-D movies, but to go to a three-dimensional movie is going to be an experience."
Bloody Valentine also stars Jaime King (Sin City) and Jensen Ackles who Smith had worked alongside briefly in Dawson's Creek. "It was a pleasure to work with him again. Jensen's a cool cat, man. He's tall, formal and just a fun guy to hang out with." He says they had a bit of fun taunting Ackles' Supernatural co-star who was off on another slasher redo. "We were calling Jared [Padalecki] - because he was shooting [Friday the 13th] in Texas when we were shooting in Pittsburgh - and Jensen was telling him, You know our movie is better than yours, right?"
Horror fans will soon find out if that's the truth when My Bloody Valentine 3-D opens in theaters on January 16th, a nearly a month before Platinum Dunes releases Friday the 13th on February 13th
SOURCE: RYAN ROTTEN
I loved the original My Bloody Valentine, and I have been reading on the message boards that MBV3D is going to be like another SAW. I find that comment to be insulting, since MBV came out over 20 years ago. Also, I love the brotherly playfulness between Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, something I'm sure comes in handy when they're on the set of their series, SUPERNATURAL. By the way, this has to be the best season so far of SUPERNATURAL, especially when we got to learn the origin of Sam and Dean's mom. I'm looking forward to seeing both Friday the 13th and My Bloody Valentine in the theater. Only then will we determine whose film is better.
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