(Reviewed by Snake-666) - Yet another dull teen slasher.  Thirteen years after their sixth grade high school Valentines Day dance a group of young women responsible for the humiliation of a fellow student start to receive threatening and sickening Valentine's Day cards and gifts. Following the murder of an old school friend it seems that the women are being stalked by someone wanting revenge.

Here we have yet another `stylish' teen slasher made to appeal to the MTV-generation of horror fans. ‘Valentine' suffers from slow pacing, a contrived plot and a very unsatisfying ending. On the plus side the acting was generally good for this type of film and there were a couple of interesting scenes. An early scene involving Katherine Hiegl (Bride of Chucky) being the most tense, interesting and memorable though unfortunately rather short. Other than that the movie often lagged in places which made it hard to sustain interest. This movie also suffers from predictability and underdevelopment. Interestingly the main characters (Denise Richards as Paige, Marley Shelton as Kate, Jessica Capshaw as Dorothy and Jessica Cauffiel as Lily) are possibly the most developed characters in the horror films of recent times, though that still doesn't say much. The problem was with the other characters, many of them had very minor roles that made their participation in the movie almost of no importance, and yet they should have been. One character was obviously introduced to try and throw the viewer off the scent of the killer but because his role was so miniscule it just seemed tacked on.

‘Valentine' tries to be in some ways a crime thriller. We know who the killer is but after thirteen years we do not know what he looks like and it is also possible that Jeremy (the killer) has now assumed another name but with so many pointless characters in the movie the plot twists become obvious and as the viewer waits for them the movie becomes more tedious.

This isn't a total sham of a movie unlike many of the other post-Scream teen slasher movies but it fails to add anything new to a seemingly creatively dead sub-genre. Relying on quick `jump' scares and attempts at suspense which ultimately failed, ‘Valentine' is somewhat of a dreary ‘Scream' clone and I personally wouldn't recommend it in a hurry. Don't go out of your way to hunt this down but I suppose if it's on TV one night this movie is okay to pass the time with. My rating for ‘Valentine' – 4.5/10