]In the original, the killer was Axel. It wasn't Tom's fault the mine blew up, 2 supervisors left to go a Valentine's Day party, one of them being Axel's father. Harry Warden came back and killed the two supervisors for abdandoning their post, killing Axel's father right in front of him. Warden left a warning that should Valentine's day be celebrated, he would come back. But he dies in a sanitarium, and they start celebrating V-day again. Axel takes up the mantel.
In the new one, Tom is the killer... I mean, yes, I saw that coming. I knew they wouldn't use Axel again. But it sucks that a movie has to lie to the audience so they won't anticipate the twist. This wasn't even a Fight Club clever type lie - the fight scene between Tom and 'Harry' when he gets shoved, and locked in a cage and then Harry murders someone while Tom is locked in a cage and watching renders the entire idea that Tom is the killer as implausible. Because it's a cheat. It's a huge fuggin' cheat, godammit. Oh well.
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