Heart Eyes
Years running the Heart Eyes killer has been wreaking havoc on Valentine’s Day, stalking and killing unsuspecting loving couples. Now, the reign of terror has come to Seattle, but, that streak may end if two unsuspecting (and not romantically intertwined) targets (Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding) are wise to the game. 
Written by Phillip Murphy, Christopher Landon, Michael Kennedy and Directed by Josh Ruben this horror romp embraces the slasher sub-genre with love, affection, meta jokes and easter eggs making for a bloody good time, if that’s your thing. But wait, isn’t this a Romantic Comedy too? Well yes, as a matter of fact it is, but, following the rules of slasher engagement, creative methods of disembodiment are met with strong practical effects, sound design, and clever scoring. Meanwhile, written with tongue in cheek the laughs come along with winces and blood, so much blood. And, speaking of winces, a keen eye to the film might notice multiple palm trees in this version of “Seattle.” Apparently finding evergreen trees in New Zealand, where this film was actually shot, was too tall an order, pretty sure Peter Jackson didn’t burn them all up in the Lord of The Rings films, but whatever, the film boldly wears its B grade camp factor badge loud and proud, so be it. Looking for your unconventional Valentine’s counter programming, this might just be it, Running a brisk ninety seven minutes, Heart Eyes is rated R, for obvious reasons.