MY BLOODY VALENTINE

Twenty years after a mine explosion in Valentine Bluffs, the town plans to reinstate its Valentine's Day dance. The tradition ended after the disaster, when a survivor named Harry Warden murdered two supervisors and warned the town never to hold the dance again.

Mayor Hanniger and police chief Jake Newby receive a box of chocolates containing a human heart and a warning that killings will resume if the dance proceeds. A laundromat murder follows, and Newby learns that the institution holding Warden has no record of him. The official dance is cancelled, but local young adults plan a party at the mine.

At the mine, a killer dressed in mining gear begins murdering partygoers and removing their hearts. As panic spreads, T.J. Hanniger and Axel Palmer enter the mine to search for survivors while Sarah Mercer—caught in a tense relationship with both men—tries to escape. The killer pursues the group through the tunnels, leaving multiple victims dead.

T.J., Sarah and Axel confront the killer in the tunnels, where Axel is revealed to be responsible for the murders. After a struggle, a collapse traps him as police arrive. Newby tells T.J. and Sarah that Harry Warden died years earlier. Axel escapes deeper into the mine, vowing to return.

The killer is revealed to be Axel, who was traumatized as a child after witnessing his father's murder during the original mining disaster. After a confrontation, Axel is trapped in a cave-in while T.J. and Sarah are rescued.

The climax ties the town’s violent history directly to Axel’s trauma, suggesting that the legacy of neglect and violence continues to haunt new generations. The ending leaves the town forever marked by its past, blending slasher conventions with a uniquely personal motive rooted in Valentine Bluffs’ own history.