History Film / Valentine

* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins: Although some might see Adam/Jeremy's revenge as justified.]]

* [[spoiler: GroinAttack: Kate knees Adam in the crotch as she dances with him when she suspects him of being the killer.]]

* [[spoiler: ThisIsADrill: And it's used to attack a girl in a hot tub.]]
* [[spoiler: TwistEnding: Adam Carr '''is''' Jeremy Melton.]]

* ActorAllusion: "He's no Series/{{angel}}."

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/StarshipTroopers Carmen Ibanez]], [[GreysAnatomy Izzie Stevens and Arizona Robbins]], [[SugarAndSpice Diane Weston]], and [[Film/LegallyBlonde Margot]] are being targeted by one pissed-off [[{{Bones}} Agent Booth.]]Or maybe it's [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Angelus]].

At a junior high school prom in 1988, a bespectacled loser named Jeremy Melton asks several girls - Shelley, Lily, Paige and Kate - to dance, only to be cruelly shot down. Another girl, Dorothy, who at this stage is a little chubby, accepts, but when some boys spot her and Melton making out, she claims he was assaulting her, prompting them to publicly strip and beat him, after which he is sent to a reform school. 13 years later, the girls are all grown up and played by Katherine Heigl, Jessica Cauffiel, Denise Richards, MarleyShelton and Jessica Capshaw respectively. They're now dealing with various boyfriend issues, and Dorothy has since slimmed down. As Valentine's Day approaches, they start receiving threatening Valentines Day cards. Then, a killer dressed in a black coat and cupid mask shows up and starts offing them one by one. Is it Melton, come back for revenge, or someone else?

* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins: Subverted, as Adam/Jeremy's revenge was justified.]]
** [[spoiler: Turning a guy down at a dance over a decade ago doesn't warrant being brutally murdered!]]
* BillingDisplacement: Denise Richards and Katherine Heigl

*** [[spoiler: Killed while hiding inside a bodybag.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Treat the nerd like garbage and then use him as a fall guy when you get caught making out? He will come back for you later on and kill the lot of you.
** To be fair (but still not trying to justify it) he was sent to a "reform school", is occasionally used as a euphemism for a juvenile prison. If that's the case then he also got at least juvenile record for something he didn't do.
*** That's only because of Dorothy though. All Kate, Shelley, Paige, and Lilly did was refuse to dance with the guy.

* Fanservice: The movie stars Katherine Heigl, Marley Shelton, Denise Richards, Jessica Cauffiel, and Jessica Capshaw. Definitely to be expected
* FinalGirl: Kate

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Film/StarshipTroopers Carmen Ibanez]], [[GreysAnatomy Izzie Stevens and Arizona Robbins]], [[SugarAndSpice Diane Weston]], and [[LegallyBlonde Margot]] are being targeted by one pissed-off [[{{Bones}} Agent Booth.]]Or maybe it's [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Angelus]].

* [[spoiler:nTheBadGuyWins: Subverted, as Adam/Jeremy's revenge was justified.]]

* BillingDisplacement: Denise Richards and Katharine Heigl

* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Jason Marquette and Campbell.]]

* [[spoiler: RedHerring: Jason Marquette and Campbell.]]

* TheBadGuyWins: Subverted, as Adam/Jeremy's revenge was justified.

* DeathByIrony / {{Foreshadowing}}: In the opening, when Jeremy asks the five girls to dance with him, all but one responded with rather mean comments.

*** Killed while hiding inside a bodybag.

*** Received a box full of chocolate-filled maggots. Later used for archery practice by Adam/Jeremy, with her body falling into a dumpster.

*** Make that electrocuted in a hot tub.

*** She survives only because she showed kindness to Jeremy/Adam.

*** Adam/Jeremy set her up to take the fall for all of the murders, and gets away scot-free.

** TheLeader: Kate
** TheLancer: Paige
** TheSmartGuy: Shelley
** TheBigGuy: Dorothy
** TheChick: Lilly

* GroinAttack: Kate knees Adam in the crotch as she dances with him when she suspects him of being the killer.

* ThisIsADrill: And it's used to attack a girl in a hot tub.
* TwistEnding: Adam Carr '''is''' Jeremy Melton.

One of the contemporary {{Slasher Movie}}s that [[FollowTheLeader rode on the coattails of]] ''Film/{{Scream 1996}}'''s [[FollowTheLeader success]], e.g... ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer''. As with most of said contemporary slashers, it's pretty formulaic and crummy.

* MeLoveYouLongTime: The father of one of the girls has a Chinese mail-order bride.

One of the contemporary {{Slasher Movie}}s that [[FollowTheLeader rode on the coattails of]] ''Film/{{Scream}}'''s [[FollowTheLeader success]], e.g... ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer''. As with most of said contemporary slashers, it's pretty formulaic and crummy.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[StarshipTroopers Carmen Ibanez]], [[GreysAnatomy Izzie Stevens and Arizona Robbins]], [[SugarAndSpice Diane Weston]], and [[LegallyBlonde Margot]] are being targeted by one pissed-off [[{{Bones}} Agent Booth.]]Or maybe it's [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Angelus]].

* DeathByIrony / Foreshadowing: In the opening, when Jeremy asks the five girls to dance with him, all but one responded with rather mean comments.

One of the contemporary SlasherMovies that [[FollowTheLeader rode on the coattails of]] ''Film/{{Scream}}'''s [[FollowTheLeader success]], e.g... ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer''. As with most of said contemporary slashers, it's pretty formulaic and crummy.

-->''Roses are red... violets are blue... they'll need dental records to identify you!''

* ActorAllusion: "He's no {{angel}}."

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[StarshipTroopers Carmen Ibanez]], [[GreysAnatomy Izzie Stevens and Arizona Robbins]], [[SugarAndSpice Diane Weston]], and [[LegallyBlonde Margot]] are being targeted by one pissed-off [[{{Bones}} Agent Booth.]]Or maybe it's [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Angelus]].

* ShoutOut: The killer getting a nosebleed everytime he kills is a possible reference to ''[[AloneInTheDark1982 Alone in the Dark]]''.

* AdaptationDisplacement: The film was loosely based on a book by Tom Savage.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[StarshipTroopers Carmen Ibanez]], [[GreysAnatomy Izzie Stevens and Arizona Robbins]], [[SugarAndSpice Diane Weston]], and [[LegallyBlonde Margot]] are being targeted by one pissed-off [[{{Bones}} Agent Booth.]]

* NightmareFuel: The killer's mask.

One of the contemporary SlasherMovies that [[FollowTheLeader rode on the coattails of]] ''Film/{{Scream}}'''s [[FollowTheLeader success]], e.g... ''IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer''. As with most of said contemporary slashers, it's pretty formulaic and crummy.

* Final Girl: Kate

At a junior high school prom in 1988, a bespectacled loser named Jeremy Melton asks several girls - Shelley, Lily, Paige and Kate - to dance, only to be cruelly shot down. Another girl, Dorothy, who at this stage is a little chubby, accepts, but when some boys spot her and Melton making out, she claims he was assaulting her, prompting them to publicly strip and beat him, after which he is sent to a reform school. 13 years later, the girls are all growed up and played by Katherine Heigl, Jessica Cauffiel, Denise Richards, MarleyShelton and Jessica Capshaw respectively. They're now dealing with various boyfriend issues, and Dorothy has since slimmed down. As Valentine's Day approaches, they start receiving threatening Valentines Day cards. Then, a killer dressed in a black coat and cupid mask shows up and starts offing them one by one. Is it Melton, come back for revenge, or someone else?