http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlEG2Hjk9Ic
I'm not the uploader but I can safely say this is from the Paragon Video Productions VHS of New Year's Evil after the credits have rolled. Always love seeing promotional material for films when they had working/alternate titles. Glad to find it on YouTube.
Quit that snifflin' or the boogeyman'll be gettin' ya.
[deleted]
I kind of like Hospital Massacre myself. It's a bit generic, like any movie with 'Blood' in the title for instance but I still like it. Be My Valentine... Or Else! does have a certain ring to it, though. I'm thinking the reason for the change was because the hospital setting was a more prominent aspect to the film than the holiday, which seems pretty underplayed, in my opinion.
Quit that snifflin' or the boogeyman'll be gettin' ya.
I have both prints with the different titles on each one....I wonder if any prints exist with the original "Be my valentine..." titles. I watched the "bonus teaser" that was originally on a VHS that someone kindly posted to youtube. I love it. Just the title with the bloody heart with the knife through it with flowers...no sound...no dialogue. Just that heart with the knife through it. It's extremely effective. If I sit there in the dark with my laptop on and watch it over and over again enough...i'll get the spookies. LOL!
Check out my horror blog, "LINUS LOVES 80'S HORROR" at http://linusloves80shorror.blogspot.com
[deleted]
What sounds better to market X-Ray or Hospital Massacre? The latter will catch far more attention.
Same thing with I Spit on Your Grave. Original title was Day of the Woman.
Both alternate titles are catchier simple as that.
Calling it Hospital Massacre could detract more than it attracts. Out of all the titles which exploits the audience more and which audience is being exploited?
Calling it Hospital Massacre brings in gore hounds who wont really get their fill as it's not that gory, calling it Be My Valentine.... Or Else! won't really attract gore hounds but it may reach a wider audience who don't expect a slasher film, calling it X-Ray will have a similar effect to Be My Valentine.... Or Else! However X-Ray's are associated with Hospitals with are horrible places to be in it sounds more horrific so people wont be as surprised that it's a slasher film which is why I prefer the title X-Ray.
I don't think the valentine theme lends it's self well to a hospital environment and lets face it once Barbie gets out of the hospitals reception the valentines theme disappears. This is why I think Be My Valentine... Or Else! Is a poor title for the film as it is, if the valentine theme was a lot thicker it could work.
Answering my question I think will answer why the films has a variety of titles, the makers didn't know who to sell it to so decided via a multitude of titles to fire at everybody, eventually one of the titles will have attracted the attention of somebody, once they see it it's money in the bank however the rating of the film is affected by people paying to see which ever title they saw and then coming out of it having expected to see something else, only a few will have got lucky and gone in with the right idea.
Answering my question I think will answer why the films has a variety of titles, the makers didn't know who to sell it to so decided via a multitude of titles to fire at everybody, eventually one of the titles will have attracted the attention of somebody, once they see it it's money in the bank however the rating of the film is affected by people paying to see which ever title they saw and then coming out of it having expected to see something else, only a few will have got lucky and gone in with the right idea.
Thanks for clearing that up. Were you involved with the film?
share