Death match… The Prowler versus My Bloody Valentine
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alucardvenom — 10 years ago(September 30, 2015 02:35 PM)
MBV overall has better story, much higher bodycount, better characters (sorry, but I love Canadian flicks, they always have more humane characters then American, which are usually archtypes), pace is also lot better.
Prowler on the other hand has insane FX, I recently watch both movies in fact, and you'll be amazed how well those effects in The Prowler hold up. They still look quite realistic and quite brutal. It's probably best Savini work till this day. Deaths are much more brutal in The Prowler alto MBV is fairly gory and brutal itself. But The Prowler had pace troubles, it really slows down in some parts. Yeah, Zito tried to do some atmosphere, but screenplay was simply not meant for that. It should have moved in much much faster pace, so some scenes where he tries to setup mood just don't work, they drag. -
Dr_RoButtnik — 16 years ago(July 27, 2009 09:12 AM)
Now that the uncut version of My Bloody Valentine is out, what do you think? I loved the gore additions and I think it strengthened the movie a lot.
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bnkholen — 16 years ago(July 28, 2009 07:30 PM)
About the only area I find The Prowler superior to My Bloody Valentine is the editing department. The editing and music cues make the film scarier than MBV, but MBV's atmosphere more than makes up for any of the other shortcomings. The gore in the Prowler overwhelms everything else. Give me My Bloody Valentine anyday.
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goodfella999 — 16 years ago(August 03, 2009 05:33 AM)
I think the Prowler has far better pacing, acting, gore (although I have not seen the uncut version of My Bloody Valentine). I found My Bloody Valentine a real struggle to get through (took me a few sittings) but had no issues with The Prowler
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startide77 — 16 years ago(December 26, 2009 05:37 PM)
MBV is good, much better than I thought it was when I first saw it, but The Prowler is superb, easily one of the best early 80s slashers. I don't really understand the need to compare the two of them, they both stand on their own as really good to excellent examples of the genre, and both should be championed by fans, not compared to see who is the better of the two, they're both good!
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JessePomeroy — 15 years ago(July 12, 2010 08:33 AM)
MY BLOODY VALENTINE is a superior film on almost all counts, the only exception being THE PROWLER death scenes are better. The flaws with THE PROWLER are more than shallow characters, it's that the characters seem disjointed form each other, where the characters in MY BLOODY VALENTINE interact naturally like people who knew each other intimately. Both are decent stories and both utilize locations in adding color and depth.
I like them both, but MY BLOODY VALENTINE is a favorite I watch frequently whereas THE PROWLER gets a viewing maybe once a year or so.