Olivia Holt plays an advertising creative who was recently dumped. In a meet cute, she befriends a man (Mason Gooding) and they end up on the run from the titular character. This serial killer’s angle is that it only kills romantic couples on Valentine’s Day, while wearing the mask with 2 hearts. As this genre goes, there are quick, brutal and somewhat original kills to elicit squeals of delightful horror. Considering the release date, this film is teetering on the romcom angle with the duo’s burgeoning relationship. This reduces the thrills more than once. Their chemistry is OK with Gooding effectively handling the minor moments of humor. As with many slasher flix, it’s necessary to ignore reality (2 examples: an understaffed, dark police station and a packed Seattle drive-in in February). There is some originality in the concept and execution, but too much romance, not nearly enough tension and way too many holes in the logic to only get 2.5 hearts from me. 
(2.5 / 5)
